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warm?

Yeah, no.

What Ginger said. I'm nauseous every time I see pictures of this place!

Great job, looks stunning!

FYI - for #7 - I own this item and wanted to point out a correction - Hutch is $379, base is $499

I wish a manual on snooping existed to I could share it with a few neighbors. Buying a new home often lends itself to becoming snooped. I just bought a new town home where my neighbors are all twice my age, retired, paid 3x more for their unit than we did for ours, and I've quickly learned that I'm the new hot gossip. Here are the lessons I've learned so far:

1. When you catch a neighbor "bad snooping" (peeking out the blinds, but when noticed they attempt to step back and get caught on the blinds) just wave to them! There's something so uncomfortable in the moment but when they're aware they've been bad snooping busted they either stop or they learn to be more stealth.

2. Subtle hints. When the neighbor hears noises that peak his or her interest in the back patio and they step on a chair so they can watch you while you're working on something, crack a joke. I thought "Hey Bill, any idea what the HOA says about building taller walls? HAHA" would work. I ended up planting tall trees. It worked.

3. If there's an HOA, attend a few meetings. If you can just talk casually to your neighbors about what's going on it definitely reduces a lot of rumors and gets the bad snooping reduced. Be careful though - they may like you and ask you to join the board. Or like me, make me the board president.

4. Bribery. It works. I bought the town home about 6 months ago and have been doing a full remodel before we move in. Shortly before starting construction I made baskets for each neighbor with wine, assorted beers, ear plugs, and an invitation for the housewarming present that. On the invitation I indicated that we would be inviting the neighbors over to celebrate the completion of the renovation and also provided my cell phone and email in case the contractors ever had the stereo too loud or something. That seemed to have done the trick!

I could go on forever. Just a few things that came to mind after reading your post.

This post is kinda misleading on the Apple Smart Cover - it's $39 for the polyurethane and $69 for the leather

I love this piece. Seeing as I live in the desert I don't think I could use it for the same purpose... I'm wondering, though, if wine bottles would fit into the slots???

Great article! What a beautiful marriage of technology and art/design at your workstation! Who makes your white computer speakers?