momnipotent's Profile

Was trying and then stopped getting emails for some reason and so I just didn't think about it. Trying to catch up!

I love this house! The painted doors throughout are a great way to add those pops of color to a pretty neutral base without painting a whole room. I had to laugh, though, when I read "featuring a large dining table made from an old door" because before I read that, I saw the photo first of the owners sitting at said table and I thought to myself, "wow, that table is way too small for them."

I agree with all the posts about where else would you put display personal photos but your own home?? I love looking at photos when I go over to friends' houses. I'd be less hesitant to display them in an office outside the home, though. I feel a little weird displaying them in the master bedroom, maybe a little in the bathroom, but in a hallway? An empty wall in the living room or entryway? Why not? :)

Late to the party here, but I just found this post. We actually threw a housewarming party the week before this was posted back in '11! They still happen around here where we live and no one brought us anything other than plants and candles which we were happy to receive. We didn't expect anything, we provided all of the food though we did have people bring their own alcoholic beverages to supplement the beer and wine we would have, and all those people in our house raised the temp in our house by at least 10 degrees!

I didn't feel comfortable making it a potluck because we felt we were so fortunate to have finally bought our own house that we wanted to thank our friends who helped us get here. That said, several friends seemed to feel naked coming to the party empty-handed so they asked to bring things and we were fine with that.

What a lovely home - feels clean, bright and full of character.

oh, and the table is rosewood, not teak

Lovely home! I'm curious as to how the contact-paper-covered counters have held up - we have similar counters and new ones are not in the budget right now!

I love your home - just looked at your other entries from previous years. I've been trying to go for a similar look in my own home, but I'm not having much success with it. Now that I've seen your home, I have a little more direction!

I make avocado ice cream with just 3 ingredients and no ice-cream maker too - mash avocado up with milk and sugar (or condensed milk is good too). Add ice and blend and you've got an avocado smoothie. As ice-cream (without a maker) it does become pretty solid, but if you leave it out on the counter for a bit before eating it, it usually is somewhat spoonable. The first time I had frozen avocado was in the Philippines and a neighbour sold a-go-go (like a freeze pop). I haven't tried it yet, but I bet this will work really well as a popsicle. YUM!

Thank you, all! I will look up those names in a bit. I forgot to mention that there are 2 leaves that come with the table and that I don't even know if the other 3 chairs are original to the table either as there is a slight difference in design there too. And yes, it was a GREAT deal especially because it wasn't listed as MCM or Danish Modern, but as a regular ol' dining set. The seller knew it was MCM though, made in Denmark and said it was teak. I was so worried that the seller would change her mind when we got there!