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My favorite too! I think about this place so much!

Yay, Astoria! Love the white backdrop to your worldly stuff and dark kitty.

My dad made something similar (only one tier) out of a pot rack.

Divine!
I love the dark colors with wood.

I love these.

I met my neighbors the first time I looked at my house. When my boyfriend and I finally bought it our 87-year-old neighbors in the attached house next door expressed joy that we'd bought it--even though they'd only met us that one time. At our closing no one had the keys to the property; the lawyers and realtors told us to get the keys from the neighbors. They are really the best. They watch the house when we're gone, even watering our tomatoes. They've lived on the block forever and they know everyone and everything that goes on. On top of it all they're hilarious. We've had them over with other friends; they're the most gracious of houseguests and they are the life of the party. I couldn't have asked for better neighbors.

I am not married but I own a home with a partner I've been with for 6 years. He's been married before. We aren't having children. We plan to be together until one of us dies. I do find it daunting that one of us will die first (eek.) For all the questions we get about when we'll get married, I just haven't been able to come up with a compelling reason to do it. I feel strongly (and often in conversations express) that marriage (or any long term relationship) is about finding someone you can negotiate with. We have that, and we frequently renegotiate. (Things change over time, after all!) I'm not totally sold on "for better or for worse." "Sickness and health:" yes. I believe in that. It's good to know that my partner would care for me if I was sick, and (though I'm far more squeamish) I know that to do the same for him would be to experience the greatest love possible. But if someone becomes willfully negligent or bitter or horrible for some reason...what kind of masochist would stay? Why promise to?
I recently had a conversation with a teenager about the benefits of getting married. The only one I could come up with is that it works to the advantage of the person who makes less money if there is a divorce. In my relationship, that's me. If my boyfriend and I broke up we'd sell our house (or rent it, or he'd buy me out, or something like that) and split. But if we were married and we broke up I could claim some sort of entitlement to his money. It makes me feel icky to think of it.
I do hate referring to each other as boyfriend and girlfriend, though. We are both well over 30; he's over 40. There should be better words.

It seems like the imaginations of some commenters extend only to design and not to the humanity beyond their bourgie enclaves.

I don't know where you can find it but I have a teeny tiny bathroom too and I love this wallpaper for it!

"Paris apartment meets beach house"--exactly! And it's truly lovely; such a vibe I would go for. To wit: you have my bedspread on your dining room table. And you're reading "Freedom!" Franzen slays me.