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Does the saying "Nothing new under the sun" apply here? Sure people are wrong for exactly copying someone's design, but now things can't be similar (and heavens forbid affordable for the "masses"?)

I think the original point of the post was completely lost for two reasons, A.) The use of a designer name in the title (forgive the poor writer for trying to give a frame of reference) and B.) The dumbing down comment.

I've been checking this site everyday since I stumbled across it a few months ago and besides some great tips that I've attempted in my own home (so much so that by boyfriend yells Apartment Therapy at me in stores), I've noticed that I clearly am in the "lower" class of those who reside here.

I appreciate the beautiful things I see here, but I know they are most times way out of my league, so I find the same ideas within my means that look as good as what I see here. What is the crime in that? I don't buy fake designer handbags, but best believe if I see one that has similar elements and is clearly not a "knockoff" with a few changed letters or reversed designs, I'm entitled to have that same beauty at a price I can afford.

In a time when people are feeling so low and so overwhelmed by the cost of living, why should they be made to feel bad for wanting to have nice things in their homes that they can afford. What is the alternative? Save months on end for a chair or buy something they like and enjoy it regardless of being looked down upon.

It really strikes a nerve because I think people here all want beautiful homes regardless of their ability to shell out thousands.

One man's original chair is another man's mortgage.