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Everything everyone has said is true, true, true. It would help, though, if the before/after photos were shot from precisely the same perspective. The first one? OK, but the others? Maybe it's me and I have no imagination. It's a bugaboo of mine, as is absent descriptions in home-tour slide shows. I've had spells when I stopped looking at them altogether because a lack of descriptions makes me crazy. Otherwise I'm a darling girl...really.

npr's This American Life...for sure!!

It's all relative. No matter where you live, if your rent is half your take-home pay, you're in a pickle. I mean surely everyone out there realizes that there are places in this country, even in the cities mentioned, where lots and lots of people barely make $50,000, let alone more than $100,000. Shelter is expensive, too expensive, but unless the law will allow us to "camp out" in public parks, we have to pay. Hooray for free enterprise.

He looks just the same...same great smile and crinkly eyes...as 25 years ago when he was on one of the first shows on HGTV. Love, love, loved his DIY stuff.

Not sure I'd have put the stove cheek by jowl with the fridge. Had a setup like that in a rental, and you could actually feel the heat of the stove through the wall of the fridge. Maybe a 1000 eu fridge is better insulated than my rental fridge was. Cute, cute, cute kitchen, though. Love the fridge and the sink, especially the sink.

I want one! More importantly, I know a boy of 4 named Charley who will drive his mother crazy begging to search for the treasure box when I make and give him one. Bet I CAN do it, too. Thanks for the ease with which you do this, John. Makes even a great auntie like me believe I can.

This has been pretty entertaining, but silly. If my home contained every pet peeve listed here, the negative comments wouldn't make me change them, and if those design elements so aggravated the people I invite into my home that they refused invitations, then we'd have to meet in restaurants or at the beach or park. My house if for ME, and if I like chopped pillows, by God, I'll have chopped pillows. But thanks for the chuckles.

I have a question, not a comment. I used to have lots of funny, quirky pictures of family and friends displayed where visitors could see them, and I was told by a close friend who said she was told by a decorator that family photos are for private rooms and you should display only art in public rooms. Can that possibly be correct? I know I love to see fun photos of other people's families when I visit their homes. I put the family photos away after I was told that, but I'm feeling rebellious and am about to move them back. What say ye?! I can think of nothing better to express who I am than to show the charming, attractive and loony people who are my family.

I love the house tours but wish so much that the photos had captions. I know people ask about certain design elements, furniture, paint colors, etc., in comments, but when you come late to a tour, you know your question's never going to be answered. Captions would be nice, though I understand that you can't insist on them.