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There is a difference between e-readers and books. I am a reluctant convert to my Kobo (like a Kindle but Canadian) - I can't imagine life without it! But I don't see e-readers every replacing books.

Organic, yes. Modern, not so sure. I did a whole lot of macrame back in the early 70's :)

I much prefer shades to drapes - I really don't like the look of drapes most of the time. There are some fabulous shades available now.

These are so cool!

Clean up as you go - such smart advice! We do usually do a lot of our prep before guests arrive, and we clean up before they arrive, but it looks like a cyclone hit by the time they leave. We have a smaller kitchen, and I guess we should make sure we put dirty dishes in the dishwasher instead of just leaving them on the counter.

I'm thinking that there may be some interesting items that you could buy in Ethiopia. Your place looks like it could be anywhere. Maybe see what you could buy locally?

Cute house, although I'm still puzzled by the name "Freuchie" - it really doesn't sound Scottish :)

After many years of yellow walls, we repainted our living room, dining room and up the stairs. We decided to go white. Big decision as to which white! We eventually landed on Benjamin Moore Cloud White, and I'm really happy with it. We have a lot of colour in the house already and we painted 1 wall turquoise blue.

I commented on the full post how much I liked this home. I understand totally what you mean by the work taking so much longer than you think it will. We've done most of our renovations ourselves (actually my husband has done most of the work, I just come up with the ideas and pay the bills), and it really does take a lot more time. But it's very rewarding.

As much as I love the idea of solar powered lights, they just don't work in my garden. We live in an old neighbourhood with massive trees, and we don't get enough sun to power the lights. So disappointing!