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Why is it not letting me vote?

If you really care about any of this and not just as something to complain about, pay attention to where your food comes from.
You can find organic, locally made honey and maple syrup which both have health benefits. Find something with the name of the farm on it and look it up to see what you think about it.
Also read about palm (coconut) sugar. It is very low on the Glycemic Index, contains a lot of vitamins and minerals, and is a renewable resource that can be tapped year round.
I keep maple syrup that my parents friends make, locally farmed honey, palm sugar and basic organic sugar all in my house.
I do agree that moderation is the key here though. Try to use the best ingredients you can find, but also understand what it all does to your body.

I love the color. Your furniture and details are wonderful...
But, I do agree with the others about painting the rest of the walls. More color!
If you love it, keep it of course, but if you were debating at all whether to paint the rest of the walls I say do it. I don't think it will overwhelm, and the warmth it will create will match better with the feel of your furnishings.

I shared a large bedroom with my older brother until I was maybe 5 and he was just about to be a pre-teen. My parents built a wooden bunkbed into the center of the room which divided it in half. Mine was lower and there was a wall above. His was on top with a wall below. We each had about 5 or so feet of room to ourselves. It seemed to work out just fine, but of course, I was not a pre-teen boy...

Funny. This EXACT thing happened to me when I was a kid.
When I went away to camp I had a room with Raggedy Ann and Andy wallpaper. When I got back two weeks later, the walls were painted white and black, and I had new custom made bookshelves to replace the boards and bricks I had before. It was amazing.

The color is very nice, but really does not match the wood. I would go for a nice warm cream color or a very pale bluish green. If you want bold, try a rich moss green or peacock blue. I love the idea of a color on the ceiling as well. If you choose light color, try a shade darker above, and a pale version of the dark color if you want to go deep on the walls.

Oh my. Now THIS is beauty...

I think a rich plum or a deep peacock blue would look great.
If you want lighter, I like TwinkleTessa's idea of robins egg blue.

Do you ever find that when you "have absolutely nothing in the kitchen" you come up with the best meals?
I just made a dish with 1 leaf of chard, about 4 mushrooms, a can of organic chick peas, a little bit of frozen sweet corn and garlic. I added butter, lemon juice, Annie's worchestershire (amazing stuff) a dash of golden mountain soy sauce, a tiny splash of rice wine and sauteed it up til the chard was soft. It sounds a bit odd, but it was so good. I'd totally make it again (but next time add more mushrooms and greens.)

Funny. Just a few years ago this we ended up spending all night at a party playing this game. It was hilarious to do it again as adult (was in my late 20's at the time.) Even the guys were playing along.