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I'd like to find more buyers for my work like this in here in the Great Lakes region. Upcycling furniture for a living would be my dream job.

Oh wait, there's a link. My bad.

@Yonella; I have five chickens, and I must say you are right about keeping birds being more expensive than buying your eggs at the market.
But I love keeping them! They are beneficial in so many ways.
They turn all my kitchen scraps and their bedding into compost for my garden. I can cook those decadent rich French recipes that call for 8 eggs without batting an eye. Unless they have just layed an egg, they are quiet. They're beautiful and fun to watch. They're soft and tame, and they boss my cats around. The the eggs they lay are richly colored, dense and thickly shelled. They dig and eat grubs and bugs in my garden. and they are conversation starters in the neighborhood. Neighbors going on walks are always stopping in to check in on the girls. If I bothered to put a little effort into selling some eggs for 3-4 dollars a carton, I would make back what I pay for in feed. I love having backyard chickens!

Oh, that's easy. Detroit is the place for urban farming.
http://blog.makezine.com/2011/09/09/farming-detroit/
http://michiganmoviemagazine.biz/component/content/article/243.html
http://www.grownindetroitmovie.com/
http://www.repastspresentandfuture.org/site/farmer-fund/
Acres and acres of cheap (almost free) land, a rich agricultural history, a good growing climate, Eastern Market, rich soil, a highly energized local foods movement, and Michigan is second only to California in variety of crops grown state-wide. Farming is HUGE in the D.

THE BEST before and after on AT!

The corner of my living room is the only place where I can store my TV. I still have my big old TV, in a cabinet style corner armoire that I bought on Craigslist and painted yellow. I prefer to hide the TV when it's not on. But I haven't found a good solution to hiding the TV in the corner of a room, outside of the armoire. Does anyone know of any?

For bright white, I like Pratt and Lambert's designer white. I want to try marine paint on the trim in my bathroom. I like the high gloss and durability of it, reminds me of Mackinaw Island. Otherwise, I love love love, Benjamin Moore's satin impervo. It's a fabulous paint for the hardworking areas of the house; cupboards, windowsills, etc.; and it's self leveling if applied with a brush.
I installed wainscot in my bungalow home office; I used a custom color similar to bungalow white on the chair rail and baseboard, then I used Minwax wood sheen in dove white on the paneling to whitewash. It's not everyone's style, but I like seeing the wood grain and the whitewash kept it from looking too much like a deli. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1035208757873.2007476.1155077215&type=1#!/photo.php?fbid=2074426657671&set=a.1035208757873.2007476.1155077215&type=1&theater

http://www.lowes.com/pd_93679-4-200510CBUNGALOWWHITE_?PL=1&productId=3323728

For a vintage wall color, I would consult the bathrooms in Old House Journal.

cedargr0: I found a link to an original arts and crafts interior: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/sf/jenny-and-cristinas-rustic-modern-apartment-house-tour-106867

I would love to see a post about design solutions for bungalows with original wood trim. I don't want to paint white latex over the oak in my/living dining room.

Too true JenneJoy! No mention of the completely fabulous Grand Rapids Art Museum, or University of Michigan Museum of Art, which are worth a visit for the buildings alone. I don't much about homes outside of Southeast Michigan to tour, but I'm surprised NOT to see Meadow Brook Hall, the Henry Ford Estate, or the Edsel and Elanor Ford House listed.