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Hi, everyone. We will try and answer some of the questions put to us here. As far as the technical inquiries, we used birch plywood for the loft floor and stairs, then stained it a dark walnut color, and coated it with polyurethane. The treads of the stairs are 8 and 1/4" long and the risers are 10" tall. The overall ceiling height is 12'-5".

That cloth black chair IS f-ugly, but it's also comfortable! Both the black chairs need to go, we just have not gotten replacements yet. We have found that the chair arrangement works out well for watching tv, and I (D) had personally always wanted the tv perpendicular the couch because I like to lay down across the couch. The arrangement seems to work out well when we have guests too.

As far the sterile and bland comments go, we partly agree. We moved in very recently and have not settled on any large scale art for the walls. The place though IS in desperate need of color, so (P) tells me. I (D) personally prefer the color and ornament to come from the objects within a space while leaving a fairly neutral pallet for the enclosure. The place is actually kept pretty clean, not far too from what the images show. This is mostly due to my mild dose ocd! I hate clutter in my house and where I work.

I can't really put my finger on what is making people select bland color pallets and furniture. Perhaps it is just a product of a clean aesthetic from the media and magazines. This too needs a source. Maybe the design field is attracting or molding restrained and conservative individuals. I think it is a TREND that is indirectly sourcing a traditional Japanese sense sparseness. If you look at traditional Japanese houses, they were often of neutral tones and color came from the outside nature and interior objects. Also, it becomes harder to add color to a place the more it has been set into a motion towards a neutral pallet. (P) tried to buy some blue pillows and I freaked because it would have been the ONLY color in the place. I would rather get some color up on the walls first.

Anyway, thanks for your comments! We enjoyed reading all of them.

-P D