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wait. what? Seriously? I am absolutely flabbergasted at this posting and the comments. It has seriously NEVER, not ONCE, occurred to me to paint or modify my (oh-so-many) apartments without landlord permission. How incredibly rude and disrespectful. If I did not like the place before I moved in, I just kept looking.

I DID paint in one place, after asking the landlord. She said we could paint as long as the colors were neutral, and definitely no trim work. She came over to approve as well.

Now, I am a landlord, and like someone mentioned above, this was not the plan, simply life and economics. My previous tenant asked and was given permission to paint one of the bedrooms, after I had come over and approved the color. She then took it upon herself to paint the other bedroom a disgusting puke lime green without permission (and argue with me at move-out time that I had approved it). She did a lousy job, too. Had to have professionals come in and paint many coats over the green and repaint the ceilings in both rooms to compensate where the lines between wall and ceilings were not fresh. This was not cheap. It was annoying. And, it was rude. My poor new tenants have a lock-tight lease now (though, they are, so far, fabulous!).

@WORDGRL - thank you...

"cottage" my ass! That house is humongous! And look at the grounds!

That kitchen is great! I have to agree, stools would be better. The trunk does seem out of place there. I would go with backless stools, to allow the eye to see open space.

It definitely looks like you have room for a bookshelf by the door. You can leave the bottom shelf open for shoes.

You asked about the window over the bed. What about a room divider type shelving unit along the bed (leaving room to navigate the getting in and out, naturally)? I'm thinking one with no back to allow light to filter. This would allow you to treat the bed "area" as a "room" and personalize your window treatment in this area.

Otherwise, in a space as small as yours, you should try to coordinate the window treatments to be the same.

Love that you share this space. Kudos to you and your partner for your minimalist-ness (yes, I made that word up).