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This doesn't exactly relate to THIS this thread, but: I posted the Norman Bates quote from PSYCHO because I love the film. I even did my bathroom in Psycho motif: got a towel at Bloomingdales, had it monogrammed "BATES MOTEL." Alas, I no longer have the towel - that was 30+ years ago. But I think the monogram guy is still there, at the 59th St, Bloomie's. In fact, I think I'll get another Bates Motel towel, :>D

Always thought of ants as more suburban/rural. Saw them growing up on L.I. In Manhattan I'm more familiar with roaches, of course, and it never occurred to me that we even had ants in Manhattan . . . until last week, when my neighbor across the hall -- and it's not a very wide hall -- told me he's been having an ant invasion for a while. Yikes! So thanks for starting this thread!

This one made me smile! I don't think it's granny-ish at all . . . but the couch & rug are, ugh!

But if you put your hand on the screen to cover the couch and look at the photo again, you might view the bookcases more fairly, without the distraction, :)

I'd put the butter-colored one in the middle.

To those who suggested painting them all the same color, I can tell you, having "been there, done that" -- it would be BORING!

Did my foyer in "Bahaman Sea Blue" - Benjamin Moore, 2055-40. Trim is "White Opulence" - BM, 879. It's delicious, and I find I'm always drawn to it. I could be sitting on sofa watching the TV but keep looking back at the foyer, :)

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=836019742#!/photo.php?pid=3647180&id=836019742

http://www.myperfectcolor.com/Benjamin-Moore-2055-40-Bahaman-Sea-Blue-p/mpc0004406.htm

The first room reminds me of the Seinfeld episode "The Nap" - where Jerry hires the contractor who built George's under-the-desk nap-at-work station to build cabinets in his open kitchen. These look as oppressive to me as Jerry's did. He eventually removed them.

Ugh. No thanks.

For me this is a very retro trip down Memory Lane! This is what people did in the late '60s/early '70s, used milk crates, often combined with concrete cinder blocks stolen from construction sites, to create bookshelves/storage units. By 1978, most of my friends and I had graduated to "real" furniture, :) It was fun at the time, though!

home body: I got mine in Bed Bath & Beyond

Hi Megan, I just want to say one thing about measuring -- make sure to include the legs on whichever couch you choose (if you choose one with legs). And if there are legs, find out if they screw in and out -- a few months ago I bought this Cortina sofa from Raymour & Flanagan http://www.raymourflanigan.com/catalog/details.asp?ID=100122

But I didn't check first to include the leg measurements, and those legs DIDN'T come out. There was plenty of room for the couch in my main room, but the poor delivery guys, try as they might, and they tried for an hour, could not get this couch through my teeny foyer into the main room. The foyer has a chunk of wall that the couch had to go around to get into the living room, but the sofa's legs created the extra width that prevented them from getting it in. Yep, I had to decline and get a credit.

Kevin, can you please provide info on the lovely lacy/floral/sheet curtains around your bed? For months I've been looking for something similar -- and to use for the same purpose -- with no luck. Looks so pretty - thanks.