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Wow! Thanks for all the sweet comments! This is so exciting. I wanted to answer all the questions I've seen on here about our place (it should actually be Beth & Tony's). First - the SCAMPY (love it!) dog. Cricket! She is strait out of the LA pound and she is 9 pounds of cute and scrappy - looks part puppy, part grandma dog. She most definitely terrier, possibly mixed with Italian Greyhound? Has long skinny legs, VERY fast. We need to get one of those doggie DNA tests. She is a great dog - mutts are the best!

The woman in our kitchen is Billie Holiday, it is our only non-flea/thift, non-me, non-friend art piece. It is I think screen printed on a piece of wood with some brush work over that. We bought it at a little place in Echo Park 6 years ago and the woman did not know the artists name, but I think they were local (it's signed TK at the bottom).

How do we make the bed? You basically have to be in the bed to make it - at the top, tugging everything towards the headboard and then inch out and smooth. We do have about 3.5 feet between the bed and the wardrobe, so not that bad. Finding where to store my book/reading glasses (I'm on the inside) is tricker.

The chartreuse barrel side tables in the living room (there's actually two) are something my mom was storing for me from one of my grandparents places. I kept telling her to hold on to them b/c I love them and they are so unique. When we moved in here, I had her send them out because they are small, but open up to storage inside. They where cream and I painted them.

The circular coffee table is actually an antique folding wire laundry basket. I had a piece of glass cut for the top and bottom to make a second shelf. It, and the woven grass stool are easy to move around the room and the stool is great for an extra seat when needed.

The rest - Shower curtain, Target! Ich Liebe Dich pillow, IReckon on Etsy. Sofa from SofaULove, custom-sized. Got the rug at shadesoflight.com. And yes, those are magazines along the bottom of our bookshelf...many my old Dominos (sigh).

Thanks for the comments and votes everyone! Glad you all like it as much as we do. :)