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so laure, you just figured out that Venice is really really expensive compared to the valley? Uh, yah.

Coincidentally, I just spent the day planting my potted vegetable garden. I'm a pretty avid gardener, so I had alot of big pots around, but what works the best is half whiskey barrels. You could even put them on wheels yourself! Granted they are big and round, so you do need some space. you can get whiskey barrels at Loews or Home Depot. Loews is where I would start.
The tubs above are totally impractical because they are too small. AND those pictures are crazy! Is that like three tomato plants I see planted in there. you'd be lucky to be able to grow one. Tomatoes have enormous root systems. The only thing that might work is an herb garden, but they do you really need that dumb thing for $200?
Anyways, whiskey barrels! They cost between $20 and $35. But if you're doing tomatoes, one per pot.

frickin San Francisco. You know you wanat to kill kill kill! All that no killing of flies is going to come out in other ways. Who knows who'll end up on your chopping block once you crack.

me again, sorry. I don't see marble with colored chairs at all. If you go marble, do white chairs with wood bases.

Hi,
The fiberglass chairs are lovely, but they're for people who are interested in home design, who aren't super safe. The people I work with would never like them, but their places are all beige and look like bad model homes. So phooey to your coworkers.

If you want those chairs to work, I'd eventually switch out the table and the light fixture, (sorry, the last thing you want to hear!) The shell chairs are very light feeling, and the table and color of the room is fairly heavy. If you love the chairs, go for it! But I think to make them really sing I'd use a lighter color on the walls, more fun light fixture, and maybe a distressed wood table. Could you do a round table? The table you have now, is it a piece of granite? Honestly I don't see that table with those chairs. If you stick with the table, only use four chairs because now it looks very crowded. Put two extra chairs somewhere else. I also think that mixing the chairs with two more wire chairs will weaken the effect of the shell chairs. You want them to make a statement, not be diluted.

But hell, start with the chairs if you love them. They're such an investment get the color you like best and tailor the room around that color. Your livingroom is absolutely perfect for the feel of the shell chairs! I'd move the dining room in that direction too.

Nothing else has to cost what the chairs do. But I think you're looking at a redesign to make them work.

I don't agree with Djluckyonline. I think people in LA, especially Venice, do buy high end in a casual atmo. It's super nuveau riche, which we have alot of. Buy your $300 slink and linen T shirt at a little cute hole in the wall, that kinda thing. Or even your one of a kind dining set.

I just made one! It burns a surprisingly long time. I might even use them on my dinner table. Since we'll all be sitting there they will be supervised. I put mine on a little plate too.

It is a beautiful house, but I really don't think of it as a stellar use of color. I know neutrals are colors, but it just feels so safe and uncolorful. More of a winner for a straight design contest or something that is about textures. I don't understand how it got this far.

I don't know why brown isn't colorful, but it isn't.

Rick, you're probably hilarious in person, but a writer your not.