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Very cute! I love that you have the three of them together. It looks like a room in which they can make a lot of memories together.

This space has so much unrealized potential! It's way too bare. It's actually depressing. Someone commented that it looks like a hotel efficiency, and I agree. Someone else questioned whether a nice rug or artwork, etc., are really "needed." Well, no, you don't NEED these things to survive, but you need them to stay sane! I do like what you have in your space (couch, chair, table, etc.), but it definitely needs more.

Great place! I love how you've juxtaposed and combined modern and traditional design elements (the rocking chair with the modern art on the wall, the quilt in your room, the shower curtain in the bathroom, plates on the kitchen wall, the light fixture, etc). You've got a really good eye. Great job!

I love it! It looks so fun and romantic. I love that the tub/shower is in the bedroom. It's almost like a suite. The first year of marriage (okay, every year) is always challenging (or at least it should be :). So much adjusting. You're no longer "me," you're "we." Congrats on your first year together and on a lovely apartment!

Not feelin' it. Way too many garlands. It looks like it would be cute and quirky enough without all the garlands.

This water purifier is, admittedly, the most elegant one around, but $700? That's a little ridiculous. I'll stick with my Zero Water pitcher, which seems to get the job done while being nicely tucked into the fridge.

I love this discussion. There are too many of you to agree with (ERIKAKN, ELIZ, AKAY. . . The Authenticity Hoax sounds like a good read - thank you). I think putting props in your home, or even on yourself and your children (e.g. kids dressed like adults) is a sad symptom of the state of our culture: people are lacking in identity. People don't know who they are anymore, so they look to everything around them for an answer. Social media, their clothes, their cars, their homes. . . They don't know what they think, like, or believe, so they need all theses things to give them a sense of identity. "Propping" in your home is just one way in which people do this.

That said, I love looking at beautiful things. There's nothing inherently wrong with material things, or with things that are aesthetically pleasing. Is it nice to drive a nice car, or wear nice clothes, or have a nice home? Yes, of course! But when these things become a costume you have a problem.

I think "distressing" furniture irks me the most (organizing your books by color is a close second). Painting something and then taking a piece of sand paper to the edges is so utterly pretentious and ridiculous (I don't know that I've ever seen it on AT, but it's all over design blogs). Unless you're quite literally the prop master at a theatre, you have no business "distressing" furniture.

Agreed! $168 camera strap is ludacris, and the rest of the list is pretty useless. Schraderjill, you have a great idea for a father's day gift - I may just have to steal it!