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I can't STAND watching her show. She pronounces the most random words with the most bizarrely over-the-top "ethnic(?)" accent. Someone needs to tell her that, seriously, she really can just say "pan-schet-tuh," she doesn't have to go "Pan-CHEEEHHHHH-TUH!" every time. Ugh.

I am behind everything here, especially the first tip. Appliances take up SO MUCH SPACE! Counter and storage alike. I have maybe three large small appliances (food processor, crock pot, Keurig). Only one lives "out" in the kitchen (Keurig), the other two live on a tippity top cabinet shelf I couldn't reach on the daily anyway. Counter space is more precious than cabinet in my kitchen, so that works for me.

I have a rule I snagged from Alton Brown: No unitaskers in the kitchen! No this press or that baller, you can get by with a spoon or the butt of a beer bottle. If it's superfluous, it can go eff itself. :)

Yay, yay, YAY. One of the greatest joys of owning a dog is cuddling up with it on the couch. Why do you have a pet if you're going to have your panties in a wad about where it can exist? Do the canine race a favor and leave dog ownership to the less uptight.

Dogs do get locked out of the bedroom at night, though. For restful sleep reasons, and for intimacy reasons. But there are exceptions... like letting them in on a Saturday morning for cuddles (or a rambunctious wake-up call).

Nice tips! I hadn't even thought about the long exposure option. I will be employing that one! :)

I hate to burst your bubble and play the "shoulda coulda woulda" card, but my advice is "move somewhere else."

I fell in LOVE with an apartment once that didn't have laundry facilities or a dishwasher. Boy, did I come to resent that place. You really have to be honest with yourself about what you need in a home, and pass up anything that doesn't meet your basic requirements... no matter how cute it is.

It's so funny that this post should pop up... I am in the process of researching striking photographs of antique cameras for our home decor. I'm doing a less kitschy version of "his" and "hers" art on either side of our bed; me, the photographer, will have a vintagey camera, and BF, the fil-uhm director, will have an old movie camera.

Is something preventing you from taking the art out of the frame? A basic black frame with a white mat would work, a la http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00078051/
I would also suggest putting some bright white copy paper behind this in the frame. It looks like it was drawn on... tracing paper? I could barely tell what it was at first, other than a couple random blobs of color.

Hoooo-lee crap, that's an expensive lamp. But gorgeous, though... that was my first thought upon seeing that post. Someone fulfill my dreams and tell me it's DIY-able?

Natural light is awesome--agreed! Being prone to depressive swings, I needs my vitamin D.

My big things are - DISHWASHER (omg... doing dishes by hand BLOWS), washer & dryer at least on-site (if not in the unit itself), and absolutely, positively, definitely NO galley kitchens, no matter how many half-walls they throw in!!

Like MARYBC said, multiple days!! I am having a "painting party" with a few friends next weekend to paint my bedroom. I have already started taping off baseboards and trim. I can live with it for a week, and I want to get down to the main event when they arrive.

That said, also: employ friends. Strength and speed in numbers! Feed them, booze them (post-painting), trade crafty labor (my friends don't sew, I'm making throw pillows and curtains for them). Put on some music and make it fun.