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The first photo shows whole pepper corns in the pepper container - don't think i'd like to sprinkle them over my salad. I'm assuming you'd want to grind them first, right?

In spite of a rather turd-like quality (the photos here really show off the, ahem, "dookey-ness" of it: http://www.midmod-design.com/archive/4ac516793ffb6/Le-Bambole-large-sofa-by-Mario-Bellini-for-BB-Italia-1973), I like this - but it only works in brown with really broken-in vintage leather (the Craigslist example in blue from the post above is just plain awful).

"a strange and lovely little neighborhood tucked in between West Portal and the Sunset..."

Isn't it actually "tucked" in the hills just above (and east east of) West Portal? That doesn't put it in between Wp and the Sunset IMO...

Of course it'a a *green* house - can't you see the exterior paint job?

Hmmm, I guess "Man" = An aesthetically challenged, arrested adolescent with terrible taste, right? How cute...

I'm with foodefafa on this. If you need a "clubhouse" and are over 18, you might want to think about growing up a bit, it think.

Yeah, I personally don't care for the beveled\rounded edged, brown\yellow\green flecked granite counter tops I've seen out there (and yes - way overdone, and never "in" to begin with). But, when it came time to overhaul the kitchen in the house we bought, the most cost effective solution was (of course) garanite. We chose an Indian black, with square edges (and undermount sink) which I actually really like a lot - it looks great, and will age well because it's simple and understated.

I would say that it's not so much the materials you use, but the way you use them. Noboday would ever say that *wood*
is "out", would they?

Having said that, concrete counter tops bug me a little - really, to me they look so 1990's, and evoke that fake "industrial" dot.com "loft" feeling that is now most definitely "out"...

I for one, think that the 80's era gets a bad rap when it comes to interior design. It wasn't all about grey and pink and Miami Vice (although, yes, that was *part* of it). My in-laws just (last night) gave me a book on Bay Area cottages - with really nice exterior and interior shots of some great local houses. As I looked through the book I noticed a conspicuous lack of "adult hipster toy" vignettes, gratuitus mid-century same-old-same-old "favorites", Flor tiles, rat-pack style "collections" or overly ambitious & brash color choices. Dare I say, things looked so much more grown-up and sophisticated than what I've become accustomed to in most of AT's house tours. I turned to check the copywrite and - shock - 1989!

From what I can see, this reno looks like a great improvement over the "80's" kitchen from the before picture. But i wouldn't write-off the 80's altogether. I think people tend only to remember the train wrecks, and not a lot of the good stuff sometimes...usually from abot 20 - 30 years before.

But, of course I'm ahead of the curve on that - I can't stand the 90's and early 00's...

Does the Mayor of Disneyland live here?

As the father of a 2 year old girl who has encouraged orange, green and even (gasp) brown, I realize now that when it comes to young girls, you sometimes gotta' just let them get their pink on.

Am I alone in thinking there's something creepy about it? It looks a little bit like a cartoon come to life, and that to me is sort of a nightmarish concept...