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Whoops, I mean James' bedroom...

Martha is freaking brilliant.

follow up pics?

I hate scented candles -- all of them seem overpowering, smoky, and vaguely like burning oil to me. I generally just pick up marked off unscented ones at Cost Plus at the end of summer and after the holidays when they are getting rid of the last of inventory or just get Ikea's. One trick for not having any scent at all is to "blow out" the candles by taking a skewer and dipping the wick into the melted wax, then propping it back out of the puddle. It lightly seals the wick for easier lighting next time and does not allow any smoke to escape.

I'm the mom in one of those "father wakes up for sleeping baby, mother sleeps through everything" households.

I've got one in my family room. Rarely do we use it for actual excercise, but my 18-month old thinks it is cool that he has such a huge ball to push around, and when folks come over, there is always someone who wants to sit on it and bounce rather than sit in a "normal" chair.

good stuff! 2% milk instead of milk/cream, used the microwave method above (only took 2mins and then 3-1min. intervals on high in an 1100W microwave), then stirred in 1 oz of unsweetened baker's chocolate because I didn't quite have enough cocoa. Nice and chocolaty, not too sweet and very thick.

Don't microwave in plastic ever is not exactly what the original study said. On the other hand, "Some Concern" by the NTP probably warrants going to glass. Pyrex has some great sets, some aren't even that utilitarian looking.

Uh, pretty house, but when did apartment therapy become 3400 SF. I agree with formosagirl, this is more like looking at a catalogue than seeing anything inspiring and innovative for space ideas.

I'm agreeing with bepsf. I've had this design in mind for a while for our entry/dining/living room, but we had a complicated desk built custom for us that was still half the price of this table. Beautiful, but might as well just get it made locally.