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@anitano, I also got these about a month ago... they're great! And they have fun new colors since I purchased mine :)

Beautiful home--I love how you let your personality shine throughout! Gorgeous closet--I am definitely jealous!

Saw a little more of this space on the Nate Berkus show this week--she has a great bookshelf she built herself. Gorgeous--inspires me to purge some excess belongings!

Nice job. Thank you for all the details... I am starting to plan my bathroom renos, too, and all of the cost breakdown is VERY helpful! Congrats!

Sparkle: Check out National Council for Jewish Women (NCJW). They will even give you an itemized receipt for your taxes.

Gorgeous home... love the oversized flowers! Do you recall where you bought the subway sign?

I generally only buy scented candles if they are the higher quality. Some that come to mind: Slatkin, Henri Bendel, Illume, Illuminations (RIP). Otherwise, unscented. You won't catch me with candles from a grocery or drug store--too artificial!

I don't know if they are the cheapest, but I bought my Benjamin Moore at Supreme Paint in Manhattan Beach... they have great service and even helped me custom mix shades.

I installed some hooks in my bedroom after reading a recent AT post on hooks in the bedroom (a la hotel rooms). Made such a difference... now I hang up my next day outfit, so I'm not scrambling in the morning. While some of those posted are expensive, The Container Store has some functional and stylish ones at reasonable prices.

Twelve moves since high school, though I have only been in 2 places in the last 8 years.

COLLEGE
1) Into the dorms
2) Into a summer rental
3) Into an on-campus apartment with hideous roommates, which only lasted 5 weeks
4) Into an off-campus apartment with boyfriend... stayed for 9 months, but turns out the bf wasn't a good roommate, though we dated for another year.
5) Into a summer rental, 2 bd/2.5 bath with 3 roomates... fun summer!
6) Into a house for my jr. year with 3 roommates
7) Into an apartment for my sr. year with 1 roommate

POST-COLLEGE
8) Into a 4 bedroom condo for 2 years... 3 roommates
9) Into a 2 bedroom apartment for 1 year... 1 roommate
10) Moved back with parents while in graduate school for 2 years
11) Into my first rental apartment solo... a 1 bd/1 ba for 6.5 years until my landlord went nuts, which gave me the impetus to...
12) Buy my own place, a 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo, almost 2 years ago. Never been better. Not hoping to move any time soon, and just am enjoying the process of decorating and updating my place.

I found having the long stint in the rental didn't give me the normal purge I do with the (previously annual or so) move. I'm still decluttering from my old place and hope my 2 bedroom will soon have less stuff than my 1 bedroom rental did. I'm now learning to declutter on a regular basis, instead of waiting for a move to do it.