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Rustic wood furniture can look good in the right context. I do think this one looks a little uncomfortable since it looks like it's more of a wedgie injector than a seat. =)

Thanks for posting this here. Interesting conversation...

I'm not sure I understand why these are eco-friendly.

In the Valley it just felt like I'd had one too many martinis. Nothing fell off the shelves and I think I was the only one who even bothered to inch my way over to the door jam.

I still can't believe they did these in just 36 short hours. I've been working on just where to put my sofa in my new condo since I moved in ... 4 months ago.

And hey -- for all the gigantic sectional haters out there -- the sofa is big, but so's the family. I think it's great that she designed the living room for their lifestyle. With a big family, it's so hard to sit down all together. Now they can! What's cooler than that?

Plastic, depending on the type and the storage location, could develop leaks. You definitely don't want to find that you need the water only to find that it leaked out and evaporated 2 years ago. The best solution I've found is to pick a month every year (maybe you do it around your birthday) and cycle through the water I have on hand. I use what I've been storing and buy a new supply. I also check the first aid kit, flashlight batteries and food supplies.

It's my feeling that tinned food will last a really, really long time. I've even read about people who fairly recently ate food that have been in the tins since the days of WWII. Expiration dates for tinned foods are not government mandated, but are self-imposed by the industry. I would mainly worry about tossing swelled or deformed cans and foods with a lot of acid that might wind up making the food taste "tinny" or leach metals into the food.

I have a very oddly shaped living and dining room space in our condo. Since we moved in a few months ago I've moved our couch and other seating around 4-5 times and have never figured out how to make it work! I want to be able to enjoy the view of our small patio and our fireplace, but also want to be able to enjoy conversations with visitors when they come in. Extra bonus for us would be to figure out how to occasionally watch our small t.v. we have down there as well. (I also wouldn't mind some suggestions for clever ways to hide that t.v.)