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So depressing that people in other parts of the country might actually think NYC women are like Sex & the City chicks?

Anybody who bought real estate more than 20 years ago in NYC made a good investment. I'm sure the West Village townhouse had a good return.

Also, it sounded to me that the only thing they renovated was the kitchen. Was I wrong?

It is seriously weird how intensely gender stereotyped marketing is for kids in this country. While the pink problem might be more disturbing from a feminist point of view. As a mom to 2 boys, I resent the limitations placed on boys interests and self expression just as much as those put on girls.

I let my 4 year old son pick his own bedding on a trip to Ikea. He picked a bed spread with pink, orange, red, and white stripes. And, I knew he would because he likes hot colors. I dread the day he gives up on what pleases him for fear of what others might think.

For now, he plays with his pretend kitchen as well as his trucks and trains. People aren't so simple as girls=pink dolls and boys=primary colors sports. Why can't we let them be their multifaceted selves at every age.

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40107754 white stripes.

This is a great room and really doesn't need that much. I think your headed towards an updated cozy library look, so I would keep going in that direction.

I would loose the black chair and coffee table and floor lamp.

Change the black shelves for white and make them go around the corner up to the window, either tall or the same height as the built-ins. Replace the desk with a round table in that corner--modern or transitional. You can keep a desk lamp on the table.

I think you could make the blue chair work, but it sounds like you want to have it reupholstered. Find a pattern that you love, but make sure it brings together your walls and the couch. You can also have a tailored slip-cover made that velcros uderneath, if you think something washable would be more practical for the kitty. Woolite makes a readily available foaming carpet/uphostery cleaner, if you decide not to reuphoster or to go with a slip cover.

Please take the skirt off the ottoman, but make sure the legs are in good shape first.

Get two good reading floor lamps one for the chair and one for the couch. Maybe add a side table, if you feel you need one.

Generally, I would like to see your colors integrated into artwork for the walls and in decorative objects on the shelves. I would also like to see less black and more dark brown in the room, like the color of your mirror frame.

Can't wait to see the after pictures!

Sorry the Overstock Leann bed is ultra suede not leather. They do have leather beds without wings.