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The cat stairs are awesome! My kitty would go nuts for those. One idea to make them seem more intentional and less shelf-like is to mount part of a flor tile on top. This would give Sugar some traction too. :)

I tried something like this but my cat ended up tracking the litter EVERYWHERE. I know this is a common problem so we just ended up putting the litterbox in the bathtub (we have two bathrooms). It stops the litter tracking but its really annoying to clean and move the box when we have guests. Anyone have any hack solutions that also solve the litter tracking problems? I've considered the modkat box but I just can't convince my hubby to spend $180 on a litterbox...

I completely disagree. I enjoy food just as much as I enjoy living a healthy lifestyle. I think its great to see recipes that are tasty but recognize that some of us prefer low fat or low cal diets. I don't find this a depressing kill-joy - just a way of life.

Not to be a scrooge but you do the same thing with ecards that you do with paper cards - read them and then eventually throw them away. In my small space I personally don't have a mantel or other place to display paper cards and wonder what I'm supposed to do with them. And with people starting to green up their lives at least with ecards you're saving paper.

fantastic backsplash -where is it from?

Anyone seen the track lighting in the 5th picture before? I've been looking for something like that.

Training a cat to stay off the sofa sounds like mission impossible (not that it bothers me). I'm just proud I've trained mine to stay off the countertops and that he only hops up on the dining table when he wants attention!

I actually think the brick makes a nice architectural element and contrasts nicely with the other colors in the room. Maybe it would be interesting to maybe make the brick a feature while disguising the fact that its a fireplace. You could make another frame (with the same type of wood framing around the fireplace) the width of the brick that would extend from the top of the fireplace to the ceiling. You could put a shelf at the bottom to make the horizontal line make sense and you could fill it with the afore mentioned canvas. This would kind of extend the brick upwards without actually laying more brick and create an interesting architectural element behind the sofa. Add some lighting it might look pretty cool. Not sure if it could hang with only a few screws though, but I'm sure something could be figured out.

great post! would love to see more like this on AT.

i agree with valleyval, hotel room was my first thought - especially the tv area with the lonely telephone on the sideboard.