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This is one of the best house tours I've seen. It's perfect!
I can't say anything else!
Except how much did its construction cost? I want to live in a cottage like this...

I love this place, it's my favourite so far! I love the colors of the wood and the walls, reds and greens... the textures...everything, it makes me so jealous, I wish I could do something like that with my place. I like what I can see of the kitchen too, and I agree with others, we need a house tour!

Ha, I can see both sides of the comments on this post. I just returned from OKC where I got heat exhaustion due to my unadjusted body coming from Boston where it's been raining and cool for months...years? I noticed everyone in OK had their shades drawn..for good reason too, it was 103. Here, I live in a ground level apt, so I have one big sliding glass door in the back for sun, my bed is placed there, the rest is a cave.

Oh man am I jealous! I also live in a basement apartment and I have the same couch as you and blue walls...but my place isn't nearly as nice, I would love to have your kitchen. I have 3 of those high rectangular windows too..drags me down in the winter man. I love your breaker box cover idea too! Great job!

That's the Macy's Corona sofa in Cafe Noir I believe. I have it in Pear and it is the best purchase I've made for my apt. It is very comfortable and well made, look for it on sale, I got mine for $629 last year (not including shipping etc.) Much better quality than sofas I looked at that cost more from other stores (Crate and Barrel, Pottery Barn, etc.)

That first pic is work done by Gianni Bostford: http://www.giannibotsford.com/

I live in a basement apt in Boston, or "finished ground level," as I like to call it, I just moved in a couple of months ago so I don't know how the winter will be but so far it's ok. I have the same reservations about it getting dark so early here and I wonder if I will regret this, but the rent is cheap and it's my own place. I have a large window/door in my room that opens to a garden so I get a lot of light in there but otherwise I have 3 tiny ground level windows. I put plants in those sills and I feel like I am in a terrarium, which is better than feeling like I am in a basement, I don't have curtains in those windows either, I don't see the need. I have seen some house centipedes but I also had those in my other apts, which weren't basement apts so I think it is a Boston thing, gross I know! It is nice and cool when it is warm and feels warmer when it is colder outside. I have bright track lighting, I am not sure what kind of bulbs, it is almost like museum lighting and I also have other lights all over and mirrors everywhere. And like Sabrinaa said, it is only a year (or 2 for me) so I can take some subterranean living for a limited time. I also painted the walls that were very dark colors light, bright colors and it looks so much better. Check for mold though! Esp in the bathroom, you don't want to deal with that, I run some bleach over walls, ceilings once a week in there just in case...haven't seen any yet. Best of luck!