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Wow do I hate this idea.

Interesting idea for an article, and it was fun to have a chance to look at the room before reading the name of its occupant. I think I could have identified Flannery O'Connor's room as hers even without the crutches, it look so much like my idea of her. But Proust's made me twitch with claustrophobia....

I like modern furniture when it's good, but wow, that original is just breathtakingly hideous -- kudos to you for seeing past the horrible surface! It's infinitely more appealing in the after; I like that slightly unexpected peacock blue and the crystal handles, and you can see the lines of the piece so much better. I personally find the distressing distracting, but like the above poster I'm just not a fan of that look. Great save, Cassie! I hope you enjoy living with it.

That's beautiful. I would assume the lego is either heavily reinforced or a shell over stronger building materials? I remember the fate of all those towers I built as a kid...

I'm so glad I watched that... beautiful skill, beautiful product.

When it comes to flooring, pet hair is indeed easier to remove but also much more noticeable on wood or tile than it is on carpet or rugs... for what it's worth, I did well with a black animal and an oatmeal-ish speckled rug for years.

If you prefer a fabric-covered couch, my experience has been that it's less important to match the color of your pet than it is to choose non-solids: tweed, a mottled color or a fine allover print have all worked for me at various times.

Leather, if you like it, won't repel fur but only collects it in crevices -- less disturbing on a daily basis as long as you vacuum weekly. My own feeling on slipcovers is that they add as much work as they eliminate... you still have to de-fur or wash them regularly, and most of them don't look so good after that. Good luck, and cute dog!

I can only think of a few shopping-list items that Have to be a certain brand... Lea & Perrins for Worcestershire sauce is one. Huy Fong brand Sriracha is another (I probably love the rooster as much as the sauce). I will unhappily live without most dried herbs and spices until I have time to make a trip to the Spice House. And while I always have a revolving collection of various mustard types, if there is no jar of plain old Maille Dijon then I'm 'out of mustard'.

I love the original scent of Purex laundry detergent, but it's become harder and harder to find.

Good idea, those little rugs! It's now been almost a year since my last pet died, leaving me the only shedder in the house, but before that I periodically sprinkled catnip in the cat's bed. Over time it became his favorite spot and so the place he shed most, and I just threw it in the wash periodically. Any extra fluff vacuumed up off the couch easily.

Personally, I'd be inclined to leave the cabinets alone; painting them is so labor intensive, and there's potential for disaster if your landlord's idea of a successful job is different than yours. But I don't think they're a bad color anyway, on their own -- the problem with the brown is the battle between the cabinets and the floor. If you paint the walls a nice clean mid-tone, the cabinets could be quite nice.

I'd put my money into covering the floor, either with vinyl used as above or with a rug. Somewhere on this site there's a tutorial on stitching multiples rag throw rugs together to make a larger rug, and that you can almost do for the price of a dinner out.

As a child, I wouldn't have enjoyed sitting across from myself nightly in that dining room... but then, I don't really like hanging pictures of people who live in the house.

The clothing on the wallpaper children looks as if the picture dates to the 30s-40s; I wonder if the girls might be older relatives of the resident? That seems sweeter to me, and easier to live with (at least for a while).