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Any table with clean lines would work. If you want vintage, just keep an eye out for Danish Modern tables, otherwise Room and Board has good quality furniture (the Ventura table would look nice with your chairs).

I completely disagree with NPR. "Modern" and "Contemporary" have specific connotations in architecture and design. Ulrika has provided a good, brief explanation of Modern, and Contemporary essentially references the later 20th century period. But the word "modern" also is correctly used to connote anything pertaining to the present and recent time - as does "contemporary". We should all feel free to use those words to describe Project Runway dresses, or anything else for that matter!

These belong on greatbigstuff.com.

I purchased a 7-piece set of these vintage bathroom accessories on Ebay. I'd always assumed they were cemented in or something, they look and feel so permanent, but they're actually easy to remove. There is a back plate that you screw into the wall (two screws, one over the other, for stability). It's narrower at the top than at the bottom, and the right/left sides are bent forward (away from the wall) slightly.

The back of the soap dish has a cutout that allows you to slide the dish right onto the metal back plate. It fits snugly and is held simply by gravity. Then you just grout around your soap dish and you're done.

Here is a dish being sold on Ebay that gives a view of what I'm describing:

http://cgi.ebay.com/50s-Pink-Porcelain-Soap-Dish-RETRO_W0QQitemZ220471514619QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArchitectural_Garden?hash=item33552055fb&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#ht_500wt_1036

So really, if you want to remove these from your bathroom, you should be dealing only with a couple of screw holes (the exception is the shower/bath soap holders that are recessed into the wall). And if you're lucky, the screw holes will be in the grout instead of the tile. :)

We've gone coffee table-less for years. We have a nice large living room area, plenty of space for one, but I've enjoyed having the room for our kid, his friends, and the dog to roll around. We use an ottoman (which is really ratty and needs to go), CB2 plexi nesting tables, and knockoff Aalto stacking stools. I love being able to drag the stools and tables around to use as needed. It's a great coffee table alternative for a small living room.

But I've been considering getting a coffee table for a while - we don't have much table/counter space overall, and I'm imagine doing craft projects or playing games on the coffee table. In reality, I'd likely be in a constant battle to keep the table clear of magazines, toys, cds, books... I also suspect the room would look more pulled together with the right coffee table.

I'd never heard of a kotatsu, what a brilliant idea! One way to get the family to spend time together. :)

It's Darth Vader's lair! I can picture him lounging on the sectional playing Lego Star Wars.

I've been looking for a way to display a large map on my nephew's bedroom wall. I agree with slowdown that this trend is already fully exploited, but my nephew knows nothing about decor and has an interest in travel, so what the hell. Anyway, I can easily go from one year to the next without stepping foot in his bedroom, so it's not like I'll ever have to look at it.

However, my sister is not about to drop well over $100 on this design element (nor would I). I introduced her to homokaasu.org and she wants to rasterbate a world map.

We've generally had very good luck with houseguests, but I do remember my brother-in law once accidentally letting our cat out, despite my warning to keep the door shut. The cat was recovered within a week and the brother-in law has long since been forgiven.

I'm sure I was a poor houseguest in my youth. Age and motherhood has helped me to appreciate how much effort goes into being a good host, and now I tread lightly as a houseguest.

"We" and "us" is Beth Ziegler, this blog entry's author (see her name at the bottom of the entry. This is one thing I dislike about AT - the use of the editorial we.

It's really annoying to click to a post from the main page, only to be told to click again to read the full post. I'll skip it.