RaRa2008's Profile

norah28-

Yes Ma'am, Ikea it is! And yes, my very handy boyfriend anchored them to the walls and they are totally stable. I have loaded them with so much stuff, but they are fine against the wall. I covered up any of the visible metal anchors with the really tall books! Gotta love Ikea for shelving needs!

Good luck!
Rachel

AustinSarah-

Thanks for the comments! Those are more along the lines of the kind of feedback we're looking for (as opposed to accusatory comments)

I'm glad you found things that you liked and more importantly didn't. Our home is newly decorated and the constructive criticism is very helpful!

As far as the Eames goes, we're hoping to recover it in a much more appealing color as soon as we have the money! Unfortunately we haven't found any leather at the flea market (which is where we've gotten most of our stuff!).

The shelves are definitely big enough to hold books, they even hold all of my W magazines, we just had more shelf than we did books so I had to split them up quite a bit!

The sinks were there before I moved in, but I must say, as much time as I spend in front of the mirror, it's been very helpful having an extra one for Damien! (yes, I'm a mirror hog) I totally agree with the color collision in the bathroom (if you're referring to the blue and grey) and we are considering painting it a deeper, slightly darker blue that we feel might compliment better.

The frame and tchotkes I guess are love'em or hate'em, luckily I love'em!

And thanks again for helpful feedback instead of voter-drama! That's why we put our house on display!!

-Rachel

Thanks for the kind wishes! You're doing great so far! Now let's keep your votes up so we can share the final two!!! You've already got ours!

What a wonderful idea! I had my hopes up for Northwest #19: Catherine's Outside Inside and would love to see that the very (almost professionally) well designed houses get credit from the folks at AT. Ours by no means is professional looking, just some paint cans and about a thousand trips to the flea market, but homes like yours and Catherine's are magazine worthy and should get the credit they deserve! Thanks for responding to us! No hard feelings here!

I'm pulling for you Dave & Melanie! Love the colorful bottles, such an inspiration! Don't let negative comments get you down!

To anyone that may doubt our standing in the competition- When we made it through the second round we were stunned and in total disbelief. We went to bed that night assuming we'd lost the battle (we were down more than 30 votes)- even though we had tons of friends and family supporting us- and to wake up that morning to find that we'd won was amazing and totally shocking! Yesterday's competition was just as fierce, but we owe it all to the support of a huge number of family and friends and even friends of friends. If there is any accusation that we're staying up until the last minute voting, then these people clearly don't know us (we're certainly not night owls-3am is a little ridiculous). We appreciate all the help and support we've received from everyone through this competition, we're so proud of our newly decorated house and glad you are too. To anyone that thinks we're cheating somehow, I'm sorry you feel that way, and we wish we could do something to convince you otherwise. It's a shame to make this competition such a drama. Apartment Therapy has made an awesome opportunity for us to be apart of and has done a great job of making it fair. Thanks to all and good luck to the final houses!