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Sorry, the link automatically included a word. Hopefully this works. =)

http://www.amazon.com/Prince-Lionheart-Flexibath-Foldable-Bathtub/dp/B004NRNSNC

I'm one of those people who believes every part of your life makes you who you are, even the bad parts, and so deserves memory and respect, even if it's once in a blue moon. So if you have spent or invested a significant part of yourself with another person, why not keep something from that relationship? I am also someone who doesn't like keeping loads of stuff, so I have a wine cork from one relationship, a shell from another, but also a table sent from Syria that's in my living room. Of course, I also have a son from my first marriage and a different husband, so maybe that's part of not throwing everything away. =) I love revisiting my past through mementos, but they are memories, not ghosts haunting my life now.

Well, yes, it looks a little weird, but I wonder if it were super stylish and *designed*, the photo taken with fabulous lighting in some great interior, people would find it more acceptable. It's humble, it's useful, it's practical. It's a resource and a responsibly used one imho, so why not use it?

Co-habitating requires tolerance and if your co-habitator likes something enough to live with it, then that really should be all the reason one needs imo. I always consider the shoe being on the other foot, and that things I love may not obviously be loveable or liveable to someone else. If your boyfriend has simply said, "I really like it!" would that have invited another round of discussion and potential for getting rid of it?

I am certainly a visual person, but I have learned that a partnership is about two people, regardless of style-savvyness. A piece of art shouldn't really be the focus of any relationship imho.

Where is everyone living or walking that you walk through spit, pee, trash and poop on your way to someone's house? For me, inviting people over is about hospitality and a bit more formality than just hanging out, so while our family removes our shoes in our house, I would never ask guests to do the same. People dress for gatherings and sometimes we go out onto the deck or into the yard, so no shoes seems silly and I am simply not going to buy or maintain a bunch of slippers for people. To me, this seems indicative of the wave of germophobia that's been creeping into American homes during the last decade. Interesting given the spread of distrust of vaccinations, but that's another can of worms. =)

Yeah, open floor plans can be so loud. We have a semi- open kitchen-DR-LR and that's enough for me. We do have an 1800sqft house that we live in all of except for under the stairs storage. So much more affordable in every way.

I have been wanting something special to help me start drinking green tea. This sounds too special to resist! Thank you both for sharing.

Uniform containers are nice and the smaller hex ones are very cool, but unless you buy your spices and herbs in those smaller amounts, where would you store the rest of them? I stacked bits of 2x4 on our shallow pantry shelf for 3 steps; with all the jars on them, you can't see the wood (which is only unfinished pine) and everything fits in a pretty small space.

I understand that granite may be an overused and less creative choice, but it's an astounding well-suited material for a kitchen. Hygenic, hard-working, you can put hot pots from the stove on it, easy to clean (we got the kind that's impregnated with something so you don't have to reseal it), and it will last forever. I really like our granite countertops.

We have two GelMats in our kitchen---one at the sink, the other at the island---and they're great. They look fine in black which isn't super black and visually adheres to our brown-black cabinets. BedBath&Beyond sell the 2x3ish size for $99 and we just waited for those 20% off coupons. They clean easily and after a year, still save our backs and feet. =)