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My instant reaction was "oh YUCK now they look like everyone else." That may not be entirely accurate, but I don't like the design now.

There are a lot of sites that look good with the center-column layout but AT is one where I really prefer having the left-column layout (i.e., main content in left column).

I love it, love the understated color. Where did you get the pillows on the bed? And wonderful way to echo the pillows in the art above. (yes, that pic just went in my Style folder).

Lovely home! Really neat, too, to have the old pictures of it. I find things have more meaning when you know the stories they come with (i.e., their history).

As far as the longevity of wooden bassinets/cribs....

The one my daughter slept in: So did my mother, as an infant; also me, my nieces, nephew, aunts, uncle, and assorted cousins. It's running about 50 years old and still in use. It has been taken care of, and had no safety issues. My grandmother keeps it, and is called when someone needs it.

Eve in Hochelaga - while I've never had to clean couch leather, for my leather jackets I use saddle soap -Kiwi brand is good - and then put on mink oil for conditioning/waterproofing. I do this about once yearly. The kiwi items can be found near leather shoes, or you can check places that sell horse tack and see what you can find (cleaning tack is where I learned leather care). Also, in the tack stores they used to have one-step cleaning products you could use for general cleaning when you want more than wipe-with-damp-cloth.

To hide the cat scratches, I'm not sure... I know that if you use neats foot oil (another kind of conditioner), it darkens the leather just a tiny bit...maybe paint the scratches with it? hmm...

If we have a winner today we won't get to see the rest. With a start like this one, tho, I *want* to.

Yes, this has my vote.

Love the accent on the wall above the couch!

At one point, I said I was gonna do a one-room Cure on the Master Bedroom. So:

On Friday night, I sorted out some books and got rid of a few, put others away elsewhere. Saturday I re-arranged the 'annoying' wall in the master bedroom, hung the print, and hung a painting we'd been keeping in the closet till we found where to hang it. Doing all this freed just enough space to properly put away things that had been under the couch, so that was done.

Now, I'm starting in on the main room. The bedroom looks SO much better, it's amazing, and makes me feel bad about the living room. So that is next. We are *definitely* getting a couch in the spring, though.

I know I haven't posted any pics, but all I have right now is a my cell phone for taking them. I can post those if anyone would like me to? When I get the wire (eventually) for the dig cam, I can upload before pics of the bedroom.

Kitchen gets streamlined everytime I cook. And the holidays are coming :D

The delicious yummy stock I made earlier this week, had celery tops, carrot and onion ends, part of a local-grown tomato, a couple beef pieces, a chicken breast, and I think a couple other things. I save things like you mentioned, using one of my quality tupperware containers (very reusable, therefore also easier to train family members - 'put the shreds in this one, ty!'). Whenever it fills up, I make stock.

When the stock is made, I use silicone muffin pans and freeze it. The ice-stock pops right out in cooking-sized blocks, easy for everyone to use. Also easy to measure - I think it's about a half-cup each. I used to buy stock. I got better doing this, and now I have piles of stock in the freezer.

Also - when I make slow cooker roast beef, the juices get saved as beef stock.

*michelle* - I'm so sorry for your loss.

For color scheme, my suggestion is to use two variants on a base. i.e., room 1 is red with green accent and room 2 is pale green with red accent, and both with a warm grey main color.

The shared colors tie the areas together, and using different 'strengths' of each helps identify them as separate 'rooms'.

Aulaire - if you are on a renegage cure can I join you? My curing has been sporadic. I did discover a cure for the office area(new desks and file cabinet, found the ones to get); now I just need the money for it. I switched half the house to CFLs and will get the rest next payday; I made vegetable/chicken soup today in the slow cooker and bought pie pumpkins so I can make fresh puree for cooking. The house was scrubbed today, I will finish that tomorrow.

I've also discovered that my desk is too short for me, which makes me slouch to be at the right height... so I will be raising it somehow, and likely will need it for the next one as well.

Loft lady (sorry, forgot your name & can't find it) if you are going to move in a year, skip the loft unless you can do it inexpensively. When I left the comment in Flickr (Ldy Tara) I thought you would be there longer.