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first of all, a HUGE thank you to everyone who voted for me, it's way more attention than I'd ever expected. Seriously, all of you rock.

The shower curtain is Marimekko, and I bought it from Crate and Barrel right around June, when it was on sale. The laptop chair is my fake eames lounge chair I got from a store called This Is Not Ikea. I'm not sure about the maker, on craigslist people attribute this specific knock-off to all kinds of manufacturers, but you can easily pick one up for under $200. It is addictively comfy.

I've only been living here since last June, so I'm really proud of what I've accomplished with a healthy dose of craigslist and goodwill hunting.

@designgratislondon you should submit! Join in the fun!

272 square feet. 13 people over for a cocktail party. Everyone had a place to sit. I had extra chairs ready to deploy for an occasion like this: stacking hugo chairs from Ikea.

I fail to see why there's a downside. I research and view lots because its something I enjoy. I probably do it a lot more than the average homeowner, so I get bored with certain motifs a lot sooner than the casual browser. I just accept that I'm going to be moving at a faster speed than many.

I was a bit of a pack-rat as a child, so a lot of my "collections" were things I couldn't be bothered to get rid of, but probably should have. I've got more of a passive collection for a few things now. I've kept my coin collection, which I've very irregularly added things to. Not that the coins were ever super valuable, but there's a cool feeling about owning something that's 200 years old.

I've been in one Beverly Hills mansion. I couldn't even begin to imagine how much it's worth, but I was left with one conclusion: This wasn't really what I'd call the pinnacle of design. The furnishings were very traditional, very much scaled to the size of the rooms, but there wasn't really ever a wow factor. It was... wealth porn, if that makes any sense.

As a man, I always get the feeling that I'm sort of in the minority of people blogging about interior design. That said, I think that men who aren't really interested in design tend to favor certain things over others, but I wouldn't call that part of "men's style"

Escondito canyon. 'Nuff said.

I'm not sure what counts as a 'large' purchase, but if the qualifier is buying something for its craft and durability, and because you love it, then I was 21 when I purchased my first piece. I purchased a midcentury desk from an antiques store, and paid just under 200 dollars for it. It was excessive, because at the time I thought I'd only use it for a semester. Now that I'm living on the west coast permanently, I have no regrets about purchasing it because it's wonderful for anchoring the space and it'll last a lifetime.

Some of Room and Board's names also happen to be those of Minneapolis/Saint Paul neighborhoods (Loring, Hawthorne and Selby)