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Agree with all who said paint the wall behind the bed. Most impact for least money, and would also be great for a big picture impact with the headboard, nightstands and lamps. I could envision a bright, cool red, but that's a matter of personal preference!

HA HA! Oh, that took me back. My aunt and uncle had a circular sunken living room (with mirrored walls) in the '70s. Until the marijuana hydroponic system in the crawlspace caught on fire and burned it up. *ahem*

Yikes! I just looked at the prices for the first time! I could decorate the whole room (house?) for the price of one of those sofas!

In retrospect, the guy in the pic looks like Beach Fun Ken Doll.

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I had to answer that I recycle when it's convenient, because in my community, you can't recycle anything unless you have a car that will take you to the (far away) recycle depots! How ironic.

Why do communities set us up like this?

I do always leave my bottles and cans beside the dumpster, for the bottle pickers.

Not posting this to pursue semantics in the thread...but...

....everything is a "chemical." The air we breathe is a chemical substance. Water is a chemical substance. Just because something is "chemical" does not make it bad for us.

Hah! Everytime I see that video, I think, "That kitty's gonna rip the screen..."

The photo is cute. My cats never do this, though, so I have no real life experience to share. I would probably just train them not to do it. Contrary to popular belief, kitties CAN be trained! (They just don't like you knowing it.) Air horns are great for cat training....and much safer than the old spray bottle technique in this case, I imagine. Also, the spray duster you buy for computers works for cat training - after you get them used to it, you just have to make the noise through your teeth to keep kitty in line.

Then when you're not around to monitor kitty's behaviour (presuming the laptop is closed then), just put something lightweight on top. I keep picturing an erector set "sculpture" for some reason!

I am so making one of these.

OOH! I've thought about chalkboard painting the back of my apartment door many times.

Hmm....that first pic has me thinking....chalkboard paint AND magnetic paint together....

I had a hideous, mottled, burnt orange carpet once, which I couldn't afford to do anything about, although I couldn't b/c it was a rental anyway. I wound up just pretending it wasn't there and decorating the way I wanted to. If you are going to start investing in things like furniture and other decor, you might as well bring in the colours you want now, with an eye to eventually changing the flooring.

I like the suggestions of ripping up the carpet and painting the subfloor, but that's not always as easy as it sounds. If you can't do that, I would think a couple of big, cheap area rugs would do the trick temporarily. I've used sisal and jute rugs over top of carpets quite well.

After you've lived with the blue shag for awhile, it's likely that you will either stop seeing it quite so strongly, or you will be inspired to find the extra money to do the flooring sooner!

I answered that I've never heard of this...but I just remembered when I was younger, my gramma taught me to sprinkle a tiny bit of salt on apple slices (I grew up in B.C. orchard country), so I guess it's a little similar....?