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I am also moving this weekend and also disassembled my ikea bed using the manual and going backwards.

Sorry, some of us can't afford to shop anywhere but Ikea and thrift stores. And after six months of my mattress being on the floor and not finding a bed frame I liked at a thrift store, Ikea it was.

I lived like this for 3 years. I lived on Mount Washington in Pittsburgh and have Verizon... for three years I would run to the kitchen window at the very back of the house, usually miss the call, then spend the next few minutes attempting to find the sweet spot that would let me call the person back...

It turned into a game, because sometimes you would discover a sweet spot somewhere else in the house... usually it would only last a few minutes and then click, call was cut off.

Cell service at home is definitely something you take for granted until you don't have any...

I bought this with the same intentions of a DIY headboard:

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S99861533

If you use it with a boxspring it sits really high off the ground. I'm 5'6" and if i sit on it, my feet barely graze the ground. I also like the look of it and it was pretty cheap. I got that part done, now I need to finish the headboard :-/

It's always a reality check when, no matter what art you choose to enjoy, there will always be a mega snob to try to make you feel poopy about your artistic choices and likes.

That said, right on with whoever said buy what makes you happy. Life is too short and the world too crazy to judge if an Eames chair knockoff is 'tacky.' If it makes me tacky, then so be it. At least I can afford to eat AND have a lovely chair to sit in... Many of us could not even begin saving up for a 6000 dollar chair. Just because you're poor doesn't mean you can't have style. You just have to learn to ignore the snooty tooty people and learn to embrace your budgetary restraints. Makes you more creative! I've found that in interior design as well as my main job, filmmaking.

Rant over!

We celebrated Michael Jackson's life a few weeks ago by setting up a 10 ft screen in the backyard and projecting a VHS copy of Moonwalker. Needless to say, it was pretty rad and we're doing it again tonight with Wet Hot American Summer.

I'm always in the mood for a campy 50s b-movie on a hot summer night...

Yeah, after looking at the price... yikes. No thanks for that much.

My landlord is cool, just A)stuck in the 70s and B) really, really likes the colour green. My whole apartment is green appliances, countertops, doors, carpet... and all very 70s. I'm trying to make it work. Doors and walls I can paint...

Breakin'!! Just watched this the other night and fell in love. My mom has the Breakin' soundtrack on record, I have to steal it from her.

I'm feeling some teal accents would be really nice, but I'm a big fan of tan and teal together. It could be more of a muted teal/grey-blue if brights aren't your thing. A rug, pillows, curtains, even painting, maybe just one accent wall, would help this be a little more lively and cozy.

The dining table and the light above look really pretty, a nice classic look. Some kind of window treatment for the door/window/whatever it is by the dining table would give a little oomph to that room. Yeah, i just used oomph. I feel sad now.