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This home is really not my taste, but I do acknowledge how much thought has gone into the design process. I also like the advice to decorate for yourself, no matter what other people say, so I hope the owner doesn't care what I said about it. ;)

Apart from that it was interesting to see how well the bright green (which I really like!) works as an accent color throughout the home.

Love the crates and the colors, but I'd never put all those shoes in plain sight. It looks cluttered.

We lived in the countryside since 1988 where you can't walk anywhere. So I'm thrilled to move back to a big city where we'll have

1. three grocery stores
2. a pharmacy
3. a bakery
4. a pizzeria
5. an ice cream parlor (smile)
6. a dry cleaner
7. a weekly farmers market
8. public transportation galore

within 500 meters. Plus a fantastic shopping center within 2 kilometers, accessible through a park.

I really love to walk (not as an extra "workout" but as a part of everyday life) and can hardly wait to move.

Wow, love it!

This was the only 'Read more' I clicked on today and it was worth it. What a beautiful house!

I never understood the appeal of a large bedroom. It's like sleeping in a ballroom. Our main bedroom is ca 10'x13' and that's large enough. One whole side is floor to ceiling windows, though, which prevents it from feeling cramped.

Too low is just as ridiculous as too high. I don't want a bed I need to jump on (like the ones often found in the U.S.), and I don't want one which is hard to get out of. It's just that simple: consider human scale.

Light doesn't disturb me at all. We have transluscent blinds and I could even sleep with the lights on. But noise drives me crazy.

I drink a lot of water and have to go to the bathroom at least twice every night. What's important: keep your brain switched off. Just head to the loo and back to bed.

But one thing really makes all the difference to me: open windows. I sleep like a baby with at least one partly open window. When it's too cold (freezing) to open a window, it is as if I can't breathe and I'll get a headache.

Hard (HARD!) mattress and a firm pillow that supports the head also help. Me.

Sounds funny? Well, I think we are all very different. :)

I never did that. But just today, reading the NYT article online, I thought about the home we are remodelling right now and how different and strikingly modern it will be once we're finished. At the start of the project I considered to have the previous owner, an elderly lady, over to see what her former home has become, but I think it would break her heart. Sometimes it's just better to leave the past behind.

I like the interior more now, the wood floors are nice, but the kitchen is just a bit too much wood on top of it. I actually like the exterior much more before. It was overgrown, that's right, but it's not too difficult to cut back some large bushes. The fence is terrible imo with a slight chance for improvement while it grays.