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i'm also very well-equipped for this one. i have two beagles (one who seems just extra fluffy and soft, but then that means also extra sheddy) plus usually one foster beagle. they have a beagle-proof room which is covered wall to wall in flor tiles. we got these actually through lowe's, which has fewer "cool" looking ones, but they are a lot cheaper this way, both because you can get 20% off when they run sales on special order carpet and you do not have to pay the shipping cost that flor charges direct. these have been a godsend -- the hair vacuums up like a charm (and they're black and you can see the hair VERY well) and any accidents or spitup, etc. just result in me picking up the tile and washing it in the sink with a little dish detergent. i also have the fancier flor tiles in the bedroom for an area rug and a chilewich mat in the living room, which has also been fantastic and very easy to keep clean.

those look like merillat cabinets to me, but as long as they're not a funky brand, i think you can probably look around in the cabinets, find the maker for this type of cabinet. check the drawers -- they probably say on the sides if they are merillat. if they are easy to source, you can very easily purchase new doors for all of the upper, country-fied doors to match the square lower cabinet pattern. then get some hardware that's a little more modern and i think you will be much happier.

we did something sort of similar -- light gray walls, white trim, painted the risers black and put down black and gray flor stair runner

are these actually made from old circuit boards? if so, aren't there a lot of toxic chemicals in a lot of circuit boards, which i thought was part of the reason why a lot of computer/chip manufacturing went to countries with not very strict regulation on chemical disposal and use.

Art: this took me forever to re-find on the internet, but I had this place, Pease Plastics, make some thin bent plexi inserts for my record shelves so our adorable stinker of a beagle couldn't pull my husband's collection off the shelves while we weren't home.

They came out great but weren't cheap...

i've never sat in either, but i'd venture to guess the comfort level depends on the size of the person. for some reason, eames' chairs fit me extremely well (i'm a pretty small person). recently one of my tall friends sat in an LCW and looked SO uncomfortable but this is probably one of the most comfortable chairs for me.

We constantly get phone calls from Amvets and some other similar nonprofit donation pickup service and rarely have anything to donate. But when they called last a few weeks ago, they offered a pickup this Friday and we went for it. It was great timing -- we had some extra time to clean out our closet and drawers this weekend for the pickup and now have room for some of the new things we got at Christmas as well as some much needed extra space.

the asymmetrical shutters are driving me nuts.

i love the secret stairway!

i think i have that same orange behr paint in my bathroom.

and i found that behr works very well for me. years later i've touched up spots and it really still blends perfectly.