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Our current place has the cutlery tray and at first we were totally confounded by it. But once we worked out how you were supposed to put the cutlery in, I was converted. Things rarely come out dirty anymore, and it's so much easier to group like with like when loading, which makes unloading a total breeze. Oh, and you don't even have to be that fussy about putting them in; our forks are often a tad on the diagonal side...

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It's pretty, but I agree that the distressed look isn't necessary (though the jagged lines from compressing the picture doesn't help). And I'm not keen on the pulls ont he middle drawer. Mismatched pulls yes, those particular ones, no.

I'd do a deep aubergine or plum with dark grey and white trim. It would look beautiful next to the neighbours' houses and be lovely and dramatic.

I'm not sure about the sex appeal, it just looks drab and cluttered to me. Maybe if the bed was made, I'd like it more but it just looks like it needs a nice bright wall paint or something to brighten it up :-)

I'm sure you can get stools like this at all sorts of prices but I bought mine at ikea about 10 years ago, and it would have been less than $10.

Well, I didn't guess it, but I do love the room! it's so stylish and not at all overdone.

I love the sofa and I think the colour is fantastic. It will go with so many different things and I think you'll come to love it too. You do need some colour in the room, in the rug (yellow, red, or acqua-ey green, in a geometric style rather than oriental-looking), and some cushions. I'd also move the ottoman to the side and put a glass coffee table in. Contrast the chairs, and you'll be set. It will be a fabulous room!

heh. I thought the curtain fabric in the first pic was from ikea! They something similar anyway.

The first is my preference - I normally love the colours used in the second one but it kind of feels a bit depressing and forced. The first one just pops, and I love that afgan!

I like it. The only things I'd change are the chairs in the loungeroom, they just don't go with the colour scheme and look too bulky and shabby. Also the blinds, hang them from the top of the window. If they aren't long enough then it's easier to cope visually with a gap at the bottom, which is only there when they're fully closed, than one at the top which is always there.

I love your bedroom and the kitchen though. And the colouring in the lounge (apart from the green stripey chair) is beautiful.

I match socks as I fold the laundry but I might still do this with the husband's drawer as he has about 10 socks that do not have partners. Sometimes this is because I've matched them wrong on the way in (low light, navy and black look the same) but I recently found out that if he has a hole in one sock, he throws it away and puts its partner in the wash! No wonder I can't win.