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I agree with so many you of you in this thread (drum pendants, vessel sinks, House Hunters, etc.)! I'm going to stick my neck out here and say that I think that extremely dark (brown through black), or reddish stained cabinets look extremely dated to me. I often see them paired with cheap granite, and I think it dates kitchens and bathrooms to the late 90s, meaning they're at the dying end of the 20 year design lifecycle.

I wear a lot of black and listen to a lot of heavy music, and I think at first glance people expect my place to look a lot more like me, or imagine that I live in some kind of rock'n'roll heavy metal theme park, which I don't. While they may be initially surprised, once they look past the pale walls and the midmod furniture and see the skulls, gig posters and strange collections, it starts to make sense.

Surprised to not see any comments saying "if you give them something that looks like the real thing to destroy, they will destroy the real thing if they happen to get their hands on it." The only great idea on this page is the DIY cardboard phone, which would be made even better if you get the kid to help make it. The crafting and construction (no matter how rudimentary) might actually teach your child something other than mindless consumerism.

I agree with Cally. I painted a black chalkboard wall that met on outside corners with two white walls, and no matter how hard I tried, the edge where the two colors met bled over slightly. After trying to touch up the black, and having it bleed onto the white, and then touching up the white and having it bleed onto the black, I grabbed a small watercolor brush and meticulously touched it up that way. It will actually take less time than trying to figure out another solution, guaranteed.

Hands down the most inspiring place yet... and from a fellow Canuck no less! I have a lot of similar pieces, and these photos are inspiring me to pare back on some of the decorative elements in order to let them shine. Also, I've been torn between slate and checkerboard kitchen floors for a while now, and your space is making an extremely convincing argument. I'll be revisiting these photos for a long time...

Ever since I've had a double bed, I've used two single comforters. My boyfriend and I still have problems with motion transfer due to our crappy mattress, but at least we avoid the midnight bedclothes tug-of-war that we still experience when travelling. That said, I can't envision sleeping in separate beds, although I love seeing photos of single beds styled this way.

When I hear Glen Benton Gothenburg, SE, I can't help but wonder if this is Deicide's Glen Benton... In any case, the place is fantastic.

I'd be willing to pay top dollar for a Magnesit lamp base in good condition, silver preferably. Here's a photo I found of the base with a Tertial lamp in it.

http://www.designsyrup.com/designsyrup/gallery/furnitures/IKEA_tertial_lamp.jpg

I have a couple of those lamps, but only one base, and while Ikea still has the lamps, they don't sell the base anymore. I'm guessing that their weight factored into that decision (easily 5 pounds of solid iron). Down the line, I plan on having the base I have cast and copied, but that'll have to wait for now.

I have what may or may not be an authentic Arne Jacobsen Grand Prix chair that I don't let anyone sit in, due to the stress marks that have developed where the seat bends up into the back. I have horrible visions of someone sitting down into it too abruptly and snapping the back off, so I keep people from using it. Stupid I know, since what is a chair that doesn't fulfill its functions as a chair, but I love its look and legacy too much to risk its careless destruction.