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Definite improvement! So much brighter now. I do think the cool tones clash a bit with the warmer toned tile. That could easily be off-set if there were more wood tones and greenery in the design. Perhaps if the table were left in its wood finish and a couple of houseplants were added here and there would add a little warmth to the space and blend the floors in. Unfortunately I have those same tiles with the dark grout but probably won't be replacing them, so seeing this re-do has given me some direction.

I read the article, and I can't get past the fact that the author is purporting the fallacy that we NEED salt in our diet- No we need sodium, salt is sodium chloride and we don't need the chloride, in fact our bodies must eliminate chloride to maintain health and that is why ingesting salt causes thirst. Sodium can be obtained from many nutritional sources other than salt and salt absolutely contributes to many health problems, especially adrenal disfunction.

I have had this mattress for about a year and after a month sleeping on it decided it was too firm and got a mattress topper that made it agreeable. Not sure the mattress was worth the $1000 I paid (king), but of it lasts for 25 years like the warranty implies without flattening or renting, then I will consider it money well spent.

I like the idea of sleeping separately as a habit instead of occassionally when he falls asleep on the couch. I love sleeping with my 3 year old and will soon have a newborn, even though we have a king size bed, it might be a tight squeeze with all 4 of us, especially since I will have to be between the newborn and toddler. I think my husband is going to see a lot more of the guest room in his future. I don't see sleeping separately affecting our sex life, we have sex often and many times have to use the guestroom anyway. We only cuddle while we are awake, once we start dozing off we separate anyway.

Awesome way to repurpose ugly cheap shelving units, lumber can be pretty expensive as cM custom cabinets, this is a great project for the burgeoning carpenter.

I think I could appreciate the color more if the lighting were better, it just looks like a dark color from the pics... maybe its my monitor. Either way I only have an idea of the color from your description.

Love it! Simple changes with big impact, that fridge NEEDED to be moved! I also like that they had no qualms about losing the dishwasher, I always handwash dishes and use mine for a drying rack:( It would be so much better to free that space up for something more useful. The garden is lovely and very inspiring!

I picked out differnt but somewhat coordinating stockings for each person in the house, including our 2 dogs. I tried to pick stockings that kind of fit each of our individual style. Like mine is red quilted flannel with flutterly snowflake appliques, my husbands is bright red with an almost lime green trim and his first initial boldly appliqued on the cuff, our toddler has a red felt stocking appliqued with a reindeer in lime green and aqua. And the dogs each have a tiny red velvet stocking embellished with glittery swirls, just big enough to stuff a few dog treats... I don't think they appreciate it though...

I definitely like the idea for all the reasons you mentioned and also for informal meals, like breakfast and lunch. But for long dinners, as a previous commenter said, I need back support.

@jrossi1217, I agree, it kind of hints at and re-affirms that being vegetarian is "sooo other" and also re-inforces that meat-centric meals are the norm. On a site like this, you would expect that the contributors would get that you don't have to be vegetarian to not be meat-centric... no disclaimers needed.

Even still, really appreciate this post:) 2 thumbs up!