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I LOVE THIS HOUSE TOUR. I don't think love is even a strong enough word. Jules and Henry... are my people... from the vintage Transformers, the ceramic owls, the pets, the couches, the colors, the TV cabinets all the things that are in my house....what a great refreshing personal "connection" to an AT House Tour THANK YOU

Has to be .. without fail the Chilean style Completo.

Avocado, Tomato/Cilantro/Onion Salsa, topped wtih Mayo.. oh and if possible in our house ALWAYS a chicken frankfurt rather than traditional....

CANNOT go past this.. we have it once a week for sure!

patrick (the other one):: ME TOO!!!

and I loved this episode of 9 By Design... i ADORE the fact that the monstorous desk ... has drawers on the OPPOSITE side to where you "approach" and i say approach b'cause i mean really... howdo you SIT at a curved countertop without your pens sliding off.... and for the size, one can only pressume that you get some sort of training session in how to effectively use your new workspace?? includng some sort of zero-gravity experiement and de-polarizing body scrub....
I do appreciate the aesthetic... but it doesn't match my design sensibility..... as i find it rather lacking in sensibility... and sense for that matter.

In general, I love the idea of living phthalate, chemical, irritant and bacteria free. However I feel hindered by the sheer amount of articles that focus on the DON'TS and not the things that we CAN do... I know alot of people who feel the same as me... I want to see articles that say " Have you thought about changing your blah blah lately... here are some allergy free blah blahs ..... how great are they!" rather than things like "chances are your blah blah is making you sick... bad you.. very bad you..." I am glad to see that this article has appeared and is doing a good job at it. :D

i threw my box grater out for the exact same reason. now i have a flat plane grater and i love it. took me a while to find one that i liked though!

sandwich night at our house tonight! usually its a Croque Madame... but tonight I am aiming for the Spanglish!

Well.. I HAVE a microwave. Having just re-arranged most of my kitchen to accommodate a new fridge, I have now located the microwave (unplugged) on top of the tallest cupboard in the kitchen. I do not remember the last thing I did in the microwave..

Apart from look at it thinking, Why... Why do I own you... AHH now I remember, because you were a gift... (truth be told I would have preferred undies and socks!)

As someone who sells exhaust fans and bathroom heater/light combinations for a living, I am fascinated by the way this conversation is growing. I hope to see more comments as the days progress... it gives me more of an insight into what people life.

Tradesmen, tend to go for the basic unit, because there are no fiddly installation techniques required and its something they have done a thousand times before.... but as we move towards sleeker finishes and people become aware of how ugly things CAN look... almost every customer says to me.. "i want to not know that the fan is there...."

In Australia, trends in bathroom exhaust are not steaming ahead (pun intended) as fast as they are in the rest of the world, so we seem to be at a standstill. However.. the one thing that people are moving towards from a power consumption point of view is multi room ventilation. Where they use an inline fan and a multi-room duct system similar to central heating. The advantage of this, is that all you get on your cieling/wall/shower cavity is a small-ish grill... which would even be custom made.. or re-purposed from other fittings.

I tend to draw people away from a fan/light combination when ever possible as typically (based on cost and mfgr limitations) the fans are not as high in quality as you are mostly paying for aesthetics so it is nice to see some (relatively) attractive options are emerging.

I cannot stop looking at this house tour.. I think I showed it to everyone I know last night. Reeeeealy adore the colour combo in the living area... and that green in the bedroom is amazing.

Inspiring! (as we live in a unit with an obscure floorplan also!)

i LOVE the big sink bowl! Can you send it to me once you throw everything else away ?

If you are replacing all of the other "bathroom appliances" you should replace it with something you will be happy with!