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tornangel012: Thanks for the nice note. I got those owls for $40 at a resale shop near my mom's house in Stuart, Florida. They kind of remind me of Jonathan Adler's new ceramic animals.

Trumystique: I'm lucky because Jon's wonderful parents have let us store things in their basement in Jersey for years. When we lived in a 450-square-foot 1br in Hell's Kitchen, half of our stuff was at their house. We also had a small rental storage unit ($60/month), but it was mostly filled with seasonal clothing, our bikes, and cleaning supplies, as we had NO storage whatsover in our old place.
I'm also pretty good at giving stuff away as I find new (new to me) things that fit in better with the mix and style I've been cultivating.
That said, the reality of apartment dwelling is that you will always have to pass on something really great. Jon will kill me for dredging this up, but I still lament walking away from an amazing, c. 1910, cast iron kitchen sink with these shapely legs that I saw on the street in Brooklyn. We totally could have fit in the back seat of our Civic, but Jon was worried that he would then have to drive around with it back there for an eternity. He was right to pass on it, but man it was gorgeous and we could really use it now. It would cost about $1000 to buy one like it at a salvage shop. I still don't think it's a good idea to rent a storage unit for those someday pieces, though. I regret that we wasted our money on one for so long. Try that method of swapping out the new for the old. This nice thing is my sister has gotten some cool stuff as a result of all my editing. And her apartment is really looking great these days, which makes her really happy.

I'm beaming. Your comments are all so nice. It's nerve-wracking to put yourself out there like this. Home is so personal. And you all make me so happy that I did it.

I'm just getting to answering some of the questions. Here goes...

Ridge and Heps: Jon and I bought that magazine rack/end table from a woman in our building for $100. I'm pretty sure it's from the early 40s. It's flatpak in that you can loosen these little screws in the base with a hex key and the whole thing can be disassembled. Eat your heart out Ikea.

Miniature Dance Party: That coraly-branchy stuff is about 40 pieces of Algue from Vitra. It all snaps together to form a screen in any shape you choose. Our old plaster walls are a little lumpy, so I used them to cover a particulalry uneven spot.

Bellaknollie: I found those chairs for $10 at a Salvation Army in Jersey City (near the entrance to the Holland Tunnel). I call them brno-esque because they didn't have a maker's mark under their seats. I had them recovered in that yellow fabric—the original red canvas was badly worn.

Peggy: My sister-in-law, Liz, is the painter. I love the oils we have, but most are from her art school days. Her new stuff is really amazing. elizabethschuppe.com

-Amy