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I can relate to this article. I feel the pressure to have everything "just so" in our new apartment in a new city. I just love it so much that I want to do it justice, whilst staying on a budget. Timely read for me at least. I think the wall is great!

yes this is just like out of a movie isn't it? if only..

yes! full tour please!! however, you got here...budget wise, it's lovely and inspiring!

Ugh. Just moved across country.. and then found our sofa would not fit in the elev nor the up the stairs (we are on the 15th floor) my husband said this happened to him before in an old apt in Chicago and that the elev ceiling was taken off and then his sofa was literally placed on top? Well, this was no longer an option for us now (rules and regulations etc.) Our only option would have been to spend $500 for the elevator company to actually do this for us.. so since our sofa was not really worth it we decided to opt for getting another sofa.. not exactly happy about having the additional expense just glad the old sofa was 3 years old and not brand new. Now, I'm trying to find the "formula" of how to measure the elevator clearance etc. Isn't there some sort of formula I could plug into Excel to do this??? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!

I'm facing a similar issue. We too have a very wide, long entry way. Since we now have our very large TV wall mounted, I also have an heavy, long-short, TV stand I need to figure out how to use.. I want to create a mud porch typ area for our shoes. I'm going to put this against one side of the wall and then I'll top that with a long cushion and install hooks above for jackets etc. Thus, creating a "bench" for pulling off those shoes that can be stowed where videos used to be. In my mind, this works, however, we'll see if it translates. Another option for you maybe to forgo the mirrored doors and use the closet itself for a cubby for that stuff. Maybe create shelving inside with hooks. I'd also make sure the opposite side of the wall had something there to balance the closet-shelf combo..either book shelves? or a longer credenza.. depends on how much space you have. If you opt for no other furniture, artwork or a a long mirror can fill up that space you don't use if you go the closet-cubby route.

floor to ceiling bookshelves! and those porthole doors! LOVE!

washing the chicken, to me always seemed like I was in effect, doing the opposite of what I wanted to achieve.. going down a rabbit hole of essentially contaminating all those surfaces etc and that just always seemed so silly! (think, wearing disposable gloves that you take off and leave one hand exposed, then having to re wash that hand...less handling the better. Cooking properly and investing in a good thermometer will do the trick! Oh and using the happy birthday method for washing your hands!

hominy, gr onion and chicken stock soup.. works for me in a pinch. I usually just do a quick saute in pot of gr onions and garlic and whatever savory herbs like thyme rosemary etc. season to taste or leave out the gr onions as well.. and then just add canned hominy with stock. You can add left over chicken as well.

I just made a couple pots o vegetable soup.. one with beef stock and the other with chicken stock... but always like to use V8 spicy vegetable added for that extra kick.. I cube tofu and either add it fresh as is or sometimes, I like to pan sear it first with olive oil and garlic and then toss it into the soup for added protein and to make it diverse on the 2nd day or so. I tend to use a lot of veggies so I thin it out by just adding more V8 or stock as soup runs out... makes extra for freezing after your all souped out.

classic case of "less is more'...he's got some amazing items but they are not left to stand on their own and just be appreciated.. the eye never gets a rest here..which ultimately takes away from the room.. but love that he's put so much love into this space.. kudos for that!