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I love it. I'm religious, but not christian, so for me, the church is just a space used for religion - the space isn't the important thing, it's the reverence placed on it.

I would do different furnishings, personally.

We're redesigning our office here at work, and I've put forth this kind of idea, a greige overall paint color, and then allowing each team member to have a bright pop of color on one wall in their office - if we were going with these combos in that sort of idea, I love the coffee and indigo.

I used to be a light and bright person, but my last bedroom was painted "loft" a grey from ralph lauren...and I loved it. We're going to paint the new bedroom the same color, and add one wall in an even darker grey shade behind the bed...all in a north facing room. We don't close our blinds though, living up high, so we get all the northern light we need streaming in. Soon it will actually be bright when I wake up too....

Seriously, who p*ssed in everyone's cheerioes this morning? The First-Family-To-Be did say they were going to get a dog from a shelter. I think that's a fantastic idea. Think about it this way - two young girls who are probably used to running out to play with friends whenever they want are now going to have an incredibly restricted life, with media attention when they go out, and constant presence of 'handlsers' when they are in the white house - I would think that the dog will be a great transitional item for them - something they can take comfort from, and be with when their dad is suddenly gone all. the. time. to places like Iraq, China, etc.

It's not going to be easy, so why not think of it as a sweet gesture that is humanizing a family that is pretty much going to be living in a fishbowl for the next 4-8 years.

Now that I'm looking - I want the duvet cover in the first pic too....how about I just take the whole bedroom, eh?

I would also love to see:

1. More Floor Plans
2. Rental Designs (I live in a lovely rented semi-urban dwelling, but it's less than a year old, and I have no ability to make any changes other than paint)
3. Attention to detail (especially with regard to spelling, grammar and links that work)
4. Cost consciousness - both the price point, and the effect on society, the environment, etc.
5. Some love for the flyover states. I'm at least 15 hours from any AT city, and lacking both a Trader Joes, Ikea, and my local craigslist features a LOT of Aspen Log furniture and "southwestern" designs on couches.
6. Low Cost Entertaining at Home options/ideas.
7. I too dislike the "hot or not" posts.

And a personal nitpick, I'd love to see tagging that's easier to get through - I had at least three things I was looking for this past week that I *know* I've seen on Apartment Therapy, but couldn't find. I'm not going to recall whether something was a "hot post" - but I will know that I am looking for a media cabinet that was a hack from an Ikea lack shelving unit with perforated screens on the doors. (Ikea, Hacks, Media Units).

Not to say that these are deal breakers, but as smeone who has read AT for at least 2 years, they are just opinions that I've formed. In general I like the site, and my boyfriend has even said that maybe he'll look through the site to show me what designs *he* likes.

Oh, and one last thing - no more sex chairs. That was just....weird.

My grandparents had one of those cabinet stereos. I want one *so bad* for my 1961 brick ranch.

My "just do it' project for January is to get something done in the house. I will have turned in my thesis proposal by deadline, i have a new job which includes a raise, and I figure I should put some of that money to work celebrating the new job/proposal completion by finishing one of my house projects. Any of them really. Maybe it will be painting the bathroom trim (I painted the bathroom walls in September.)

Nice. I like....though *I* wouldn't sleep in it. Looks a bit claustrophobia inducing...

Ha! I've been to this apartment. It's super cute! She sold it a while ago, IIRC.

I reallly really REALLLLY love the Bantam. I want that sofa so badly, and in that color even. I have an almost fetishistic obsession with it, it reminds me of my grandparents' couch (but way better) from the 60s/70s.