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There should be a formula that multiples the votes by some increment to account for the number of people living in small sq footage and/or if the space is also used as a work space.

Lots of good suggestions here. I saw one for Farrow and Ball paint. It is super expensive, and though great paint, not in everybody's budget. I am having my dining room painted today in Elephant's Breath color from F&B but it is Ben Moore paint that is color matched to the F&B color. I am using Natura paint and it is $35/gallon less than F&B. We will see how the results look. Certainly an option for getting the Borrowed Light color for less.

I had spaces like this in all of my homes in my 20s. A few years ago I realized I had stopped creating these little friendship shrines somewhere along the line. For the same reason I don't display pictures of friends and family, I haven't continued displaying objects of friendship: I like feeling them in my heart more so than seeing reminders of them in my space. It's not that one cannot do both, but for some reason, I'm really not into visual reminders of the people I love.

Love the marble walls in your Instagram bathroom picture. Your place is sweet and adorable. My favorite part is the trim. It really does look like a cake. And, wow, what a landlord. They must really adore you if they are adding a deck as a surprise. Are you or this person single? That sounds to me like some serious apartment flirting.

How can anybody be over subway tiles? They are so classic and enduring. Who needs these alternatives?

I have often thought it would be helpful to have a website that compares neighborhoods in different cities with both objective criteria, such transit, distance to downtown, home prices, as well as subjective experiences of people who know these neighborhoods well. Having recently moved from Chicago to Philly, I often comment on the talk section of Yelp, helping those moving between these cities figure out what neighbhoods are similar.

I was excited to read that my idea had come to fruition but my god is this an offensive train wreck, not to mention extremely inaccurate. The Philly descriptions paint with a wide brush and neglect the lives of families who have lived for decades in old neighborhoods and still do. I laughed at the Fairmount to Upper East Side equation. How? In what universe? That writer is on crack.

Chandelier source please. Really nice job on everything. Kudos and enjoy.

I do consider myself fortunate that my aesthetic tends towards vintage so I have a large selection of made in USA as well as the ability to see what has been of quality in that it is still in good shape after decades of use. I think with furniture one has to be careful about the perception of quality and made in the USA. There are plenty of crappy sofas coming out of North Carolina. While I like the idea of Made in the USA being a potential symbol of quality, it is not. And sometimes products made in Europe are better and give me the peace of mind that they hopefully were made under fair labor laws. Still, I dream of being able to buy everything made in USA and products of quality. My husband and I long ago set an income threshold and decided once we crossed it we would start to buy from independent stores and made in USA when possible. We have arrived at the threshold and it is still a challenge to find the right products. I wish AT had an ongoing shopping guide for such finds.

I have to dig up the report. I think it was on Marketplace on NPR. I do not think they said they would pay up to 50% more, I think it was a vague stat with no price figure: x% of Americans said they would be willing to pay more for a product made if it were made in the United States.

@Andrewpflynn - No matter what the additional percentage it costs to purchase a product Made in the USA, I do not think it is about resting on the laurels of location. It does cost more to produce any kind of widget in a factory in the USA that regulates the safety of its workers - hopefully, and pays more than a dollar a day. That speaks more to the quality of life for the citizens, and sometime for the environment, than it does to the quality of the product. If the quality of the products are equal, it is worth it to me to support American workers and American families. Sometimes buying American made is cost prohibitive or simply not possible. I try to buy less in general and save up for products that are higher quality and made in the USA. Sometimes you do not have to pay more either. If you start looking at where products are made, you will sometimes stumble upon items made here for the same prices as ones made in China.

Such a cute house and all I can focus on is the arm pit hair on the ballerina.