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Just went to their book signing in Toronto on monday, They were great to meet even after a solid 3 hours in line, and for them a solid 3 hours of meeting hundreds of random people!

I'm extremely sensitive to smoke, and notice it both in public and at home... It is something that gives me an almost instant headache and because of this I wish that there was no smoking allowed anywhere, period. It has no health benefits so I truly don't get why people do it in any case!
I can be driving in my car with my windows up and can tell if someone is smoking in theirs two cars ahead of me with their window cracked without seeing it. Same goes for neighbors, it somehow sneaks into the vents and through the walls though I haven't found a source I can even block off or properly filter to try and minimize the effects. As much as I believe that people have every right to enjoy their home, I don't disagree that smoke can be a big problem and as it is detrimental to both my health and the smokers, I can't get upset if it is disallowed.

I'm normally one to like afters more than the before, but this after is not for me, I dislike the white wainscotting they put underneath the desk, not a fan of the final wood tone or how the drawer is so visible against the paint of the legs, and am not a fan of the final dark tone of the handles...

I feel that if the underside of the desk was painted the same turquoise hue instead of the white that sort of comes from nowhere and fits with nothing the wainscotting would recede and not bother me quite as much. I would have personally painted the drawer out too, and left the natural wood top, the stripe on top is cute, but right now the whole piece is just not totally pulled together.
Another thought to make it fit together a bit better would be to leave the horizontal wood pieces on the outside natural wood as well, then perhaps I wouldn't find the drawer sticks out quite so much like a sore thumb.

To each our own

In the meantime, if anyone is looking for some other great morning coffee HOME IMPROVEMENT related websites, here are some of my bookmarks I love: try out Centsational Girl, who also runs a blog 'Centsational Style' on the better homes and gardens site, Young House Love, 7thhouseontheleft, homedesignfind, or designsponge. Here's to hoping AT stops straying off the great path they were on.

Hopefully this was meant to stir comments on home accessibility upgrades... or ideas for how to send long distance home improvement gifts to make having to stay in for long periods bearable...

to add to that I also required a top floor corner unit, which I got :) couldn't even fathom buying a place and having to hear people walking above us.

I think a bench on one side, arm chairs on the end and armless chairs in that same style on the other side would be cute

This is a great dresser mod! I think i'd have used a different style of drawer pull, i love brushed silver on anything, but it looks great.

Am I the only one who has no clue how that mirror could have possibly gotten into the space? It doesn't look like it has any seams where two pieces of glass butt up against each other within the frame, and it looks far too wide and tall to have ever gone through a standard door.
Any hints?

How is this different than living in a duplex or triplex? many homes in my city have been split into two side by side separate units. The way this was worded would make me think the home itself has some sort of temporary wall between the two sides of the home, or just uninsulated drywall (which would be a fire hazard as there would be no stopping a fire in one unit from spreading to the second).

I'm just confused how any house guests would be 'surprised' by the proximity of neighbours, is this the first house of its kind in a small town where this type of dwelling is unheard of, or are all of your guests from far away?