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In The Girl Who Played with Fire — the second book of best-selling Millennium Triology by Stieg Larsson — the character Lisbeth Salander moves into a new apartment and goes shopping at IKEA — a rather mundane activity that IKEA fans will enjoy as they recognize specific product names and remember some of the discontinued products that are missed.

This project was completed by some regular readers from Seattle: "In March 2010, I came upon the ever-popular Penny Tile floor post on your site. At the time, we were in the process of renovating our 1950s rambler and I was unsuccessful in finding a contractor to complete a concrete overlay (thin-set concrete) design on our master bathroom floor. A standard flooring option just wasn't what we were envisioning for this space…"

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Among all the fixtures, faucets, plumbing and potties at KBIS — the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show — there are some noticeable trends. As I filtered through all the kitchen and bathroom commotion in Las Vegas this week, here are the three trends that stood out:

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NAME: Sara
LOCATION: San Francisco, California
SIZE: 550 square feet
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT MY HOME: I'm on the top floor of an apartment building at the top of a hill, so the city views out my window are unbeatable…

• GO TO SARA'S ENTRY PAGE AND ADD IT TO YOUR FAVORITES

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NAME: Maya
LOCATION: New York, New York
SIZE: 550 square feet
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT MY HOME: We love the charm of our apartment on the most quaint street in West Village…

• GO TO MAYA'S ENTRY PAGE AND ADD IT TO YOUR FAVORITES

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NAME: Jessica
LOCATION: San Francisco, California
SIZE: 667 square feet
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT MY HOME: I love that my apartment feels intimate. When I moved in I could only really bring my favorite things, there wasn't room for everything…

• GO TO JESSICA'S ENTRY PAGE AND ADD IT TO YOUR FAVORITES

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NAME: K & K
LOCATION: Washington DC
SIZE: 500 square feet
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT MY HOME: We have laid out the space so we can easily access the tools we need to be creative…

• GO TO K & K'S ENTRY PAGE AND ADD IT TO YOUR FAVORITES

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NAME: Carolyn
LOCATION: San Francisco, California
SIZE: 525 square feet
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT MY HOME: Design-wise, I love that my walls are covered with memories from my travels near and far from home…

• GO TO CAROLYN'S ENTRY PAGE AND ADD IT TO YOUR FAVORITES

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NAME: Katie
LOCATION: Minneapolis, Minnesota
SIZE: 634 square feet
WHAT I LOVE ABOUT MY HOME: I love how personal it is. It's full of my artwork and DIY projects. It's a labor of love!…

• GO TO KATIE'S ENTRY PAGE AND ADD IT TO YOUR FAVORITES

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