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I love that organic lamp hanging over the dining table in the photo on the right (first photo). Anyone know who makes it?

these look like they are trying to hard

ZGallerie has that hanging lamp on sale right now for like half price.

I love these. And surrounding an organic farm? I want to go on vacation there right now.

Should be "a resort that comprises fourteen separate two-bedroom cottages." "Comprises" means "encompasses" or "is built of." "Composed of" or "consists of" are what you're thinking of. Have to defend the increasingly-unknown correct usage of this very useful word. :)

Cool little places, though!

Thanks Kimbiss. Unfortunately there's no longer a Zgallerie in NYC. Not sure I want to buy it without checking it out first.

Last year I went to the Preview Gala there when it opened. The cottages are beautiful and each one had it's interior space designed by a different local interior designer. Of course, there were some I liked a lot more than others...

My magazine also covered this when it opened, in the September 2008 issue of Maine Home Design the online version doesn't do it justice, as the photos we have in print are amazing.

Oh and the party....was very fun.

Both uses of comprise are now fairly standard. The 'erroneous' use has quite a long lineage.

These cottages are very interesting but a little crowded for me, not even physically but maybe texturally and idea-wise.

I love the birch console. Any idea how I could make one...if I find a birch.

robotropolis: sorry, but Mary B C is right. And just because something has a long history of use doesn't mean it's acceptable. Kids are still taught not to say "ain't" and "me and Joey went to the park" or "between he and I" even though those uses are very common. No professional editor would allow "is comprised of" in a passage of text. But enough about grammar...

I actually like the originality of these rooms for their setting. They're far better than the typical country decor one sees in resort areas!

Robotropolis: I know the erroneous use has a long history, and I even accept that grammar changes over time and morphs into a new language - so that we would hardly understand the British English spoken by the U.S. colonists. I end sentences with prepositions and in the future, I'm sure I'm still going to. :)

But, I still feel that if one is writing for a living, one should be aware of the niceties of the language, and be striving to learn more, always. Strunk and White should be on every writer's side table. Spoken language and casual e-mail is one thing; formal, written language (as in a magazine, newspaper, or very cool, professional-looking blog) is another.

Editing, editing, editing: it's the key to good design and good writing!