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I wish I was escaping! I need a vacay

Going to Andorra http://www.andorra.ad/en-US/Pages/default.aspx for a few days. After all the work moving, settling in, etc, we deserve some rest!

Andorra!! I'm envious. Sadly, I'm doing a staycation this year because I spent all my money on new furniture for my new, much smaller condo.

I posted this in ATSF by mistake but I'm a Chicago native so I'll ask here!

Folks, what color would you paint your room if you had this comforter?

http://www.potterybarn.com/pbimgs/rk/images/p2/products/200831/0220/img52m.jpg

The walls are currently white, which is sort of jarring and horrible. I don't want to go all-yellow because I think that much yellow would drive me batty.

To complicate things further, I have terracotta colored sheets, which look OK with the comforter alone, but stump me as to what wall color would look good with sheets AND comforter. Other room facts: it's a fairly tiny Chicago bedroom, and the bedroom furniture is all mid-century Danish walnut, with hardwood floors.

So right now I'm thinking dove grey or maybe deep-ish grass green (although would that be too 70s?) - any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

Any ideas on how to decorate with cowboy boots? I have my dad's pair from when he was a toddler and my grandfather's pair. I would like to decorate with them without having a whole cowboy theme. Any suggestions?

javagrrrl, it would be kind of fun to stencil bootprints on a lower part of a wall leading down to the ground and have the boots sitting right next to the wall where the prints stop.

Hey did anyone else go to the Andersonville sidewalk sale this weekend? It was awesome! Check out what I got...

From Urban Nest, $50! http://www.flickr.com/photos/24453785@N02/2735820820/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24453785@N02/2734986821/in/photostream/

And this fabulous black mirror was only $25! http://www.flickr.com/photos/24453785@N02/2735840878/in/photostream/

toomuch stuff- grey/gray sounds good, but also consider a pale lavender, which might be great with the furniture. One with lots of grey if you prefer. I'd replace the sheets, which are getting in the way.

Oh heck! I missed the sidewalk sale!

I need to get my hands on a design book. I don't know the name of it but it is about small spaces. It starts with 100 Sq. Ft. and goes up to around 700 sq. ft. It's a paperback and the pages are marked with the sq. footage on the outer edge of each page. It's also a small thick book - not the standard size design book.

Does anyone know what book I'm talking about?

On my way back from Grand Rapids for a wedding this weekend, I was thinking about checking out Saugatuck, as written up in the NY Times this week.
Anyone been? Any suggestion(s) for a lunch place? I planned to hit up the dunes state park afterward, or maybe check out a boat cruise.

Thanks in advance.

Anne - Is this the book you were looking for ...

Living Large in Small Spaces: Expressing Personal Style in 100 to 1,000 Square Feet (Paperback)
by Marisa Bartolucci, Radek Kurzaj

Its available on amazon.com

http://www.amazon.com/Living-Large-Small-Spaces-Expressing/dp/0810991055/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218205399&sr=8-7

JD

toomuchstuff-
I did my bedroom with Sea Urchin by Benjamin Moore. It's a great tan/taupe color that's incredibly relaxing and hasn't gotten old in the time I've had it up (4 years). I have had gold, green, pink, red, purple and yellow accents in the room in that time and it hasn't clashed with any of that.

So what IS the Apartment Therapy logo, and WHY?

CRAIG'S LIST SCAM????

Hi everyone --

This is my first post, but I am an avid reader. On August 6th, Janel posted the Chicago Scavenger and the following item (via link) was included. http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/fuo/787737913.html

I am really interested in purchasing this item but the seller has not responded to any of my e-mails. So, originally I thought the item had been sold until last night I was searching Craig's List and saw that the seller had re-posted the chair and lowered the price from $200 to $135.

Is it possible that this post is a scam? Also, if anyone knows of someone selling a similar chair (prefer exact chair -- different fabric), please let me know. I am new to Chicago and am looking to furnish my new place.

Thanks,
Veronica

JD, that might be it. I'll go to B&N and check it out. Thank you!!

For Anne there is also a book called The New Apartment, Smart Living in Small Spaces. Montse Borras, Universe. 978-0-7893-1529-8. It also has floor plans and the size, the average is around 600sq ft and the smallest is around 300sq ft. I also posted another reference on the other Open Thread site on Friday, to another book which actually has much smaller sq ft.