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Now this is way better than the Chronicle's H&G section!

Plus there are great possibilities for a contest to name all of the accessories in the staged Green St. home that come from Target. The red photo box does (circa 2003), and I have suspicions about many of the vases.

My aunt has copper countertops in the kitchen with lovely green cupboards. She was getting her place remodeled and they ran (way) over. For the kitchen she just wanted it done and told the guy she was putting in formica. He asked her if he found copper that was cheaper than formica would she go for it? She did and it looks so cool! A much more casual look than granite.

Mmmm...library porn.

Reminds me of my grad schoool's reading room - like being in an old monastery:

OK - I guess we can't use HTML markup in the comments. Here's the link:

http://www.law.umich.edu/virtualtour/legalresearch/images/readingroom.jpg

As soon as I saw the library photo, I thought... it has to be Trinity Library! I went through this library one morning, right as the light was coming in the windows, onto all those sepia-colored books.
You know those times when a single sight is so gorgeous that your brain just sort of makes a painting of it? It was one of those moments.

Absolutely 2nd DC Christine.. ...and I had one of those moments entering Trinity Library on a drab and rainy morning in November. It is simply the most beautiful space.