A list of things to fix up my house
My house was set up a number of years ago. It'll soon be time for a re-tooling.
Paint walls:Bedroom: Red-ish ?
Dining room: Blue-ish ?
Living room: Brown-ish ?Bedroom:
Bed (Ikea Malm, or something else fairly inconspicuous)
2nd dresser (as above)
Large bookshelf (6ft wide and at least as tall)
New bed linens
Small stereo for bookshelf (w/alarm)
Small rug for foot of bed area (possibly current living room rug?)
Dining room:
Get rid of: desk, both end tables, and printer.
Frame for The Midwest
Bookshelf (match bedroom)
Small desk (fits cabinets under it? or use cabinets as end-tables for small couch)
Small couch
Office chair (w soft wheels? Anything to avoid stupid plastic thingie on floor)
Easy chair
Rug
Coffee table
??Fold up/away 6 foot dinner table + chairs??
??Replace desktop w MacBook + big monitor + wireless KB??
Kitchen:
Something on cabinet faces... it's so boring white in there. Living Room:
Get rid of: entertainment center, rug, coffee table, ikea chair, round chair, ??Keyboard??)
Clean couch (possibly replace?)
Rug
Low TV table/Cabinet (hide component crap)
Coffee table
Curtain holder thingies
2 Easy chairs (match dining room)
4 Window plants
??Receiver (v small one?)??
Back Porch:
Small set of table and chairs
Planters and plants for the railings
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http://www.prairielandwarehouse.com/
http://flatoutdesign.blogspot.com/
http://reformobjects.blogspot.com/
http://classifieds.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/
http://cercisdesign.blogspot.com/
http://www.nightanddayvintage.com
(new) http://www.furniturewithasoul.com/store.php?location=chicago
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