I finally took some pictures of our newly painted living room and bedroom:

Then, Apartmenttherapy posted about my Living Room… twice! in one day!

It was pretty exciting:

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/look/look-challenging-space-great-room-065218

http://www.unplggd.com/unplggd/flickr-finds/flickr-finds-modern-and-minimal-living-room-065198

And now I have something like 250 views on each picture which is a little… strange.  Either way, the posts waere very flattering and most people had nice things to say!  I couldn’t agree more with the criticism on the living room rug though – I’d love to replace it if I can ever figure out what I want to replace it with.  As for the “outdated window treatments” well, you try blocking out the blinding sun from a stretch of 5 windows, 17 feet across.  In a rental.  Without getting custom shades.  yeah.