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Here are some best apartment designs that we covered on DigsDigs during 2010:

• Minimalist and Modern Loft Interior Design in White Color Theme
  
• Apartment Interior Design That Gives Feeling of Living on the Coast
  

Continue reading about 10 Best Apartment Designs of 2010…

To those of you who host Christmas every year, how do you do it? I’ve been going non-stop all week and I’m worn out! But the house is decorated, the gifts are wrapped, and the fridge is stocked.

Here are some glimpses around the house. I bought these white paper stars on my last trip to India (I wish I had bought more! Note to myself for next time.)

These are party favors I put together with tiny boxes from Michael’s. (There are Swiss chocolates inside.)

And around our house, even the Christmas decorations get tweaked. Remember the foyer from last week?

It got a little sprucing up with a sequin pillow and branches with glass ornaments.

I’m off to finish the guest room and start cooking for tonight. Have a wonderful Christmas eve! I’ll see you tomorrow with a special Saturday Christmas post!

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American designer Paul McClelland has created a Love Seat.

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Description from Paul McClelland:

This love seat is made from hot rolled steel round bar. It’s been hand forged and welded. The fittings are machined steel and stainless steel with rubber bushings.

It’s one of those items that really should be used in order to understand how it feels.
The cold molded plywood seat and back change position as you move around the chair because of the rubber bushings.

Two people fit on it easily and comfortably.

The steel has a clear gloss lacquer finish and the plywood has clear satin lacquer finish.

Visit Paul McClelland’s website – here.

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One of the first movies I featured on my blog, back in 2008, was The Holiday, starring Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, and several really great houses. But that was before I had learned how to lighten photos from movies that were too dark, or get the ones I really wanted by taking screenshots.

So I’m calling a do-over. I’m featuring the movie sets again but with more–and better!–photos for you this time.

Today I’m featuring Iris’s cottage. Next Monday I’ll feature Amanda’s contemporary home in California. Oh, and I already updated my post about Graham’s house, which you can see here (I replaced all the dark and fuzzy photos with clearer, lighter ones–makes it easier to ooh and ahh over the fairytale tent in the girls’ room now!).

This is the ad that Cameron Diaz’s character Amanda sees online for the cottage. It’s part of a “house swapping” program, where you stay free at someone else’s place while they’re at yours.

The Entry:

Living Room:

In this photo, the mantel seems to be decorated for summer:

And here you can see it decorated for Christmas:

The Kitchen:

Lovely stills of the sets courtesy Columbia Pictures. They’re wonderful because they show us details in the rooms that weren’t shown in the movie itself, like the raised beamed ceilings in the bedroom.

Looking from the Kitchen into the Book-Lined Library:

This may be my favorite room in the entire cottage, but we see very little of it in the movie:

Iris’s Bedroom:

From this angle, we can see that the stairs lead straight up to the bedroom and are open to it:

It was written and directed by Nancy Meyers, who always delivers sets that we can drool over. Thanks to her movies, we also have the memorable houses from Baby Boom, It’s Complicated, and Something’s Gotta Give (click those links to see photos of them).

The Bathroom:

It looks charming, but it isn’t very practical–at least not for someone as tall as Cameron Diaz!

Producers chose the picturesque streets of Shere (in Surrey) for the village scenes:

They wanted snow so it would look more like Christmas time, so they added it:

Sadly, Iris’s cottage isn’t real. A fake exterior was built within 2 weeks in the middle of an empty field (photos via the DVD’s Special Features):

They did extensive landscaping around the cottage, even though little of it is shown in the film, and most of what you do see is covered in (fake) snow:

The film crew created everything that you see in the movie, down to the stone wall that seems to have been there forever:

Here’s how it looked in the movie:

Cottages don’t get much cozier than this!

Come back next week to see photos of Amanda’s beautiful contemporary house in L.A. You can see photos of Graham’s Mill House now, though–no waiting!

Visit TV/Movie Houses to see more, like the ones from A Christmas Story and The Family Stone.

There is nothing better than being to find the things you need without leaving the comfort of your house, and the internet has made this possible indeed. When it comes to finding the best replacement windows, the internet has some of the best tools to use. Want to know how you can find the best replacement windows online? We are going to find out in this article.

Getting quotes from top manufacturers is simple. First, you need to find a good resource center specializing in replacement windows. You will be able to use the search tool presented by the resource center to get quotes from multiple suppliers and manufacturers easily. You need to enter your zip code so that the search tool pinpoints its search based on where you live. Then, you need to describe the type of replacement windows you need for your house. Hit the Search button and you will have quotes from top manufacturers near you presented on screen in no time.

You can then compare different replacement windows and special offers in order to find the best one to get. There are a lot of house windows reviews available online as well, so determining the best replacement windows to purchase will not be difficult at all. You may need to take your time and review different options from manufacturers in order to also find the most beneficial deal to get.

After completing the search and picking the best deal to get, you can complete the purchase right away. After receiving your order, the selected manufacturer or supplier will contact you to arrange further details such as installation and shipping. You can either hire your own independent contractors and have them install the replacement windows or let the supplier provide you with an experienced team. After all details are sorted, the replacement windows will be delivered and installed properly.