lighting solution for us?

Found this house on Dwell.  WOW!  These lights must cost a fortune, but I want them--maybe I can buy one at a time?

Spring has sprung?

Well it is a warm day today(mid 50's=warm to us right now)
So I bought my first herbs!  I LOVE herbs and I LOVE spring so today is a good day.
I also LOVE second trimester instead of being sick all the time. 
SO I am off to plant before it snows tomorrow(yes, these will be container herbs in my kitchen at least
for another month or so)

Scouting it out.

Yesterday, as Doug was coming down the stairs, I heard a VERY loud THUD.  Since my desk sits under the stairs it sounded like he was falling ON me.  It turns out that he slipped on our stairs and this wasn't the first time.  Also, a year or so ago I slipped and hurt my ankle(which still hurts) SO we decided that perhaps we should get some carpet on the stairs to prevent one of us from falling to our untimely deaths.

So--the hunt is on and I am scouring the internet looking for what I want.  Here is what I have so far, tell me what you think:

 NOT the zebra print, but I like the width of the carpet in relation to the stairs.

This one I HATE the width of the carpet in relation to the stair width(not to mention I am not a fan of Zebra print--what is it with that today anyway?)