Definitely interesting photos. What does this sentence mean?: "The architecture and finishings were designed to within an inch of life."

It's a totally awkward construction. I just meant it the way you'd use the idiom "something was decorated to within an inch of its life." Make more (slightly more) sense?

I get it. Thanks for the explication.

janelle monae is as cute as a bug in a rug. she's cuter than pre-enhancement janet jackson. she's cuter than cosby era lisa bonet.

That's a first edition of James Trotter's masterpiece "Music and Some Highly Musical People" sitting there. It's making me shake and sweat; what a glorious thing.