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TrendWatch: Rent a Mushroom Dome, Giraffe Manor, Whole Village, More!

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When vacation-rental site Airbnb booked its millionth night, what did they do? Why, create an infographic, of course! Infographics, after all, are the way to immortalize stuff. The map above depicts the most interesting properties rented by Airbnb users, a group that ranges from Obama's Hawaiian vacation house to an entire village in Lichtenstein. Airbnb's offers so much more than just boring ol' houses.

· Airbnb celebrates 1,000,000 million nights booked! [Airbnb via Core77]
· Obama Set to Return to Hawaiian Vacation House For the Holidays [Curbed National]

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TrendWatch: Secret to a Happy Home Revealed, and it Includes Water Views

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Although Yahoo amped up its quest for world domination by appropriating all of Zillow's content, listings site Trulia is going for a more metaphysical approach, endeavoring to find what it is, exactly, that makes a happy home. After all, can happiness be quantified? Why yes! Yes it can. Trulia asked 1,200 American couples to rank 11 home features—dual closets, large kitchen island, a man cave, water views, and more—in order of how each would positively improve their relationship. What came out on top? For women, apparently storage space is the be-all, end-all of making the magic happen. And for men—in a brilliant show of obviousness—it's having a master bedroom large enough for a king-size bed. Browse the photogallery above for the close-up shots.

· Zillow and Yahoo Merge; Quest for World Domination Continues [Curbed National]

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TrendWatch: Benjamin Moore Names "Vintage Wine" its 2011 Color of the Year

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