I remember seeing something on AT years ago where it was a very long narrow hallway and someone suggested painting stripes on it to make it look like a bowling alley. I feel like your hall could be...

I think once you put table clothes down here and dim the lights, its going to be a very pretty space. Remember your decor can either come down from above (fairy lights, ribbons, fabric draped from ...

I love the catalogue. But dont get me started on those damn anklesocks.

Can i move in? pleeeeeeeeaaaase? Slipcover the floral, or just throw a sheet over it for a while to see how it feels and if its worth keeping plain, I love 'conversation areas' with lots of options...

Modtramp, I think those of use who have bikes as lifestyle welcome any tricks to make them feel like decor, when we arent on them. My roommate is very tolerant of mine being parked in...

Unless it really really bothers you, ham it up, get a few tea towels that play on it and accept it. If it really really bothers you, prop a chopping board in front of it. Its not all that bad?

If you had wee wee pads in earlier training you could bring them back again and use them to train him to head to a certain corner? When my roomies dog was done with pottie training his owner kept ...

If anyone from NY is reading this there are multiple places where you can drop off compost. Each week my roommate and I fill a bread bags (you know the one wrapped around your wonderbread) with com...

Think hard before doing any kind of bar, as you will live over it, but if you can place your sleeping windows away from noise then you could do a winebar. Check out bourgeouis pig nyc. Their menu i...

And occassionally when you see incredibly spare apartments in design magazines with no personal effects they remind me of the Stasi-mans apartment....

The other fascinating interior in the movie is the one of the stasi man. Its a functional but bleak White and brown apartment with few personal effect. A huge contrast in the film to that of his ar...

Hmmm, creative, but I'd call in the pro's on this one. The office on ikeahacker looks great and it could work if you are storing very light kitchen stuff, but not stacks of plates, or bottles of vi...

WHAT ABOout the umbra invisible shelf? I could see 1 or even 2 of them fitting in nicely around your inspiration board

Depending on how much storage you have in the rest of the apartment, you could build a 3 step storage unit in there. Googling "stair storage" throws up bazillions of links. Heres one example.

Ptoo - this looks awesome, I cant wait to swing by and see in person, love the pink stool things. I might have to go in and look at those!!!

Sofa shopping with a friend we missed a floor model goodwin sofa at west elm 30% off as we walked outside, bought a coffee, talked it over (is it the right sofa). We were 10 minutes at the most, an...

Defnitely downsize a bit....If you are very attached to any of your stuff consider temporarily lending to family members or friends who might have space (and inclination) to mind for a while

I definitely agree with the first suggestion. I did the same thing myself on the cheap with an old curtain rod and some twine that supports in on either end and in the middle. I guess...

The no brainer on this is to change the light first.

Katy - Macy's seems to have awesome sales around the time of all the marquee holidays. Just as I started saving for my $1300 matress last year, they had a labor day sale and took off a ridiculous %...