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just to be clear-- not shopping somewhere is not "boycotting" unless you are organized and have specific demands. Simply going elsewhere is the free market at work-- you choose WalMart's competito...

my landlord gave me one of these-- it did nothing, and then the exterminator he finally hired assured me that they are a scam. Google them and you will see that they have been legally barred from ...

since the video covers the whole layout (if blurrily) it shouldn't be such a big deal that it's mostly vignettes. But I also think that the vignette-y things-- the composed bookshelf, the clear la...

I think there is a really nice sense of balance here between open, blank space (some walls, expanse of simple couch surface), assemblages of little stuff (office, kitchen) and large bold forms (big...

amlitt-- the first time I ever saw this approach was in a photo spread of Todd Oldham's house-- http://nymag.com/nymetr...

I agree that these are really nice, but the post sounds like an ad. is it?

I upped from cool to super cool because of all your secret handmade solutions (carved out sofa-- I want to see details of that!). But the living room feels a little disjointed and empty, with weir...

I agree with others about the couch v. entertainment center-- but was also thinking that maybe they have to be there for outlets/cable hookup. many old NY buildings have really limited outlets.

py-- I don't want to count my chickens before they are hatched, but I think my brother is going to pick it up for me this weekend. I am in philly but go back and forth a lot. I gather the chairs ...

peaceyall-- no it's not! thanks for the best tip ever.

I have rented a lot of apartments in my life, and in my experience, there are two kinds of landlords: the kind who think they can replace you in 5 seconds and for $100s more per month (whether or n...

I teach design history and my understanding is that Thonet, who was born in Germany and practiced in Vienna, used the German pronunciation that rhymes with bonnet. However, I have heard many antiq...

from Open Thread 343 on May 28, 2007 10:54PM