I've moved A LOT, and most of the moves I've done myself (my so-called style, therefore, is "default minimalism") with maybe a quick assist from a friend. When I eventually move from this apartment...
My mother took care of puppies with rickets when she grew up in an orphanage during the DEPRESSION, and she said, "NEVER GIVE UP HOPE."
(I get my sense of h...
Less universally applicable, she said, "You should be in show business." PAUSE. "But not as a singer."
I followed her advice much to the entertainment world's relief, I'm sure.
This is a little too Silence of the Lambs for my comfort. Maybe it's that last photo. Is it post-processed as b&w with a spot of color, or is it really that night-vision goggles monochromati...
Oh well. It's kindv cute, the whole "look at the view!" But the view does not make the apartment cool or creatively pimped out or whatever. As I did the scroll down and saw the second photo, I had ...
Man! I have GOT to get some design sense and do something about my apartment! I can recognize all the elements I am now in love with, but I don't know how to transfer all this new data into real li...
Joan A. -- Yes, I was referring to Cafe Elizabeth. It was still there towards the end of 2004. I like to believe it's still there.
As for the parallel conversations in many of these co...
I meant to say (also) that your home reminds me of a very charming, antique-y cafe in Providence I went to a few times -- tea and coffee and aperitifs and fancy cakes. So I can also see your place ...
I saw the first photo, and I thought, all right, well, this isn't my sensibility but okay... and I chuckled about "changing tactics," and then I saw the second photo, and I blurted "Yikes!" out lou...
Seriously, though. I like this a lot. I like the kitchen, the space, the patio.
I was going to argue about being low maintenance (or lazy) and if I were able to pick up the phone and h...
In addition to preferring less color (or fewer colors) in my home, I don't particularly care for Hawaii or the Hawaiian motif. I'm not impugning Hawaii, the Hawaiian motif, or anyone who loves it o...
Ack!
I think it's funny that you'd probably kill yourself if you lived in a minimalist apartment and I'm twitching from color overload just looking at your photos! (I am saying this wi...
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I'm a bad American consumer. I don't buy into mindless or "obligatory" consumerism. Pun intended.
I didn't realize gift expectations were tied to how much the reception cost per person. Interesting...
I've moved A LOT, and most of the moves I've done myself (my so-called style, therefore, is "default minimalism") with maybe a quick assist from a friend. When I eventually move from this apartment...
Going off-topic... I really enjoy Wende in Phoenix's comments. Spot on, Wende!
My mother took care of puppies with rickets when she grew up in an orphanage during the DEPRESSION, and she said, "NEVER GIVE UP HOPE." (I get my sense of h...
Less universally applicable, she said, "You should be in show business." PAUSE. "But not as a singer." I followed her advice much to the entertainment world's relief, I'm sure.
"Everything changes," my mother said. "Be flexible."
This is a little too Silence of the Lambs for my comfort. Maybe it's that last photo. Is it post-processed as b&w with a spot of color, or is it really that night-vision goggles monochromati...
Oh well. It's kindv cute, the whole "look at the view!" But the view does not make the apartment cool or creatively pimped out or whatever. As I did the scroll down and saw the second photo, I had ...
Man! I have GOT to get some design sense and do something about my apartment! I can recognize all the elements I am now in love with, but I don't know how to transfer all this new data into real li...
tfaron - I heart you. :-)
I like the reception window... but the colors, the rest of it... and I understand the quirkiness of the salon chair, but... just ain't my thang. ...
Hold on, I have to say this in British: SPOT ON! [Commencing with general fawning.] [Also, terrible, sinful jealousy.]
Joan A. -- Yes, I was referring to Cafe Elizabeth. It was still there towards the end of 2004. I like to believe it's still there. As for the parallel conversations in many of these co...
I meant to say (also) that your home reminds me of a very charming, antique-y cafe in Providence I went to a few times -- tea and coffee and aperitifs and fancy cakes. So I can also see your place ...
I saw the first photo, and I thought, all right, well, this isn't my sensibility but okay... and I chuckled about "changing tactics," and then I saw the second photo, and I blurted "Yikes!" out lou...
Seriously, though. I like this a lot. I like the kitchen, the space, the patio. I was going to argue about being low maintenance (or lazy) and if I were able to pick up the phone and h...
I LOVE IT! But I would have a different coffee-table book on the coffee table. Sheesh.
In addition to preferring less color (or fewer colors) in my home, I don't particularly care for Hawaii or the Hawaiian motif. I'm not impugning Hawaii, the Hawaiian motif, or anyone who loves it o...
Ack! I think it's funny that you'd probably kill yourself if you lived in a minimalist apartment and I'm twitching from color overload just looking at your photos! (I am saying this wi...