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I think I will have to apply for an extension, but the living room is nearly finished. Photos are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos...

from Apartment Therapy - The Fall Cure: Graduation! on November 10, 2007 04:51PM

Southernwayfarer, I think that most carpet stores that sell roll-end remnants can arrange the binding for you. There is also a carpet-binding tape but I don't believe that it's as durable as a sewn...

from Apartment Therapy - Open Thread 552 on October 31, 2007 10:34AM

We finally added shelves (2 dollars each! In the IKEA kids section!) and placemats and a dining area. I have the same placemats on my breakfast table. My table is the Mella tabl...

Please don't laugh, but now that we are almost at the end, I finally found my copy of The Book. Apartment Therapy , I mean. I've felt overwhelmed by the amount of stuff that need...

AmandaC - My first choice for modern lamps at modest prices is Ikea. Before I moved to the hinterland I purchased three table lamps for a bedroom as well as a wall lamp and a ceiling fixture, and I...

from Apartment Therapy - Open Thread 551 on October 30, 2007 06:21PM

Instead of renting a truck and hiring labor separately, you might check into some of the "two guys with a truck" services that exist in most places. They're not moving companies, but if all you nee...

from Apartment Therapy - Open Thread 551 on October 30, 2007 01:28PM

I missed the participation of people in other regions and couldn't always find the other groups. I stayed with the New York group since I do live in the state of New York, although this upstate are...

Regarding dining chairs - I have six at my dining table but the table can expand to seat eight or ten. For eight I would bring the two Balser chairs from the breakfast table; for ten I'd have to ad...

If you can't redecorate your entire apartment in 8 weeks because you don't have the funds, should you just redecorate one room at a time? The last time around, I was between job...

prefer this pillow... but would prefer even brighter You might have liked this one, also by Jongerius --

OK in NY is looking for good pillow suggestions to wake up her sofa. I'm a guy. I think I have chosen pillows, though. Design by Alexander Girard:

The main project for my bedroom is to take down the draperies and install woven-wood roman shades, which I already have. It goes against the grain to remove custom-made draperies, but these are hig...

Two photos of the living room (without rug, as it's not here yet) are now at flickr. I need suggestions about pillows for the sofa; the back is fairly hard and it looks sort of bare.

It looks like I posted my latest update in a thread that was no longer current, so I'll summarize here: after an interruption because of illness and work, I'm starting to catch up. Yesterday evenin...

I've fallen way behind - illness and work - but I've started to catch up. This afternoon I assembled a sofa for the living and arranged the furniture. Pictures and a mirror are in position to be hu...

from Apartment Therapy - The Fall Cure: Week 6 on October 20, 2007 10:14PM

Perfect timing for the living room, because I now have just about everything that is needed, plus some time off - and it's the room that needs the most work.

I can hardly believe that I'm doing this in the middle of the Cure, but I have had or am having dinner or lunch guests three times in four days, or maybe four times in five days, including lunch fo...

Forgot to mention: no bears last night, but it was all too obvious that there was a skunk nearby.

The lamp for the dining room arrived yesterday and I installed it today. No thanks to the instructions, which were very detailed about the things I knew how to do (connecting the wiring) and sorely...

SD913, the runway console is deep enough to hold a place setting. Would you be placing it against a wall? For reference, the narrow tables that are used in meeting rooms where people s...

from Apartment Therapy - Open Thread 524 on September 20, 2007 11:04AM