Apartment Therapy : Community

User Profile for Gene

Latest Comments...

This is beyond stupid. We should instead require everyone to fart into a plastic baggie and seal it up real fast lest the methane gets into the atmosphere. Remember, methane is 20 times more potent...

Ahh, i should learn to read more carefully... the owner did many renovations. Awesome place.

she should have entered it in smallest coolest. she would have won. btw, how is this a sublet? i mean, it looks like she added massive numbers of custom touches. Or was the bathroom and kitchen tha...

Jeff and Rachael, Thanks for the great comments! Hope to see you guys again soon. Ms. B, Yes, overall, I like the couch and think it is now quite comfo...

This is how you do it if you own. Just wow.

Oh, and glad you're just big enough that you got bumped up to Tiny category and didn't have to compete against me in Teeny-Tiny! :-)

Wow, this isn't just beautiful, but obnoxiously so! Amazing for an apartment this small. Fortunately, your apartment has a nice floorplan with lots of wall space that allows for that kind of separa...

Hey Liuba-- Thanks for the kind words! I hope to have you guys over again soon. Make Roman vote for me! Charliee-- Actually the Macbook is right next to the i...

Hi Alisaan, The two pillows are from West Elm. I think they were called something like Colorblock Pillow, but I am fairly certain that was the only season West Elm carried them since I...

SweetRosieBrown, Thanks so much for the thoughtful critique! My girlfriend made the same exact criticism too! The issue is that to properly sleep on the sofa, I need to flip the back p...

Thanks for all the comments! The door is the door to the Walk-in-closet and when it needs opening, I just move the chairs. Same goes for the stove. I have a very difficult space as there is no phys...

I absolutely love this apartment. Major apartment envy. Having said that, however, what are we evaluating here? Is it whether the people were able to afford an apartment that had nice fixtures put ...

Landlords are going to see a comeuppance in this environment and for good reason. They're raising rents, causing businesses to close, but in this environment, they'll get nothing. I can't imagine w...

I own an American Upholstery/Leather (Room and Board sells their sofas under the name "Comfort Sleeper", and in NYC, go to Scott Jordan) Comfort Sleeper and use it as my regular bed for every night...

I love how all of the choices in the poll assume that EVERYONE agrees with your basic premises (consumerism is bad). Because no one intelligent would EVER be one of those gross obese consumerist ne...

Ok, this is what I don't get about the obnoxiously expensive "space-saving" furniture. Why not just spend that money on rent for a bigger apartment? As for "knocking off," while I do a...

The Scape armchair looks like the Kodawood Clam Chairs by Finn Juhl. http://www.artnewyork.com/interior/vintage/htm...

Sorry, meant to say, "just not sure what these are supposed to say about them".

Perhaps this is a function of Obama only having been Senator for 4 years, while McCain for, what, 20? Sorry, just not sure what either is supposed to say about the other one. Once Obam...

Rent Stabilized stuido UWS, doorman, half a block from subway and Central Park, a couple of blocks from Museum of Natural History, 300 sq ft., WIC, $1550. In my building, newly renovated studios ar...