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Our friend in Ireland has a tiny fridge but it's elevated to a comfortable height by a short cabinet underneath. Another cabinet above creates a nice streamlined look. This tall fridge/cabinet combo is at one end of the kitchen. The counter, stove & sink take up the rest of the wall space. Efficient and pleasing to look at. But I would admittedly be frustrated by the tiny freezer.

Drool. I might have to make a pilgrimage there.

Aw, so sorry I missed out on this one! I really enjoyed the walk a few years back. Hope you guys keep it going in the future!

I think this is a message loud & clear to American publishers. What I find so appealing about Living Etc. is not just the quality of its content but also the quantity of it. I always feel like I got my money's worth (even at that high price) because there's page after page of fresh ideas. Nothing cold or modern but also nothing fussy and old-fashioned.

I've subscribed to ELLE Decor and Met Home in the past. It only took a matter of minutes to flip through and read them. Rarely tore any pages out to keep. Straight into the recycling bin. But there's several issues of Domino, Blueprint, ReadyMade and Living Etc. on a shelf. Living in a tiny apartment, these mags were worth taking up precious space. I really hope we see a strong contender emerge in the near future, despite the tough times in publishing. One of life's little pleasures is curling up in a comfy chair (train, plane, etc.) with your favorite magazine, not balancing a laptop trying to reading a shelter website.

That looks like it came from Smart Furniture (smartfurniture.com) I have the same thing in black, but larger. What's great about these is the assembly: no nails or hardware - the pieces slot together and are very sturdy. You can create your own custom case online and they'll ship you the parts. I find it accommodates most books, but not oversized ones.

"The Holiday" has an amazing English stone cottage... so cozy. I could just curl up in it for the entire winter.

This puts me in the mood to watch it now...

Thanks Miaues! I ended up going with NYCityVan. They just left a few minutes ago and I was so pleased. They were efficient and friendly - and insured! I would totally recommend them. I found their ad on Craigslist and saw they had been recommended by NY Mag so it seemed pretty safe. $110 to transport a heavy stell & glass table and a bicycle.

http://www.nycityvan.com/

I live in a ground floor co-op on Thompson St. No garden - my neighbor has access to the small patch of concrete -but I appreciate not having to haul things up many flights. And being able to wheel the bike right out the door is wonderful. Drawbacks: there IS noise on summer weekend nights; I dread it when NYU kids are back. And a lot of black dust from passing traffic has me resigned to keeping the windows closed almost 24/7. There's a rental apartment below so I can't stomp around. I do enjoy seeing people go by, since I work at home it's a wee bit less isolating.
Oh and when you're getting something heavy delivered (i.e. furniture) the look of relief on the hauler's face is priceless. No stairs!

I live street-level so one of the new trees is actually right outside my window. It gives me mixed feelings because as it grows, the roots could potentially compromise a retaining wall for the basement apartments. Neighboring trees have become a haven for rats, who tunnel and scamper about nightly. We had a generous amount of trees on our block already (I love nature!) I would have just preferred they tackle the rat issue first. I dread the night when I come home to find a rat darting under the new tree. On the positive side, I welcome anything that will help produce fresh oxygen and improve air quality.

And who can sleep knowing your upstairs neighbor can peer down right at you? Sleeping under the stars may work in a different location, but this was a bizarre plan for such close quarters. I doubt a co-op board would even consider the idea.