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Display Name:	Strata Chalup
Personal URL:	http://www.flickr.com/photos/strata/collections/72157601868256096/
Member Since:	9/4/07

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Chenoameg: Here is a list of low-allergy fresh flowers via a wedding planning site. Enjoy! Apartment Therapy - The Fall Green Cure: Getting Oriented Week One Flag this comment	9/16/07 10:53 AM
The gerbera daisy one rocks; makes me think something is exploding in the oven (with flavor, only, we hope). Hot in someone else's kitchen. Apartment Therapy - Hot or Not? Flag this comment	9/8/07 2:44 PM
That's adorable. I have no doubt, were these in my house, that there would be a cat in one of the bags on a regular basis. Which would also be adorable, but not for clean dishtowels. ;-) Apartment Therapy - Look!: Kitchen Stool Storage Flag this comment	9/7/07 11:14 AM
There are many wonderful artists with virtual galleries on Art.Net: http://www.art.net/ Some are amateurs, some are semi-pro, some are pros. They have great hosting for artists ($60/year, huge file and download allowances) and are run by artists. Disclaimer: I are one! (amateur) http://www.art.net/studios/hackers/strata/ Apartment Therapy - Good Questions: Affordable Art Online? Flag this comment	9/7/07 11:13 AM
The LivingEtc site has a pair of online calculators for paint and wallpaper. The paint one is especially nifty, as it allows you to put in the number of coats and allow for how many windows and doors you are doing. http://www.livingetc.com/deco/calculators/wallpaper.php http://www.livingetc.com/deco/calculators/paint.php Apartment Therapy - Tips: 19 Flag this comment	9/6/07 9:02 AM
Stuck in the South Bay, alas-- SF meetups, especially on weeknights, are not a thing that works right now. Apartment Therapy - Apartment Therapy Get-Together? Flag this comment	9/6/07 8:54 AM
Paint a mural on the floor, such as the layout of the King's Gardens at Versailles, or the floorplan of FallingWater, or even just a meadow of green grass. Check out the cool stuff that my friend Mimi has done for clients via Sun n Moon Murals: http://www.sunandmoonmurals.com/portfolio.html Apartment Therapy - Good Questions: What To Do With My New Basement Floor? Flag this comment	9/5/07 8:36 PM
Timing is great for me, too. Spouse and I have been picking up paint samples and generally decrying the clutter and non-improved-ness of our place. We basically unpacked our storage area into it, found places for things, and still have boxes and piles of clutter. Blerg. Let the games begin. I still need to post current photos, the ones I have of our place before we brought much in, just after new furniture was delivered, so that's cheating. See our previous apartment, before our put-in-storage sabbatical. Then again, be afraid. I am! http://www.flickr.com/photos/strata/collections/72157601868256096/ PS- oh, yes, we have almost no budget for this, eg buying paint will be a big expense. Just adds to the challenge, eh? On the other hand, I do have access to a CnC vinyl cutter, and those blix things that JeanineW posted (thanks!) are giving me ideas! Apartment Therapy - The Fall Cure: September 5th, Nationwide Flag this comment	9/4/07 11:29 PM
An important point in orchid watering: don't get water in the leaves, especially where the leaves join the stem. If you do splash water on the leaves, it will funnel down to that place and sit there. All will appear to be well. Then, you will nudge the plant, or simply come out to water it one day, and find the beautiful, healthy-looking green leaves sitting, detached from the stem, where the basal stem rotted away. Which is truly a lousy experience. Been there, done that. The moth orchids like it dry; underwatering won't kill them as long as you water them before the air-roots shrivel up. Overwatering will rot them out quick like a bunny. For best results, put their little bark pots into a pretty ceramic cachepot on top of an inch or so of stones or marbles, and make sure there is always water just barely covering the stones. That precludes a lot of tedious misting. Or make the misting a feature, rather than a chore, by using an aromatherapy mister, a safe, cool-mist, quiet one, as a centerpiece for a collection of orchids, raised slightly above the pot levels so that the mist will drift down onto them. Mmm! Pretty! best luck, Strata My Bay Area Garden http://mybayareagarden.blogspot.com/ Apartment Therapy - Good Questions: How Do I Take Care of an Orchid? Flag this comment	9/4/07 9:03 PM