BlueKline's Profile

Thank you all! Kline is indeed a Russian Blue and would leap over child-grates no problem. Maybe we can get away with that when he is old and slow. As for now, screens would have to go the entire height of the window, which, because of the sideways opening situation, is problematic. Velcro is a good idea (had also thought about rare-earth magnets, but the frames are not steel). Has anybody had any experiences with velcro screens? Does it hold up well or end up looking mangy?
--Chelsea and Kline

Even after living in my new (purchased) apartment for over a year, I still have paint splotches on the walls of my bedroom, and am still lacking a carpet. The work-studio still needs lighting. My long-time friends know that this is just how it is---that my homes are in a constant state of transformation, mostly d.i.y., mostly constructed out of magnets, hat-forms, anything Hilti, bits of string, cast-off table-legs and wooden spoons (and more magnets!). Having lived in a 200sf walk-up for fifteen years (bathtub in the kitchen), I am now trying to do things right.....even hiring a contractor (who I LOVED) and desperately attempting to build/paint/decorate in a way that I can live within my space, rather than having to live around it. So even though it's been a year, and I'm still painting, I'm very pleased with the (hugely researched) decisions I've made...the bamboo floors, enormous built-in bookshelf, my dvd projector-instead-of-a-tv. I know way too much about low-voc paints, eco-friendly flooring, mattresses, and carpets, concrete and drywall anchors, and solar power. It's kind of pathetic. This is not a cute or clever pitch. I just spent a month in a fake tree, and that is why you should pick me.