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It's like a college crash pad, if you had a cushy budget!

Fortune favours the Brave! Nice job.

While you were thinking about it, I already got 'em.

First rule of craigslist: be the firstest with the mostest. My replies always say: flexible schedule/appropriate transportation/courteous buyer.

He who hesitates is lost.

How cool to see all the South Louisiana posters! We end up everywhere.

Had to grin at the slammer comments - how many of these folks fawn over repurposing fruit crates and industrial salvage? One person's bathtub grotto is another's oscilloscope bookshelf support.

Took me four minutes to tear my eyes away from that fourth paisley. It's like Hypnotoad.

Brings to mind a distinction made during 20 years of living in a floating home in Oregon.

Houseboat = self contained vessel capable of navigation under its own power with living quarters being the primary design consideration.

Floating home = home built on float not capable of moving on its own, typically moored with similar dwellings for electric/gas/sewer connections.

Big difference from an insurance, slip rental and general space/cost ratio perspective. My guess is that this is not self contained and needs shore power/water/sewer.

tinyvoices - there are guys who are attracted to guys who limit their education? Man, you learn something every day.

I'm not sure what a guy's guy is, but I'm a straight male who could care less about stick and ball sports. I can thin timber, build furniture , pour concrete and design the f#&k out of type. I'm also okay at selecting throw pillows and candle holders, not bad with color theory, space division and gardening.

Before you offend anyone, how about dropping the limiting stereotypes? Contrary to the apparent assumption of this series, design skills are not the exclusive métier of either gender.

Any yard treatment you attempt without proper preparation and some idea of the water flow/seasonal changes/ maintenance issues is not likely to make you happy.

Most puzzling are the posts that warn of a muddy mess come rainy season. That exactly why and how I use gravel beds. The water runs right through them without standing or soaking in.

I'm using tamped and cleared soil covered with heavy plastic underneath the gravel areas and an appropriate border and seep holes in low spots.

In one walk, big flagstones are anchored with small irregular gravel (pea gravel would never work).

In an area designed to hold pots of herbs by the kitchen, larger gravel keeps over watering from pooling and makes the big pots easy to move around.

No wonder airplanes are so tortuously cramped! - CTalley

Nailed it.