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There were bamboo floors already in our kitchen when we bought our house. I wouldn't recommend them to anyone. Gaps have formed in many many places and fluids go right through. Its scratched all over, although with the light color, you can't really see it unless you're looking.

We did this and it's worked fantastic! You put the beadboard right to the top of the tile and then you nail the trim directly to the wall above that. Caulk the hell out of it all, prime, and paint.

For a minute I thought I was looking at an article written by me, because I am also a Jennifer with a December birthday that fell during finals week. Luckily, my family was always very generous and vigilant about separating my Christmas and birthday gifts. All through elementary school, we had my birthday parties on my half-birthday in June so that all my little friends could come over and wear party hats and get their faces painted by some poor unfortunate person dressed up as Minnie Mouse.

Over the years, I've really embraced the birthday-Christmas combination and now throw lavish parties the weekend before Christmas to celebrate. (And by lavish I mean there's a facebook invite and I buy cheese that doesn't come pre-shredded in bags.)

So, to a fellow December Jennifer, I bid ye a Happy Birthday Month.

The vintage ones, the vintage throw backs, and the high gloss ones are great.

Anything else, no.

While I did not pick the granite in my kitchen, I haven't had a single problem with it. It conceals crumbs, has never stained as far as I know (though I'm not sure I'd notice if it did because of its coloring), and has never gotten a knick or anything like that. It seems fairly indestructible.

And my stainless appliances have never been a problem. A little bit of olive oil makes them shiny.

White appliances...if they're not super retro I think they're awful.

Stay away from Chelsea. Not good, not good at all. Really is seedy, really.

I've lived here my entire life, went to college in the city, now go to grad school in the city, and over 100 of my cousins are scattered throughout Charlestown, Somerville, Cambridge, Watertown, Medford, Malden, etc.

Look for areas on the Orange Line and Red Line. Somerville, further out in Cambridge, JP (not Jackson Square). Malden has one or two really lovely neighborhoods for dirt cheap and right on the Orange line, but you have to be careful.

Southie has been a big up-and-comer lately. Parking available, not far from downtown. I would definitely look there. A LOT of people are moving there.

The South End is gorgeous and were I to win the lottery, I would live there in a heartbeat, but good luck parking that car and finding something in your price range will likely involve a basement.

Fenway is a disaster. If you like screaming Sox fans and vomiting coeds, this neighborhood is for you. It's overpriced. People think it's a good idea to live there and then move out after a year. EXTREMELY difficult to park in during baseball season.

Mission Hill: see Fenway, just cheaper and with bigger apartments.

Allston/Brighton...don't get me wrong, I spend a lot of time out there, but the Green Line is my nemesis. It takes for-ev-er and it makes me nauseous because it stops at all the lights. Students, students everywhere. Awesome bars, great food, but then I get to go home to my quiet apartment after, in my car. I have a lot of friends who loved living there when we were 21, but now that we're 25 feel like they've outgrown it.

Brookline is a little more adult than Allston/Brighton, but that much more expensive, and just as difficult to get to.

Charlestown is very charming, lovely, pretty, but parking is heinous and your apartment probably won't include a spot. It's not cheap either.

If you don't mind being borderline suburban, Quincy, Watertown, Arlington, Melrose are only a few minutes more on the T. It actually takes me less time to get downtown from Melrose on the Orange Line than it takes my friends to get downtown from Allston on the Green Line. For context, 1400 would get you something very very nice with parking.

My personal favorites are Davis and JP. That's what I'd do if I didn't have my reasons for being further out.