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I LOVE the shelf over the window. What a sweet idea, and perfect for plants. And the moss on your neighbor's roof makes me nostalgic for the West Coast. Your room has a very nice vibe (excuse the granola.)

I'm glad I'm not the only one taking the Cure as a general apartment- and stuff-improving guideline and not a strict plan. I'm moving in a few months so I'm using it to prepare for that rather than optimize an apartment that I'm leaving soon (like you!) and that frankly is as ideally-arranged as possible already, if I do say so. I think there's a lot that people like us can get out of the Cure even if we aren't following it to the letter. Although I do feel like a slacker for not planning a party.

I went through a bunch of childhood-era storage the last time I was at my mom's house, and snagged two little doll's dresses, handmade by my grandmother, with the best of intentions to press them and frame them asap. Needless to say they're still in my "to-do" basket. I just need to find a relatively deep frame, somewhere between shadow-box and normal depth. Plus I want to fix the broken frame that prevents me from hanging the little boat print I have propped up in my bathroom.

I don't have a good place to display a big bouquet of flowers either, so I like to break up deli bouquets into small jars and tuck them around the house (and I second the bathroom comment.) I actually prefer little flower displays with only one or max two types of flowers to a mega-display, at least at home. And bodegas will often sell big bouquets of assorted flowers for cheap - perfect for separating into little vases, because they often are the random things that haven't sold and don't go together very well.

@urbancholita, is there freecycle where you live? I've used it to give stuff away, and people come to pick your stuff up. I've found people on there to be less flakey than Craigslist (I hate it when I'm trying to GIVE something away for FREE and people can't be bothered to keep the appointments *they have made* to pick it up. Come on, nobody's forcing you to respond to my ad for free crap.)

I am loving these small, discrete, accomplish-able assignments. I'm working crazy hours and designating an outbox took literally all the free time I had last night. I was just thinking how bad I need to vacuum this weekend, so this is perfect.

We can do it, guys! This is going to be so fun and rewarding. Courage!

I'm planning to move in a few months, so the better part of my list is "Deep clean, purge, organize and donate" for every room (or uh, area, actually, I live in a tiny studio.) But here are my top three projects:
- Re-hang the shelf in my bathroom (and deal with the beauty product situation that is multiplying in there)
- Finish the headboard that I have been putting off making for - eep!! - eleven months! Is that possible? That stupid board has been leaning against my wall for eleven months. Just need a trip to the garment district and some power-drilling time
- My desk/shelves purge needs to include getting rid of a very old laptop, which is so intimidating to me. I just have no idea what to do with it, but it can't be that hard.

Good luck! Happy New Year!

I love the plants, the rugs, and the poured concrete countertops - or what I could see of them, anyway!

Editors, can you please check the ad situation in the slideshow? There's an ad for every slide, and one of the ads (for speakers or something) is often overlapping - ON TOP OF - the photo I want to look at. Super ugly and distracting.

Who's? Is this a joke?

That is a genius idea!

SO CUTE! The red is so cheerful! And he made the cabinets himself?? Amazing!