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In Halifax, a couple of blocks from where I lived was an apartment that had three of those robotic Chimp busts, each wearing a different coloured lei and in various stages of dishevelledness. They were funny at first but after a while they were creepy as hell.

http://www.thegreenhead.com/2005/10/alive-chimpanzee-by-wowwee-animatronic.php

THESE. DUSTY AND PEELING AND CREEPY.

Growing up in a family of five, with the laundry in the (yucky) basement and with parents living in the third-floor attic, pretty much any corner became game for laundry baskets. There was a local grocery store chain that had its own carryout baskets (long before resuable totes and shopping bins became prevalent) and those were our laundry baskets for a long time. Usually we had one in each kids' room and one on the landing up to my parents' room.

The use of the classic Rubbermaid basket (no hip-huggers or cracky wicker baskets here, thank you!) persists today, as all three kids use them to pack for trips, organize our rooms and get ready for the cottage. In my most recent closet renovation project, the only thing that would fit on my awkward 1920's closet shelves was - you guessed it - laundry baskets. It's a great way to save money on a closet when you're not concerned about glam, and a good way to keep clothes from ending up stuffy after too long in storage because they always have ventilation.

I spent 3 months last summer living in a 1973 Boler which hadn't the benefit of being restored. I spent some time pulling out old wiring (I was using an extension cord for christmas lights). I wish that I had the time to restore it properly, but it was just a loaner and has since been sold.

Still, it was the coolest 3 months I've spent camping anywhere!!!

Every single one of these kitchens are bigger than the galley kitchen I currently have in my 2-br apartment. Of course, I don't live in Paris....

Before you get furniture in there, I'd definitely see if you can give thhose floors a sand-and-finish. Brightening up the wood grain and sealing them will also help to make your place look more finished.

I'm also on the vote for 'paint the ceiling' because it looks like someone's stripped the woodwork out of your apartment!

Here's a good example of a cove ceiling:
<A HREF="http://www.archwaysandceilings.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/COVE-CEILING-FINISHED.jpg">Cove Ceiling</A>

You can see how the trim doesn't even have to be very wide, but it lends definition to the architectural feature.

You could also think about keeping the ceiling red, but putting in molding like that with recessed lighting to shine up on the curved part of the ceiling, similar to this:
<A HREF="http://www.phantomlighting.com/custom-cove-lights.htm">Phantom Lighting</A>