Snowdin's Profile

Thank you, TheModernMan. I like the guy that assumed everyone has a basement. It is Apartment Therapy after all, not House-with-a-full-basement Therapy. I actually didn't get a cat although I missed having pets until I moved into an apartment with a laundry room.

I agree with Karen. I think RR90027 is a little over sensitive or perhaps fighting her own urge to engender. My first thought when I saw this was, "My son would LOVE this." It's blue for crying out loud. The only thing "girly" is that one heart shape on the highchair. I would never have looked at that set and said that's for girls only.

I think for historical neighborhoods, it's important to maintain the aesthetic. With newer neighborhoods it should be up to the home owner. I'm not a fan of HOAs that dictate what you can grow in your yard, how long your grass has to be, that you have to have grass, etc.

I used to live in a historic neighborhood in a resort town and I think they took things a little far. I got a ticket for being parked in front of my own house overnight.

@delilah2 You are so right on. I was horrified by the food choices in there! My son gets junk food once in a while but if we had a cabinet full of chips and candy he'd turn into a little extra hyper tornado. His all access snack cupboard is the fruit bin, veggie bin, and the cheese bin in the fridge.

Is there something similar that can go in the dishwasher?

I love it. I have no idea what to put in my bathroom so everything hides under the sink. I keep my jewelery in those little plastic boxes made for fishing tackle. They keep every piece apart from the next and I just stack them in a train case.

What does this space function as? It's not a desk, it's not a library, the lamp illuminating the old boots make me think entryway, but then it doesn't seem to be that either. What's the extra lumber for?

What about high quality silk flowers for everyday? Are they always tacky? I'm pinching every penny but I love the way flowers look.

@april We've had neighbors like that when we lived in family housing while I finished my degree. I have a toddler and he was playing in our apt and she actually called campus police to report a child playing loudly! We then had her coming up to our apt numerous times complaining about us walking around in our apt after 7pm. We aren't even heavy walkers. She complained when my son fell out of bed. I just chalked it up to the fact that she's probably never lived in an apt building before. We've lived on the second floor for a long time. We didn't get complaints from previous neighbors and we don't get complaints from our current downstairs neighbor even though my son is bigger and louder now.

I like the over the toilet one. My in-laws have two deer heads in their family room. They decorate them for Christmas too with lights in the antlers. My FIL hunts for food and ate the rest of the deer so not every trophy is killed just "for sport".

A side point: How many animals died and lost their homes so soy bean fields could be planted? Just because someone doesn't eat meat doesn't mean they aren't contributing to the desiccation of the earth.