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No matter how dry, short of a scotch guard, that will come off on your clothes

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Apartment Therapy has a plethora of posts discussing renting vs owning, reviewing the benefits of both and the drawbacks, but I don't believe anyone has referred to renting as a waste. This post lays out the fact that "home ownership is difficult for some people and impossible for others".

Thanks for the comments, I'm really appreciating the positive feedback.
I'll be honest, the paint chips suck, but really only fall toward the front of the apartment, and only on days of dramatic temperature changes. After I tore out the drop ceiling(at 9' high), I scrubbed the hell out of the ceiling with tough broom, getting a lot of loose chips off, but I won't pretend I haven't sat on my couch reading a magazine, and suddenly startled to feel a large bug land on my head, when in fact it was a small chip. They never fall towards the back-end where the kitchen is.
The baskets were hard to find until I went into a Lowe's, they had handles that I dremeled off.
I work pretty well with my two mini fridges below the counter(next to the oven), which I've always wanted to do. My preference would be the sub-zero drawer fridge, but they are smaller, and cost in the thousands. I also have an under counter freezer under the stove, which is amazingly large enough to keep my Kitchen-aid ice cream maker cold, along with bar glasses for cocktails.
The bedroom is really just my queen mattress on the floor, where it will remain until I build a ceiling over my bathroom and a standing loft level above the current sleep space. I have an old loft ladder from a friend's industrial studio, and will use the lower level as a closet/storage room.
The bathroom is not much to look at, incredibly tight, with skinny shelving for my paper-towels, tp and other toiletries. If it isn't clear, the pegboard with the tools cover the bathroom door, in effect, hiding it.