DanielPS3's Profile

Damn extra colon!

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/interiors/gallery/0,25895,1548781,00.html

Correction: http://www.bluevinyl.org/

Check out a freelance article I wrote last fall for THIS OLD HOUSE entitled "Bed Bugs!" Lots of good suggestions from experts on the subject.

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/interiors/gallery/0,25895,1548781,00.html

-D

That article I mentioned, "This Old Studio Apartment", just went live on the TOH website this morning. For about a week, it'll be on the home page...

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/

...and it can also be accessed directly at...

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/interiors/gallery/0,25895,1629897,00.html

Hope you'll check it out.

-D

Very cool.

Julianna's on to something when she writes, "Will there be a band?"

Seems to me the band's the key. What type of music? If it's 80s punk, you're set: Just turn the dance floor into a mosh pit, and you'll have more than enough room.

Or have them play something down 'n' dirty and encourage lap dancing. That'll double your seating capacity.

-D

Hey now, hdtex. It's neither self-righteous nor Nazi-like to desire considerate neighbors!

Listen, I understand that the great outdoors is about the only place left these days where folks like you can work on your lung tumors in peace, but all the rest of us ask is that you keep in mind where those noxious fumes are going...

In summertime, my immediate upstairs neighbor often hangs out his window for a smoke, just like the lady in the picture. And yes, I know when he's doing it, just from the stink that wafts in my window. Plus (and here's the really obnoxious part) I often find ashes in my ledge planters in the mornings when I'm weeding or watering my plants. Now c'mon, even you can't claim that it's considerate to use your downstairs neighbor's garden as your personal ashtray, can you?!?

One time, when I smelled him up there, I stuck my head out the window, looked up, exchanged pleasantries about the lovely evening we were enjoying, and then politely asked him if he'd refrain from flicking his ashes in my Sunpatiens. With equal politeness, he assure me he would. And for a time he kept his word. And then he went right back to his nasty ways.

Surely you can understand my frustration...

-D

Thanks so much for the feedback, folks. I’m gratified that so many of you seem to appreciate my “more is more” aesthetic. And I love to have provoked such spirited discussion -- almost as much as I love the praise, which is extra-special coming from residents of my former adopted hometown. (I lived in Wrigleyville for the two years immediately following my undergrad days and before I moved to NYC…)

To answer some of the speculation, yes, I save the mags in part because I'm a former staff editor and current freelance writer; some of them contain pieces I’ve written, and all of them frequently prove to be essential reference materials. Beyond the work component, though, I proudly admit that I save because I’m a packrat at heart. To me, the stuff we all accumulate can be a rich archive of the past and a wonderful source of inspiration for the future, as long as we don’t let it overrun the present!

Speaking of organization, months before I even entered Small Cool 2007 I was asked by the online editor at This Old House http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh to do a photo-gallery article on my apartment; the focus is on how someone such as myself, with no formal training in interior design and little carpentry experience (beyond high-school shop class), can through trial and error successfully tailor a small space to his individual needs. Tentatively entitled “This Old Studio Apartment”, it’s slated to run in early June. I think it’ll answer many of the numerous questions posed by commenters on my Small Cool entry page, as well as show lots of other cool (in my opinion!) elements that I couldn’t show in just three pictures. I’ll try to remember to post the URL when the piece is finally live on the site…

Best,
Daniel

And *I'm* wondering why we're now foisting religion on our poor, innocent avian neighbors. Hasn't it done enough damage to humans?!? Just leave those poor birds alone... -D

If you're interested in household mold (including mold remediation), check out a freelance article I wrote earlier this year for THIS OLD HOUSE entitled "Mold!"

Lots of good suggestions from experts on the subject...

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/interiors/gallery/0,25895,1562148-0,00.html

-D