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Depending on the size and shape of the living room and your diy capabilities would building a murphy bed be an option? It would allow you to both have a decently sized, truly separate and private sleeping space as well as maximize your options for mattress sizes. If you plan to have overnight guests with nay osrt of semi-regular freqyency I can promise you twin bed will get old very fast. While they do allow you more floor space for other things it is just not worth it when two people are squeezed into such a small bed and that's coming from me, a already yeeny tiny barely five foot tall gal.

Someone else suggets a loft bed, which is a decent idea. However, for one, most lofts are twin sized. And again if you are going to have overnight guests lofted beds can be kind of a nightmare. Not to mention scaling a ladder in the dark when you are tired or drunk is not exciting or fun, trust me from experience. You also need to factor in your ceiling height. My loft bed was a bit taller than normal and we had a pitched roof. Even with my head situated at the tallest part of the ceiling, I had to be careful not to hit my head. As you can imagine it created other problems in the overnight guest arena.

Speaking of Penske! The BF and I just did a move that crossed multiple states and over 650 miles and we used a Penske truck to do it. They were great people to work with. I originally checked quotes on U-haul, Budget, and Penske and found Budget to be the cheapest when taking advantage of online coupon codes, so I booked with them. Then a rep from Penske called me personally to inquire why I did not complete a reservation with them and to let me know they had some promotions they could potentially offer me. We gave them a call back, told them what we booked with Budget and at what price and asked them if they could do better. They could. We got the same 16 ft truck for four days, an appliance dolly for $5 instead of $30, and unlimited miles instead of 777. After taxes and everything we saved about $50 going with Penske. The unlimited miles aspect ended up being invaluable. They also gave us a free package of rope when we went to pick the truck up, because we had to wait (less than 5 minutes!) for them to finish washing it before bringing it out! The truck they gave us was a 2011 with only 37K miles on it, had a nice stereo/cd player/ipod jack built in and averaged nearly 11 MPG throughout the trip! Considering we loaded the truck to the brim, ran the stereo and ac almost entire time and were in 80+ heat, I was thrilled with that kind of fuel economy. The one and only annoyance with the truck was that it was limited to no more than 75 MPH. Kind of a bummer when parts of KY that we drove through had a 70 MPH speed limit and most people seemed to be doing 80. Cruise control also would have been nice, but all in all I was still really impressed with the experience and would recommend them to anyone.

I love everything but the color of the floor. It reads as too blue for my tastes, but that's just personal preference.

STH, I don't think gourmet cheese, figs, and coconut water qualify as junk food. And sure, you might not be interested in all these amenities but the kind of woman Tom hopes to get with (and let's face it, Tom, himself) IS.

I love coin banks! Last year, the boyfriend and I saved around $300 in pocket change. We use a hollow plastic dinosaur that I've had for years. I believe it may have once been a to be lawn ornament. Here's a picture: http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lf5rf6RlWH1qfsxp9o1_r1_500.jpg

While the midway and afters are definitely more my usual style I think I might fall into the "would've kept the wood" cult with this one. It looks like it was in such nice condition. I think switching out the countertop, backsplash and wall paint, flooring, and putting on different hardware would've gone a long way to making it seem less orange and more "warm" and made the cabinets the real highlight of the room. The after is certainly pretty and an improvement but at the end of the day, not much to write home about design-wise, I think.

This is another conveniently timed AT post for me. In preparing to move into a small apartment soon I as once again faced with the trash bag full of old band t-shirts I'd collected during my teens. Obviously they have sentimental value for me, but some also have great designs/artwork, some are for bands that aren't together anymore. So, I'm finally making them into a blanket/throw for me to use in the living when I'm constantly cold and the boyfriend feels fine. Luckily most of them are colorful and will fit right into our quirky, eclectic, neutrals & jewel tones aesthetic.