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Display Name: J.L
Member Since: 1/30/08

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I would love to see a roundup of cool home offices with CPU towers. Yes, your iMacs and Macbooks look very sleek and low-profile, but I won't be getting rid of my PC anytime soon and darn it, I need some inspiration too. Especially now when I'm trying to buy a desk...

Solidarity, @Slangevar and @trissi


A Roundup of the Neatest and Tidiest Home Office Desks Lifework
11/16/12 6:38 PM

I'm moving out of an apartment where I painted the living room and found out that it needs to be painted back to a Sherwin Williams contractor-grade paint that's a custom color for this apartment complex at $60/gallon. I need two gallons of it. Next time I'll ask about re-painting specifics before I try anything like that again.


5 Things I Never Did to a Rental But Probably Should Have Renters Solutions
10/29/12 4:12 PM

Glad to see something other than the cookie-cutter aesthetic in Arizona! You see so much of the same boring thing here, it's nice to see a place that's a bit different and has personality.


Claes & Melinda's Natural (& Beautiful) Chaos House Tour
7/6/12 1:49 PM

I love this comment thread. Grew up in the Phoenix area and now live in southern AZ... if you've never been here, you have no idea how awful it can be.


Why You Might Want to Leave the A/C On During Vacation
6/30/11 3:28 PM

Hey for anyone who's been interested in a Tucson, AZ, meetup... let's make it happen! It has an actual time and place on the meetup site, so please sign up :-)


Apartment Therapy Readers Gather Around the Country
July Meetups Everywhere

8/3/10 7:07 PM

Nice to see Arizona represented on AT! Your home looks well thought-out and nicely edited. I'm also glad to see sources that are more accessible to me and aren't from some obscure, hip store in the L.A. area. Style is a bit hard to come by in this state sometimes.


Joanna Dave's Arizona Dream Home House Tour | Apartment Therapy Los Angeles
2/13/10 9:50 AM

Great home! Where are your pillows from (on the couch)?


Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | Genevieve and Maxwell's Mid Century PerchHouse Tour
8/29/09 11:40 AM

@Kpaige13: I'm pretty sure that sofa is from Copenhagen (or Denmarket, if you have one). I own the couch version of it. Wasn't horribly expensive as far as couches go but the padding is kinda sagging and losing its modern lines.


Apartment Therapy Chicago | 10 Ways to Customize a Rental
8/17/09 11:02 AM

if my apartment photos and style tray are about the same as last year, is there a fast way to kick them up to the front (since i assume the ones in the pool are arranged by date)?


Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | The Fall Cure: Getting Oriented Southwest - Week Zero: The Weekend
10/10/08 2:18 PM

lurker2209: it means you tend to cut corners.
*rimshot*


Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | Have You Taken The AT Quiz?
10/9/08 10:15 AM

wow. awesome, awesome, awesome use of color and pattern! this is an inspiration.


Apartment Therapy Chicago | House Tour: Summer and Josh's Pumped Up Traditional Chicago
10/9/08 9:31 AM

i would've liked to have seen a roundup by price. i'm poor, so i'm not QUITE a name whore just yet.


Apartment Therapy New York | Roundup: Best Throw Pillows 2008
10/8/08 9:51 AM

About mail to previous tenants - I used to stuff mail in students' mailboxes when I worked at my dorm's front desk, and here's what we were supposed to do when the recipient no longer lived there:

- Put diagonal lines or X's through any bar codes... usually on the front of the envelope, but check for orange ones on the back too. This will prevent the mail from being redelivered.
- Using a big/brightly-colored marker, write "Return to sender: Attempted not known" on the front.
- Send that sucker off in the mailbox.

I still do this with my own mail and I THINK it's reduced the amount of junk mail I get.


Apartment Therapy DC | How To... Make Your Home Nice and Save Money The Washington Post, 10.5.08
10/6/08 3:05 PM

The green is a brave choice, but I'd consider refining your edges a bit... the uneven line in the fireplace photo is pretty distracting to my eye.


Apartment Therapy DC | East #14: Virginia's Color Awareness
10/6/08 2:37 PM

lilthslair, each AT locale will have a place for you to sign up.


Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | Are You Ready For The Fall Cure?
10/2/08 9:40 AM

i've been waiting for this! i so need it!


Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | Are You Ready For The Fall Cure?
10/1/08 1:01 PM

Thanks to everyone who replied (and actually bothered to talk about hangers with a narrower shoulder width... *cough*). Because I'm not made of money (yet), I decided to go with the candy-colored IKEA Bagis hangers. After I bought them, I realized that 15" hangers would probably be the perfect size, but these will do until I can afford to spend hundreds of dollars on hangers. I'm working to at least replace all my hangers with the IKEA ones so it'll look uniform. Thanks for your input, AT!


Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | Good Questions: Where to Find Petite Hangers?
10/1/08 7:12 AM

when is the fall cure starting? in maxwell's e-mail tuesday, he said it would be starting tomorrow (which i thought would mean wednesday)... but don't they usually hype it up well in advance?


Apartment Therapy Chicago | Open Thread 130 Chicago
10/1/08 6:58 AM

shoutout for az! who says there aren't fall colors in arizona? and your condo is nicely done as well. the colors are bright but not overwhelming.


Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | Southwest #1: Benjamin and Elizabeth's "Citrus Harmony"
9/30/08 11:37 AM

is there nothing cheaper out there? i have some drum shades sitting on some pretty unsubstantial ikea bases and i'd love to switch them out with something more stylish.


Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | Roundup: 6 Lamps Inspired By A Genie Bottle
9/24/08 10:23 AM