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Display Name: valentino1
Member Since: 3/9/11

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seriously, 20 mins? it will take me longer just to put away the junk on the table - and what you call a "surface clean" is like spring cleaning for me!

i may keep watching for motivation, but if the first vid is any example, it's really for places that are pretty neat already...


Day 1: Clean One Room
The 20/20 Home Cure

7/10/12 7:23 PM

ooooh, i want a party button in my house!


BRAD: Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm
6/26/12 11:50 PM

chavelle, when a 50 yo single mom is too tired to clean after putting in a full day's work outside the home, she is NOT lazy, she's exhausted... please give yourself a break, and try to get your 11 yo to help around the house... good luck!


How Not to Be a Hoarder
6/26/12 10:48 PM

great space for a nudist... the rest of us would have to dress in our Manhattan Storage units...


Kevin's Cool, Collected Studio Cocktail House Tour
6/26/12 10:16 PM

same old distressed stuff that i don't get... "if it's shabby, it isn't chic!" brocade does it better


On Trend in Europe: The Modern Romantic Look
10/13/11 6:34 PM

as sgt. schultz would say, "verrry interesting... but shtupid!"


Secret Passageway Switch by Ben Light
Design Showcase 2011

10/13/11 6:20 PM

ok eddy - i guess that explains the ugly desk and chair - nothing attractive about it at all


The Readers' Award 2011
Apartment Therapy Design Showcase

10/13/11 6:18 PM

eeeeek!


Best of Modern Wallpaper: 10 New British Patterns
10/12/11 7:40 PM

clearly tony and hillary's pod is the showstopper - but why, oh why ruin the streamlined, modern look of the apartment by topping the pod with curtains?! surely there are other options, e.g. sliding doors, one-way mirrors, honeycomb blinds, etc. that would better fit the overall design of the pod and the decor of the home...


5 Smart Studio Apartment Layouts
9/2/11 3:40 PM

how cool!


When You Can't Hide Power Cables, Embrace Them
8/11/11 9:56 PM

maybe that was a debbie downerism.. oh well, can't unpost...


Michael & Shannon's Mix of Tradition and Travel
House Tour

8/11/11 9:54 PM

i love the mini-bar on the bookshelf, and the picture wall! (i want to do one, but since i'm planning to sell next year, it's not practical)

here's an fyi: the Silk Road is now known as Marlboro Road - it's used to transport untaxed cigarettes, the profits of which are funneled to terrorist groups - a sad legacy :(


Michael & Shannon's Mix of Tradition and Travel
House Tour

8/11/11 9:53 PM

sorry, i don't get the tackle box bit - you can't see them in the photos


Convert Storage Boxes Into No-Sew Seating
8/11/11 9:28 PM

this is mad gorgeous!


Before & After: My Dramatic Table Overhaul
8/11/11 9:25 PM

i can't believe such a simple idea as having the rod higer up makes such a difference! i HAVE to try that...

to those talking about litter boxes in small apartments, mine looks like a large planter with a nice silk fern on top... with the opening turned away from the room, one would never know it's a litter box (you could do your own thing with the top if you don't like silk plants - i have a black thumb so it works for me) google hidden litter or hiddnlitter(?)


Before & After: A Pretty, Organized Hallway Closet
8/11/11 9:18 PM

i liked the bold green as well; the after look is more fit for a teenage girl!! i do think that bed is awful, but the off white helps alot....


Before & After: From Disaster to Delightful in 2 Days
8/11/11 9:09 PM

fiddi - aboriginal art is absolutely right for traditional... think of the victorians - in that era, wealthy men would go on hunts and safaris all over the world, and brought back their artifacts to display.. they incorporated the art into rooms decorated with leather club chairs and persian rugs, etc... i have several afro/carribbean/indian statues that are displayed in my girly co-op!


Week 1: Color Families
The Color Cure


8/5/11 5:38 PM

ditto. to everything. wow!


Tim's "Old Boot" of a Carriage House
House Tour

7/29/11 4:51 PM

will you please come over and build me things? this place is un**ingbelievable! you've made this wonderful family home in a 550sf studio, and i'm very jealous.


LJ Wraps Up
House Tour

7/28/11 10:42 PM

unlike some other posters, i really enjoy seeing the occupants in some of the pictures... but the crooked lampshades under the mirror are driving me crazy!


Mike & Maddie's Sweet Nothings
House Tour

7/28/11 10:31 PM