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I bought some Ben and the fumes nearly killed me - did I get a bad batch?

This confirms it! Back to the 70s. I loved the 70s so this is great, IMO.

I could not love this more. In fact I'm saving it - already wanted soapstone and white cabinets, but my kitchen looks much like their before pic.

I always tell anyone working on my house that they're free to use the bathroom but I hope that they will just pee in it. Only once did a mover take a crap, and it unfortunately smelled up the entire small apartment, and it was very uncomfortable for all involved.

Toilet down, always.
I prefer not to see a toothbrush in the bathroom at all, because even with the lid down things still apparently spray out (or so they told me on tv). I solve this at home by keeping my toothbrush in the guest bathroom, but if I had guests over I would just keep it in my bedroom.
No carpet! I grew up with bathroom carpet, always repulsed.

One that I find particularly awful: my parents never would flush at night. I was the first one up and would go into the one bathroom to an unflushed toilet filled by several people. I would want to vomit every morning. My understanding is that it was initially done so as not to wake up the whole house. Sorry, but I'd rather wake them up for a moment than make them vomit.

My mother still does this and did it when she stayed with me for a week. I told her the house rule is flush ALWAYS.

Oh my God - I love that you have a pillowcase and rope for your elderly cat. I hope you win based on the room but also the cat fire escape.

I still hate brass but all of these examples look better than the 80s brass in my house.

Agree. My house is just under 1100 sq feet, and I've previously lived in places half the size. I do wish I had a third bedroom - I'd sacrifice my large living room and huge master BR for that - but other than that, the size is fine for me. I like small house, large yard.

Ooh, love this. Saving that last picture of the bathroom vanity so I can recreate it. I have a black vanity cabinet (needs to be painted again and want to redo the rest). I have a problem in that I have one of those big fiberglass shells for a bath/shower, though. IN BEIGE.

Fay, there's no reason that the neighbors have to TEXT them. I'm all for communication between neighbors, but constant texting is a load of crap. I'd block that in a heartbeat.

grammarpolice, I didn't think it was obvious that it was a part time job. We're not jealous or overly snarky, but instead are providing counterpoint. In my company someone who would only work part of the day just wouldn't work out - or more likely, the person would end up working past midnight to get everything done (I've seen this, and they eventually quit out of pure exhaustion). It's GREAT when it can work but it shouldn't be presented as something as easy as it is presented here.