curlysue's Profile

I've been a renter for 13 years now, in big cities, college towns, and rural communities. My top turn-offs are:

*Carpet (rental carpet is just gross, no way around that)
*Dogs (no matter how cute they are, way too many of them bark ALL NIGHT. At everything.
*Unsafe neighborhood
*Off-site laundry (I swear I won't be hauling baskets of laundry across town anymore)
*Windows that don't open (lesson learned last year)
*Sharing walls/floors with college kids (do guys under the age of 25 ever say anything but "WOO!"?
*Air conditioning (not necessary when I lived in the midwest, but in southern Louisiana, I think I'd keel over without it)

Other things I've made my peace with: ugly wallpaper/paint, small closets, lack of character, electric stoves, tiny kitchens, ugly cabinetry, bad insulation (nothing in Louisiana seems to be insulated much anyway). These things suck, but they're not deal breakers.

Wow! At first I thought I hated photo #1, but suddenly it's really growing on me.

Our bathroom is wall-papered in this hideous hunter green/purple paisley print from the 80s, so I never thought I'd like busy walls in my small bathroom.

Perhaps, though, I should modify my prejudices!

With some others, I say that even though it's not my style, I really love what you've done. Cohesive without being monotonous, charming without being too cute.

Well done!