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Looks quite Anthropologie-esque to me.
(I mean the stand, not the giraffe).

The story also says that "an apartment with a roommate" typically refers to up to 10 people squeezed into a tiny studio on the rundown outskirts of town, a long commute away from one's place of work. (Though it doesn't specifically say that this was also the case for that woman's previous rental).

Given that, I would also appreciated the privacy of the "pod". Besides, the "pod" reminds me of a tree house I used to have a kid. Dreamed of living forever in a tiny place like that.

For the record, I would take a "pod" in my favorite part of Manhattan over paying three times more for sharing a studio with roommates on the farthest outskirts of the Bronx any time.

Diogenes, the Greek philosopher, lived in a barrel, btw. I think it's the products of a McMansion nation making condescending comments here, not that renter, who may be missing something.

My parents did that when I was little... Just sweeping the snow off the rug isn't enough (it would get very wet when you bring it back indoors). To really get snow particles out of the fibers, you need to hang the rug again after sweeping the snow, and *beat* the rug with your broomstick... or a tree branch, or something similar. Just hammer it as hard as you can - unless it's a very delicate or low-quality rug, I guess - and then take it back home. It would still get a little moist, but should dry within an hour or so.
And rugs do smell very nice after this kind of cleaning)) :-)

You need lots of dry, crisp and clean snow, though. Sadly, we don't get that in NYC...

This is another Jew's opinion, and this particular Jew has to disagree with "sholtz". (It's also just a personal opinion, stemming from my own personal background, and you certainly don't have to agree with me either):

When I was little, I lived in Moscow, Russia, where nobody had *Christmas* trees, but we all had *New Year* trees - Jews and non-Jews alike. The Soviet Union being what it was, the holiday wasn't too commercial, either. It was more about New Year shows for kids, and concerts and parties for grown-ups. And I still think that a decorated fir tree for (western) New Year is very nice.

That said, I probably still wouldn't put that particular wreath on my door. But I might put a wreath - a New Year wreath - on my door, and a New Year tree in my living room. I just would decorate it in more Hanukkah colors, so to speak, to distinguish it from other people's Christmas decorations. To make it short: a similar wreath with silver-painted pine cones and a blue ribbon might find a place on my door. Why not? I like conifers, and I like the color blue, and I certainly like New Year celebrations!

#1 and #3 are terrific. Except for the art in 1, I would have thought it was "now". (But then, I'm no expert). Love the first picture. I could SO live there. ...Oh, well, but a girl can dream, right?
#2 is nice, just not my thang.
#4... I'd better not say anything.

Another compilation of colors of Provence from the same blog.

I like it much better than 99 out of 100 real beds I see. But that's just me. I lived in Japan when I was in my teens, and fell in love forever...

The floors do need to be very clean, of course. But I consider that an added benefit.

I lived in Japan for a while. I think a bed mattress on the floor, without any kind of frame, is perfectly normal, no? Just joking. But that's the way of sleeping that feels most comfortable and peaceful to me.

I have a bed frame now - or rather my fiance does, and he bought it before we even met - and I don't like it at all.

I guess either the fiance or the bed frame will just have to go...

This post reminds me of another, personal, issue that's been giving me some grief lately...

I used to live in Japan, Denmark and Italy, and my work took me to Central Asia, Afghanistan and the Middle East. And I never brought a single decor item home. There were so many beautiful things that I saw, or touched, or held in my hands, and which I would so love to have in my home now. But I didn't really give much thought to decor back then - and I don't have any of those items in my home now. So sad.

Target sells the same (or very similar) bread box for $50.