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Wow! I absolutely LOVE your place. I'm green with envy.

Your home is delighful. I thoroughly enjoyed scrolling through the photographs. Just beautiful! - a job very well done.

I had this same problem in my DC apartment with an AC/heating unit in the living room under one window & in the bedroom under one window. I have two windows in the living room & two windows in the bedroom, & all four windows were equipped with mini blinds. However, I really wanted curtains. Also, I do not know how to sew & wanted to keep the cost reasonable.

Luckily, my mother does sew, & when I was still in law school, she made curtains for my former apartment bedroom. The curtains were not floor length but went just below the bottom of the window sill. They worked great for my current bedroom layout because my bed & a bedside table & lamp hide the fact that the curtains are not to the floor. Also, the curtains do not obstruct the AC/heating unit under the one window.

However, the living room was a challenge because it would have been much more noticeable if I had curtains that did not touch the floor. Also, I thought that short curtains would look weird even with the AC/heating unit. I found curtain panels that I loved & decided to purchase ones that were long enough to go ceiling to floor despite the AC/heating unit. However, to work around the unit, I purchased tie backs that matched the curtain rod & installed them. I leave the curtains pulled back in the tie backs when I'm in the room & control the amount of light I want/need in the apartment with the mini blinds depending on the time of day. So while I'm in the room, I can use the AC or heater without worrying about the curtains being in the way.

I love your place. Fantastic job!

Your place is gorgeous! The architecture is beautiful, & your decor compliments the space perfectly. I would love to see a full house tour. Also, as a DC dweller myself, this makes me want to pack my bags & move to a posh apartment on U Street.

What perfect timing for this post! I have been searching for an ottoman to put at the foot of my bed but was also headed to the Container Store this weekend to get an extra rolling file cart. With the Ballard filing storage ottoman, problem solved!

Your place is just gorgeous! The space is calm & relaxing & has such style. Quite a charming studio. I agree with the other AT posters that you should enter the Small Cool contest. This is definitely one of my favorite house tours.

I would definitely heed the warning. Trust me - a gorgeous dream apartment where you will be miserable & possibly in danger is a living hell & will feel like a nightmare & not the dream place you are envisioning now.

I had this situation but with a future roommate instead of future a neighbor. I was warned by my future roommate's former best friend/roommate to be careful & think twice before moving in with this girl. Since the two had a falling out, I brushed off the warning thinking this girl had other motives. Her words stuck with me, but I kept brushing it off. Besides, my-future-roommate to be, another friend of mine, & I had found a fantastic 3-bedroom apartment in a historic building that was just a dream. After searching for places for over a month, this place was a beauty & affordable with the 3 of us living together.

Not listening to the warning was one of the biggest mistakes I've ever made. The first month or so was fine, but things rapidly started to deteriorate. (See the above comment from @MOM2THEMONK - sounds like I lived with her landlady's daughter). I lived in a gorgeous hell for 11 months. This was more than just an inconsiderate roommate - I didn't feel safe in my dwelling, & I would drive around the city after work just to avoid going home. I slept with my bedroom door locked, would turn out the lights to my room when I heard this girl coming home so she would think I wasn't there, & I would go into work at early hours to avoid dealing with her. I was a constant moving target for 11 months.

I talked to my building about us breaking our lease, but each person had to pay rent in full for the last month that we were going to live there plus a penalty fee that equaled to a month's rent. I could not afford to pay what was amounting to two months worth of rent plus the cost of relocating (movers, application fee, security deposit, & rent at a new building).

So definitely investigate any warnings before you commit. If someone in your future building is saying that a tenant is crazy (whether it's the person this woman is talking about or the woman herself), I would take it seriously, & run as fast as you can.

Would it be rude for me to forward this to my parents? I love them very dearly, but they leave the "call me back when you get this" voicemails all the time. I would much prefer voicemails for the most important communications like family emergencies or happy birthdays that way I know if I have a voicemail from a friend or family member that it's very important.

Also, I usually respond much faster to text messages anyway because I can be much more discreet (particularly at work) and then call the person, if necessary, when I have a free moment.

What a timely post! I purchased new living room curtains last weekend, & this weekend I hope to purchase curtain hardware so that I can hang them. While I'm at it, I guess I'll be re-hanging my bedroom curtains ... they were not hung properly.