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I'm in love with this apartment. So, so beautiful.

I feel you. Last year I moved into a oh-so-cool (read: expensive) factory conversion in London, which happens to be right next to a train line. It was a nightmare moving process, and despite everyone's promises, I never got used to the noise - or the fact that my 30 ft windows turn the flat into an oven in summer, or my crazy neighbours, or that the flat upstairs leaks into mine all the time. I never felt at home there, and eventually, I practically had a breakdown and bought a new flat before I'd even sold the first one.

However, moving into my new place wasn't smooth sailing either. Awful sellers (they took the lawn when they moved out!), a nine month wait to move in, builders disappearing and leaving the place uninhabitable. But this time, it all feels very different. Every little annoyance or or bump in the road feels bearable because I know that this time, I chose the right place - this is going to be my home, I just know it.

I'm sure you're going to love your new place. Just think of this time as the beginning of your history there - not to mention the great anecdote you now have for meeting new neighbours!

I can see what the first two commenters are saying - I love a huge desk, and currently work from an eight person dining table, which even I can admit is a little ridiculous!

That said, think how many freelancers work from a sofa, with their laptop on their knees, or one one of those tiny laptop side tables - it seems like a lot of people don't actually need that much space, so I can see how this neat and tidy desk could be really useful.

However, a word of warning: my ex built himself an almost identical desk with an eBay bracket and Ikea shelf, and within the first month of using it, both fell of the wall!

I love waking up to bright sunlight but can't sleep unless it's pitch black. Simple solution? A sleeping mask. Took me an embarrassingly long time to figure that out.

I absolutely love this. A well structured sapce that manages to be both quirky and grown up.

Wow - what a great use of an odd space. Gorgeous.

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My white oak floors are the bane of my life. Impossible to keep clean, and despite living by myself with one cat, they look dirty again just minutes after I've cleaned them. Fortunately, I'm about to move house, so needless to say the new place will NOT be having light floors!

Ha- this is exactly what I came to say! I made the mistake of having an acrylic coffee table (now scratched beyond belief just six months later) and a glass desk (a magnet for dust, smudges and fingerprints). I'm moving home shortly, and it's safe to say that neither will be coming with me!

Play fair AT. It's not nice to build a community based on conversation and collaboration, but then insist that people also sign up elsewhere if they want to join in. In addition, from a purely commercial point of view, it's never a good idea to fragment an audience across various websites when your income is derived from volume.

Also, the voting process is a little laborious. Firstly, I have to open this post, leave AT, go to Pinterest, click on a tour I like the look of... and then click to come back again to view the tour on AT. Then, if I want to vote for that entry, I have to go back to Pinterest, and (assuming I have an account), re-pin the original entry. And then repeat 9 times.