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under bed
covered as a headboard
in the back of a closet(?)
converted into a sofa
behind a sofa
sold on craigslist (despite bedbugs, I bet with a heartfelt, honest description as to why you are getting rid of it someone would want it)
replace with an aerobed that is more appropriate for your new apartment

If the shower door is smooth, I'd put some Emma Jeffs window privacy film on the outside of it (probably won't stick on the inside where it'd get wet) and it will mute the tiles in the shower. It's hard to tell if the green is tiles or painted wall. If tiles, you could get fake beadboard sheets Home Depot or Lowes and cover it over by adding your own moulding at the top & bottom. Or if it's paint, I'd think a medium to dark grey could look decent with the other tiles.

My vote goes for rad.

What's funny is because I *am* a designer, I pretty much have almost only negative associations with Pantone and those overpriced chips.

While sleeping in total darkness is ideal, so is waking up with light. The times in my life where I slept in an interior or basement room with no direct light, my natural sleep patterns got so incredibly messed up and I would usually awake super suddenly, heart pounding, often followed by a headache. I sleep like a rock anyway, even in a city with all the unnatural light that apparently is going to kill me and make me depressed, but nothing is worse, imo, than waking up in a totally dark room. So much so, I have remote controlled blinds so that I can open them after getting into bed and the lights are out. So in my case, morning sun is far more important than total darkness at night.

"Miserable" is usually determined by whether or not it is a good fit for you for whatever reason - lifestyle, people, cost of living, etc. Which is why some people hate NYC and others couldn't imagine living anywhere else. I'm sure the same is true for every city on this list.

The first photo's outside doors are what caught my eye - didn't even notice the inside door until I went back!

As others have noted, I am going to chime in too from personal experience that allergies may be originating from another source - even if you have tested positive for allergies from cats, etc. It could be you have become sensitive, and now reacting to a host of things which are not themselves the actual, original cause.

I came down with asthma out of the blue almost two years ago (and tested negative for all allergies, btw - to help put the reliability of those tests into focus.) For over a year, I suffered through the equivalent of chronic, and pretty severe, bronchitis and tons of side effects from the standard asthma meds. I got so desperate to find the true root cause that in a "why the hell not try it" moment, I turned to diet (started eating paleo) and was able to control my symptoms very thoroughly and quite quickly. What I learned along the way from tons of reading and research is allergies, asthma, skin problems, digestive problems, arthritis - basically a whole host of seemingly unrelated chronic and common diseases - have at their root food allergies causing inflammation in your small intestines and manifesting in all sorts of ways. Perhaps you can find a short-term foster with friends or family members for 30 days, try out a "clean" diet, and see if the problem isn't controlled.

We have a 19th century map and it is backed with linen.

I wonder what constitutes design that won't get dated? Some places truly can age gracefully through the decades while others barely last 10 years before looking old.