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Kanna,

There are two fantastic architectural salvage places in Baltimore. One is called Second Chance and the other is called Housewerks. They are both located right off of I-95 and near the Ravens and Orioles stadiums. I thinkk that both places have a large selection of vintage tile, though you might want to call ahead to check.

Housewerks used to be located in DC but moved to Baltimore a few years ago, supplies stuff to other retailers (in NYC, etc) and gets some really cool, off-beat stuff in addition to the standard architectural materials. Second Chance is HUGE and is a great resource.

Good luck!

E

Wait!

(I've posted this on comment on a different AT post but it should work for your situation)

I hung a poster once using very small but strong magnets. They're about the diameter of an eraser on the end of a pencil. All you do is put nails or screws into the wall every 12" or so around the edge of the poster/print, about 1" in from the outer edge of the paper. The nails/screws don't need to be large but will provide the metal for the magnet to stick to. Then you can just remove the nails when you move out and plaster the small holes that are left behind. No one will ever notice.

Also, couldn't you also try mounting the paper to a thin wood board or dowel rod at the top and bottom of the image and just hang it like that? The wood pieces would provide structure to keep it looking "flat" though you may need to weight the bottom a bit to make it hang down straight, especially if it was rolled at any point. If you went with a dowel rod, you could probably just put nails into the wall at the top to rest the rod on, or could probably get inexpensive curtain hanging hardware from Ikea that would hold the top rod, letting the rest hang down.

I would avoid using a spray adhesive if you can because that stuff is awful! Aside from the fumes, whenever I have to use it at work my fingers get so sticky I'm like Spiderman for the rest of the day.

I leave my porch light on only at night, but on every night, and wish that others did as well. I like to think that it makes the streets in my neighborhood a bit brighter. Our street lamps are dim are spaced far apart. Aside from hoping that the additional light would discourage crime, I also think that having lots of porch lights on would signal to any sketchy people that there are lots of eyes and ears in all those houses...wishful thinking? Our back porch light is on a motion sensor which is more green, but still safety conscious.

I love these! I've seen them before (I can't remember where though) so maybe they're available elsewhere? Or just making appearances in magazines and such? Anyway, though they're cool bowls, I am in love with how they displayed them in the photographs above...and want to buy a bunch of them to hang on a wall as an installation.

Everyone should also check out another great cat song called "Chester" by the band Essex Green. Such a good song and a great sing along too. Lyrics are as follows:

On my way home
I sometimes wonder, "Where have you gone?"
Unattached, you wander alone,
lookin' for what, nobody knows

And you've got so much love
You bring it home in bundles of blood
To my doorstep, to my doorstep, yeah

Doo doo doo doo doo doo...

And it's a funny world out there
When your preying from your lair
And it's a funny world out there...

And if your neighbors could talk
They'd talk you up as the king of the block
Clapping hands with the rest of the lot, six fingered friend, right at the end

And in the end it will be
We'll hear your voice till eternity
Always cryin'
Your friends are dyin', yeah

Doo doo doo doo doo doo...

Some people may choose to cover their books to protect the covers from scratches and other types of damage. I don't do this at home, but I work in the Special Collections department of a library, and we cover every book's dust jacket with a translucent acid-free material. It really only matters if your books are valuable, rare, etc......or if you are anal! :)

i go in and out of phases of really wanting furniture and being obsessed with CL. When I'm REALLY wanting a specific piece of furniture I check craigslist multiple times a day. Sometimes you have to be the first person to email or call....and that's the only way to do it.

Yay! I'm waiting for an AT Baltimore! The architecture in Baltimore IS interesting. All of the neighborhoods have a very distinct style and feel. I live in a part of town that looks like the very first postcard-- only, imagine two windows across the top floor and a big, arched window on the first floor.

So, a bit of information for those not from Baltimore (and even those who do live here but just don't know). The marble used on all of our steps (assuming its original) came from the same quarry that the marble for the monuments in DC came from. There are some great photographs by A. Aubrey Bodine (a Maryland photographer) of people scrubbing their steps-- they were loved at one point in time.

Also, aside from our own unique architectural styles, we also have buildings designed by Mies van der Rohe (2 that I know of) and I.M. Pei (though I don't think it's one of his more impressive buildings). Recently MICA (art school) has been introducing some interesting buildings on their campus as well.

Also, Baltimore is littered with warehouses, which have become really popular living qaurters. Unfortunately many of them are in sketchy areas. But they are gorgeous! Especially on some of the 5th floors which have huge arched windows. *sigh*

they're giving this away!?! that's insane!

that table has been up on CL for a while, but that guy sells a lot of mid century furniture and would either state that it was gone or wouldn't posting it if it were already sold.