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Check to see if they have floor models or sample sales. It's a good way to get great stuff at good prices, often, 50%-70% off. It happens in most showrooms here in NYC like Molteni, Ligne Roset, etc.

Try to clean walls with vinegar/bleach periodically. I had a mold problem in last apt and it worked.

The comments, as usual, are the most hilarious thing here. So nitpicky!

The help should be allowed to poop in your toilet, unless they aren't capable of doing it cleanly.

Do you know how many hours it takes to brush dust off of a dried flower arrangement that's been sitting in the bathroom for years? A good 2 hours, with a paintbrush (thanks mom, for that chore). I think I learned what not to do from her.

My friends and I love a good pot luck party. And when it doesn't involve food, we've just made it an unspoken rule to bring a bottle for communal consumption. It allows us to have parties often and without one person bearing any ridiculous cost - which it would be, since every single one of us would probably go through at least a bottle in an evening (yes we are lushes but that's another story). I'd rather have everyone contribute in this way towards everyone's experience, instead of getting a lame "hostess gift that would probably end up getting regifted anyway.

It was actually a small 800 sqft 2 bedroom apt (my roomie had the other bedroom) but - yes that would have been essentially 4 adults in a one bedroom apt. So I guess I feel better about having said no, if you responded the way you did. I think i would just have allowed everyone to stay where they could find the space, and then paid my roommate extra for her troubles. It would have been bananas but it's the filial guilt from being asian.

I do hope you are moving to NYC. While I had some difficulty making friends initially after moving here from LA, I've found that New Yorkers are rather friendly and social creatures, and if you go out often enough to the various happenings in town (art/design/theater/fashion), you'll make friends easily. It also helps if you're a social drinker.

Agreed. But then I'm a 40 y.o fogey

I totally laughed out loud when I read your typo. Needed that- thanks!

Could we have some rules for these house tours please?

1. No duplicates. That means no close up and no long shot of the same thing.
2. limit vignettes to 2-3 per house tour.
3. only one shot of the human/pet each.
4. Feature a floor plan (hand drawn/computer aided)
5. Bes if the photos follow the actual flow of the floorplan.

Yeah, basically an unnecessary renovation from the looks of it - it was a nice enough kitchen- though obviously not as modern as the owner would have liked. I hope she donated the cabinets and acoutrements to Build it Green in Gowanus. I always think of the waste involved in renovation projects, and feel quite guilty when working on my own home improvement projects.