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well FLOR is amazing, and actually pretty economical in the clearence section, if you're looking for carpet tiles. they are running a summer sale at the moment on some of the new styles they just released as well, so check that out if you're interested. also, just this past week the spot on the Chilewich floor tiles inspired me to do some research myself. there are a few places that sell discontinued tiles (not the biofelt kind :/) but they can be attached to eachother, and to a floor with doublesided tape, for a pretty cool looking, non perminant solution. plus, they're wonderful green product, and a neat alternative to carpet!

i'm a feather, so i sympathize completely. I can't even get a good night's sleep in hotel rooms, because if i'm not in a place my brain's hearing center can recognize, i'm on edge. i completely agree about the white noise tho! i downloaded a wonderful app on my phone called White Noise Lite (they have it for iphone and android!) and my problems are soved! it goes with me wherever i go, and helps me sleep anywhere. silly enough, my favorite one is the crickets :) it reminds me of the only place away from home i sleep like a baby, Camping

for me, common areas are like foreshadowing of the experience in the new place so I always pay close attention! a roommate and i moved in to what seemed to be an awesome place near Boston, but the stairs were dirty and pretty ancient, the front door barely worked (a solid shoulder to it and the 'lock' would give), the was a large sign stating "no storage in hallway" but a small pile of stuff under the stairs anyway (come to find out that it was all the landlords stuff) and a broken grandfather clock(?!?) right in front of our door. After a year of being told by my LAZY landlord "you have a hammer, fix it yourself" or "call the handy man yourself, and I'll pay you back", i had had quite enough!
the newer place we moved in to was much different! hallways were being touched up as we moved in, new carpet a few months in, and even a new wall color a little after that. Even when we had torrenchal rains flood the first floor, they were there within the first 24 hours already tearing the carpet out and drying everything out to make sure there was no mold! Lesson learned: dirty/gross/mistreated hallways means bad news!