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Love this!! Would love to do something like this-it's similar to what I had in my previous place, (just a bit more color)-but unfortunately, I'm stuck in a rental with paneling, light paneling, but paneling. Oh well, trying to make the most of it,..or rather "least" of it.. ;)

When I first looked, well, nevermind, I think everyone previously commented what I was thinking.
#5 looks like my former "loft" apartment when I first moved in-but I sure as heck wasn't going to leave the walls & ceilings looking like that!! I spent months painting every square inch.
Couldn't help what was underneath though. After 8 years of painting, renovating the beautiful wood floors and knotty pine walls in the "sunroom"-the building was condemned last March & I had to move. :(. (The "living room" ceiling and part of the roof sat on my living room floor, (and over ruined furniture) for over 2yrs. Hauling 37 buckets out EVERYTIME it rained or snowed wasn't exactly "healthy". LOTS of sweet memories though...and I DO miss my, (and my cat's), "pet" bats though!! (Now living on a farm, my cat has plenty of other "pets" she thinks should be playing with her.. ;)

I have a table similar-but the center is just a bit "sunken". Originally, I decided to do kind of a mosaic with handmade paper, and I put a coat of poly over it. It wasn't enough-my living room ceiling & part of the roof, caved in in my last rental-a loft apt. My "decoupage" was ruined.
I have now moved, and am trying to decide what-and HOW-to do with this table. Because it has an old, real leather, (but long thinned out-practically non-existent) slash partly decoupaged top-I'm afraid to sand it. I've tried just peeling it off-works in spots, others I can't even "chip" off with a sharp metal slat, (can't think of the proper name).
I wonder if I can somehow get it kind of even, if I could use this method?
Also, I have a pair of mustard, thick vinyl chairs that came with it. Trying to decide if they are even worth attempting...

Happy Holidays AT & thanks for all the great posts!!

I moved to an organic farm about 6 months ago, and the owners have free range, actually "spoiled" chickens. They got some more chicks just a month after I moved in, and I would help out feeding them & checking the temp-since they were right under my apt. One, a black one, (sorry, don't know the name-but she DOES lay green eggs!!), took a liking to me & now "bug-eyes" leads me to her eggs. I WILL say though that about a month ago, I cracked an egg making French toast, and what I "assume" to be about a 1 inch embryo fell out. I ALWAYS keep in the fridge. I have too many health problems & a depleted immune system, to even take a chance on getting sick.

QUESTION: hasn't anyone used the "green bags"? Or have I missed something about them being dangerous or something? I've been using them for 3 years now. As an older single woman, a vegetarian, and "physically challenged", I find washing & drying my fruits & veggies, then putting them in the green bags, suck all the air out; I've had lettuce keep over 3 weeks, still fresh & crisp!! I especially LOVE them for tomatoes, I've actually had tomatoes last 5-6 weeks-as long as the bag is clean, dry, and kept air tight.
PLEASE tell me if I've missed something about these miracle bags!!

OK, I FINALLY had to stop "lurking", register, and comment. Hi all, I'm 52, "physically challenged", and just this past 3 weeks had to pack up & move from a 1880's, NorthEastern PA, former rooming house that I had renovated-on my own. The building had been sold to new owners & I was told that it w as deemed uninhabitable because of damage done to the foundation during the August "trembler". Apparently it was already in poor condition-the original owner just neglected to tell me.

Having had lived in California for short periods in the 90's, I was accustomed to small quakes-but North East PA??!! When the quake happened, I had just been back from my most rececnt visit to the local hospital, (home away from home), for less than24hours and was just lying in bed contemplating a new project to start on, (to heck with my hip fracture-I had a headboard to make. When the quake started my first thought was "dammit, my neighbors in the studio apt, (the only other apt in the building), had gotten a washer & dryer-NOT good!! As the building, (a long, skinny building 3 stories high-the top floor had never been "finished", and was basically a dirty attack with resident bats-4 of them, which I eventually named. Don't ask-I'd held a "contest" on Facebook for my friends-many who are hyper-partisan, to name them. Use your imagination!! ;), jerked back and forth, I stormed down my 60ft hallway, out the door, and banged on my neighbors door-ignoring a note. "Out of town for a week or so". Uh oh...I ran back into my apt as things fell of shelves, grabbed my cat who's head was poked out from under my sheets-staring wide-eyed at my things falling, threw her in her "house", (fancy pet carrier), zipped it up & went down the stairs on my butt as fast as I possibly could-all with a broken hip & PJ's on. I went out the front door, then over to the side where there was a parking lot. (I lived literally on "Main St.", small town, USA). It was parking for a State Liquor store, and patrons were standing there staring at my building rocking back & forth. They couldn't feel the quake & had NO idea why this older lady had just run out of this rocking building in her PJ's carrying a cat carrier with a screaming cat inside. I DID try & tell them it was an earthquake, but most reactions were, "yea, right, and what have YOU been drinking??!!", (I don't drink, unfortunately, although I DID think about a glass of wine that day). One guy was sitting in his car, staring at the building, heard me, and took a swig from whatever was in his bag-muttering something about the "End of the World".
Anyways, back to being kicked out of my unstable building. One of the places I looked was Philly because there are actually Doctors there that are familiar with my genetic disorder which is causing so many of these problems. I'd decided to rent, because I anticipate having to move back to Florida in the next 10 years after my 90-something parents pass away. I looked at several of these "trinity homes", with elevators installed-however, the rent was over $3000/month and THAT didn't include the electric bill for the elevators!! The two I looked at were just 12-13ft across, and as the poster & commenter said, the kitchen was TINY, barely enough room for one person, and because it was in the basement, was VERY humid.
I'm still considering moving down there in the next 3 years or so, despite finding a nice, roomy, apt add-on to a farm house. I prefer the older buildings though-despite my challenges, there's nothing so fulfilling than renovating & preserving our history in these old family homes. ANY suggestions for areas of Phiily where I could find a nice, older apartment for less than$1500/month. (preferably NOT in "student" areas-no offense, I just have a very hard time sleeping because of dislocations!!) And Susan you've done a great job with this cute little historical gem!! elaine