Apartment Therapy Unplggd Ohdeedoh Re-Nest The Kitchn

Phyllis's Profile

Display Name: Phyllis
Member Since: 3/26/07
Are all of these comments spam? For non-spam comments, please email us at help@apartmenttherapy.com

Latest Comments...

This doesn't exactly relate to THIS this thread, but: I posted the Norman Bates quote from PSYCHO because I love the film. I even did my bathroom in Psycho motif: got a towel at Bloomingdales, had it monogrammed "BATES MOTEL." Alas, I no longer have the towel - that was 30+ years ago. But I think the monogram guy is still there, at the 59th St, Bloomie's. In fact, I think I'll get another Bates Motel towel, :>D


Decorating with Stuffed Birds?
2/1/11 7:08 PM

“It's sad... when a mother has to speak the words that condemn her own son... but I couldn't allow them to believe that I would commit murder. They'll put him away now... as I should have... years ago. He was always... bad. And in the end, he intended to tell them that I killed those girls and that man. As if I could do anything except just sit and stare... like one of his stuffed birds.” - Norman Bates, speaking in his mother’s voice.


Decorating with Stuffed Birds?
2/1/11 5:51 PM

Always thought of ants as more suburban/rural. Saw them growing up on L.I. In Manhattan I'm more familiar with roaches, of course, and it never occurred to me that we even had ants in Manhattan . . . until last week, when my neighbor across the hall -- and it's not a very wide hall -- told me he's been having an ant invasion for a while. Yikes! So thanks for starting this thread!


Pesky Pests: How Do You Get Rid of Them | Apartment Therapy DC
6/3/10 10:08 PM

P.S. And I'd get rid of that small cream-colored one at the far right. It sends the decor into the "looks-likes-storage-facility" category.


Shabby Chic Shelving: Mismatched Bookcases | Apartment Therapy Boston
6/3/10 7:10 PM

This one made me smile! I don't think it's granny-ish at all . . . but the couch & rug are, ugh!

But if you put your hand on the screen to cover the couch and look at the photo again, you might view the bookcases more fairly, without the distraction, :)

I'd put the butter-colored one in the middle.

To those who suggested painting them all the same color, I can tell you, having "been there, done that" -- it would be BORING!


Shabby Chic Shelving: Mismatched Bookcases | Apartment Therapy Boston
6/3/10 7:07 PM

Thanks, thesmilequeen, for posting The Tin Man decorative metal sheets link, http://thetinman.com/index.htm .
Just returned from looking at everything on the site and yes I'm drooling and giddy, my mind awhirl with the possibilities, :)


Impermanent Fixes to "Hideous" Rental Kitchen? Good Questions | Apartment Therapy Boston
6/3/10 6:53 PM

Did my foyer in "Bahaman Sea Blue" - Benjamin Moore, 2055-40. Trim is "White Opulence" - BM, 879. It's delicious, and I find I'm always drawn to it. I could be sitting on sofa watching the TV but keep looking back at the foyer, :)

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=836019742#!/photo.php?pid=3647180&id=836019742

http://www.myperfectcolor.com/Benjamin-Moore-2055-40-Bahaman-Sea-Blue-p/mpc0004406.htm


Color at Home: Best Bold & Bright Turquoise Paints | Apartment Therapy Chicago
5/30/10 9:34 PM

skeemer118: here's part of it on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEZvWVlUY3E


Reclaimed Wood In Kitchens | Apartment Therapy New York
4/30/10 8:41 PM

The first room reminds me of the Seinfeld episode "The Nap" - where Jerry hires the contractor who built George's under-the-desk nap-at-work station to build cabinets in his open kitchen. These look as oppressive to me as Jerry's did. He eventually removed them.


Reclaimed Wood In Kitchens | Apartment Therapy New York#comments
4/30/10 1:42 PM

Forget the bed, it's those linens I'M loving, :)
Any source info on them?


Crate & Barrel Vendome Bed - $300 Boston Scavenger | Apartment Therapy Boston
3/30/10 9:23 PM

Ugh. No thanks.


Hot or Not: Barenjager ("Bear Hunter") Persian Rug | Apartment Therapy San Francisco
3/22/10 3:07 PM

I prefer the architecture of the building to its left.


Cooper Union's New LEED Platinum Building Inhabitat | Apartment Therapy New York
1/9/10 12:58 PM

For me this is a very retro trip down Memory Lane! This is what people did in the late '60s/early '70s, used milk crates, often combined with concrete cinder blocks stolen from construction sites, to create bookshelves/storage units. By 1978, most of my friends and I had graduated to "real" furniture, :) It was fun at the time, though!


Apartment Therapy Chicago | Cantilevered Milk Crate Storage Bench
5/21/09 4:04 PM

I agree with everyone that this IS a serious - but treatable - problem, but I thought inject a little humor here with George Carlin's views on STUFF:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac


Apartment Therapy Chicago | Good Questions: Help! Fighting Over Spouse's Stuff#comments
4/28/09 11:46 AM

home body: I got mine in Bed Bath & Beyond


Apartment Therapy Boston | Black Toilet Lids
4/24/09 9:44 AM

I agree, idon'tdobeige: I got a black toilet seat for that reason -- I'm in a pre-war bldg. and it goes great with the 1920s subway tile etc.


Apartment Therapy Boston | Black Toilet Lids
4/24/09 9:41 AM

Hi Megan, I just want to say one thing about measuring -- make sure to include the legs on whichever couch you choose (if you choose one with legs). And if there are legs, find out if they screw in and out -- a few months ago I bought this Cortina sofa from Raymour & Flanagan http://www.raymourflanigan.com/catalog/details.asp?ID=100122

But I didn't check first to include the leg measurements, and those legs DIDN'T come out. There was plenty of room for the couch in my main room, but the poor delivery guys, try as they might, and they tried for an hour, could not get this couch through my teeny foyer into the main room. The foyer has a chunk of wall that the couch had to go around to get into the living room, but the sofa's legs created the extra width that prevented them from getting it in. Yep, I had to decline and get a credit.


Apartment Therapy New York | Good Questions: Figuring Out Scale & Proportion?#comments
4/15/09 4:19 PM

I know the curtains aren't SHEETS -- I meant "sheer."


Apartment Therapy New York | Small Cool 2009: Kevin's Triple Threat Teeny-tiny Division #15
4/14/09 10:26 AM

Kevin, can you please provide info on the lovely lacy/floral/sheet curtains around your bed? For months I've been looking for something similar -- and to use for the same purpose -- with no luck. Looks so pretty - thanks.


Apartment Therapy New York | Small Cool 2009: Kevin's Triple Threat Teeny-tiny Division #15
4/14/09 10:25 AM

I'd love to know how the folks acquired the "Crime Scene - Do Not Cross tape"! Here in NYC it's "Police Line - Do Not Cross." I had a similar idea about 6 years ago -- I wanted to use it as a wallpaper border where the walls (curry color at that time) meet the ceiling in my dining area. Off I went to my local precinct, explained I was interested in using it in my apartment for decorating purposes, asked if I could buy a roll, but they said no.


Apartment Therapy DC | The Spring Cure: Clearing the Path Week 2 - Tips & Tricks#comments
3/26/09 12:02 PM