CayC's Profile

If I've learned one thing, it's that no other city is ever New York City--that is NOT to say anything negative about any other city. The same applies to all cities. There is no Seattle 2.0 anywhere. This is silly--you're better off discovering a new neighborhood somewhere else, because if you look for Carroll Gardens in Chicago, you're just going to be extremely disappointed.

Congrats, you've insulted basically every single city in the country, not to mention the racial implications of some of the commentary.

Cool space! I think that tall bookshelves--you could do bookshelves on one side of the pipe, and then a long padded bench on the other so that it's kind of a reading nook. Those walls are begging for a little art gallery too. And maybe a row of hanging lamps down the center that hang down past the pipes, so that they become a decorative feature? If you can, painting the pipes could add a fun pop of color too, particularly a bright color for a darker space.

This is so true, especially in the era of those crazy tall, thick PVC fences in suburbia that turn your backyard into a fortress. One thing I personally love about my neighborhood now is that it's all brownstones, so people tend to hang out on their stoops in the warm weather. Best way to meet your neighbors.

Why would this be juvenile? I am an adult, and I would kill to have a swing! It's quirky and injected warmth and personality into a space that looks like it was originally quite industrial.

Wow, that's stunning. Do you have any hobbies? My first thought is that it could be some sort of studio (I'm laughing a bit, because this is exactly the sort of apartment we're looking for, with a removed space where my boyfriend could put in a recording studio--if this place doesn't work out for you, let me know!). That bench by the window is begging for some nice cushions to make a window seat--a library or study of some sort seems like the obvious choice. I'd suggest maybe getting some area rugs to cover the carpet. Or, as you build a relationship with the landlord and prove that you're a good tenant, maybe you can approach them about ripping it out? I've been surprised, in the past, about what landlords agree to do if you broach the subject correctly and prove that it'll improve the apartment--no one really likes wall-to-wall carpet these days, especially in the city where it gets dirty so quickly.

The arches around those windows are just lovely--I'd suggest maybe painting that wall a punchy color and doing the window trim in a lighter color or white to really make them stand out. If you can deal with the lack of privacy, it almost seems like it would be a shame to cover them with window treatments.

NO. The idea of some woman from outside of India coming in and saying that a bunch of fabrics are "what India is about" to sell them at Bergdorf is flat out ignorant and harkens back to imperialist ideology. India is the second largest country in the world--it absolutely dwarfs the United States, and yet you don't see anyone coming out with a collection that is "what the United States is about" in a few neat textiles, because the US is so diverse that it would be impossible to do. Well, news flash, India is the same--it is a country of thousands of different microcultures, every single major world religion, many different regions, and no semblance of this neat little "Indian Culture" that the Western world has cutely packaged up to make more understandable. Indian can't be "all about" anything, because every little part of it is diverse and different. As an Indian, that's just insulting.