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Display Name: hyacinthine
Member Since: 6/26/08

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Adorable. It's such an easy project that it almost seems like it would be cheating to make something so cute with so little effort!


Apartment Therapy ohdeedoh | Week Night Project: Watercolor Initials
6/18/09 11:18 AM

I have a baby in Boston. I don't really see how it's not family friendly. Contrary to what amed studio said, it's:

-Not cold unless you think most of the United States that suffers from a condition called "yearly winter" is also cold.
-Not unfriendly, unless you think intellectual and not smiling at every stranger on the street is unfriendly
-Well, yes, it's expensive. Nice cities are expensive.
-And it's surrounded by suburbs bursting with wonderful public schools.

There are free play groups and events for children and parents every day of the week. It's easy to walk and take very good public transportation everywhere. Kid-friendly eating venues are all over the place. There are remarkably few crazies muttering to themselves on the streets compared to every other big city I've been to. It's pretty darn safe as far as big cities go as well. It's beautiful -- parts of it are even quaint. It's intellectually stimulating. There's an endless amount of college students to hire as babysitters.


Apartment Therapy Boston | Pecha Kucha Tonight! Designing a Family-Friendly Boston Presented by the BSA Common Boston
6/17/09 10:11 PM

I meant curtains rather than shades, btw.


Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | Good Questions: Moving Forward Suggestions? Los Angeles
6/17/09 10:03 PM

Oops - somehow I missed the slideshow link. It's cute.


Apartment Therapy Chicago | A Teeny Tiny Lakeside Cottage Chicago Home Garden
6/17/09 10:03 PM

Move the art above the couch up a little. It looks weird as is.

And yes, you definitely need to paint the walls. I think a medium gray would be nice. And certain shades of pinkish purple look great with both orange and blue (as in the painting).

Dress the windows with shades made from some sort of modern, funky fabric.

Get area rugs -- you neeeeeed the rugs because the room looks so random as though there aren't any define areas.

As for coffee/side tables -- if you can find something cheap with good bones, get it and then paint it... deep gray? Even bright orange if it's a very small piece like a side table in a cool shape.

As for the lamp -- no need for it to be even remotely special. Just get something plain and put a nice shade on it.


Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | Good Questions: Moving Forward Suggestions? Los Angeles
6/17/09 10:02 PM

Yes, we want to see inside. Don't tease us! Argh.


Apartment Therapy Chicago | A Teeny Tiny Lakeside Cottage Chicago Home Garden
6/17/09 9:50 PM

I had a hard time deciding whether or not I like this, but eventually decided I do. They look almost ghostly though -- not breezy.


Apartment Therapy New York | Hot or Not? Translucent Dining Chair Slipcovers
6/17/09 10:04 AM

It looks like, when it's ready, it will pounce the guests and devour them all.


Apartment Therapy Chicago | Hot or Not: Melt Meee Chandeliers by Andromeda
6/16/09 10:03 PM

The rug is beautiful even if not to everyone's taste. I'm surprised people are so divided about it.


Apartment Therapy Boston | Using Fabric Dye to Create a Rug Pattern!
6/16/09 9:38 PM

Yeah, baileyb, I can imagine it in a country style room and looking like a craft project gone awry.


Apartment Therapy San Francisco | Look! DIY Stained Glass Window
6/16/09 9:26 PM

Very adorable, but I would only use it for tissues -- definitely not toilet paper.


Apartment Therapy New York | Paper Pot: Modern Tissue or Toilet Paper Holder
6/16/09 9:25 PM

Wow, gorgeous.


Apartment Therapy San Francisco | Fun Playful: Sarah Applebaum's Art
6/16/09 9:20 PM

That's gorgeous. I'm going to have to show it to my partner, who is horrible about getting large tech items and letting them be ugly focal-points.


Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | Close-Up: Glen's Ever So Tasteful Tech
6/16/09 9:19 PM

I don't really like how it looks up close, but from a distance it's lovely.


Apartment Therapy San Francisco | Look! DIY Stained Glass Window
6/16/09 6:56 PM

It puts people ill at ease, and yet I find it very interesting. Dali's melting clocks also put me ill at ease... they're creepy... and I love them. I like this cat.


Apartment Therapy ohdeedoh | Hot or Not: Kitty
11/21/08 7:59 PM

Wow. I remarked to my DH before the contest closed that the first and second place rooms were the two best ones. So glad to see them win.


Apartment Therapy ohdeedoh | Kids' Color Contest 2008: The Winners!
11/21/08 7:57 PM

The top floor looks like it's lit only by a tv and low lights.


Apartment Therapy Boston | 2 Small Condos, 1 Large Lighting Difference?
11/14/08 3:40 PM

Oh, wow. That library.


Apartment Therapy San Francisco | Portland Hilltop House by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects
11/14/08 3:33 PM

We have a light pink somewhere between the colors in the third and fourth pictures in our living room. It looks fantastic and not at all... the way you'd imagine a pink room to look?


Apartment Therapy Chicago | 7 Pink Dining Rooms House Beautiful
11/7/08 6:14 PM

Wow, I'm so signing up for this class.


Apartment Therapy Boston | Upholstery Classes at the Eliot School Boston
11/1/08 9:42 AM