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I wouldn't buy the house, at all, period. You'd hate it so much it's not worth it. Keep looking, hold out for something in your price range that has better bones, even if it's a fixer-upper.

I love the lamp in the first picture, anyone know what that is or where it can be obtained?

To tuckersmith -

I can't look up those particular bookcases right now since ikea.com is blocked where I work, but if you're looking for something to last 10ish years I wouldn't buy Ikea. Ikea is made to be inexpensive, something that you can beat up for a few years and then replace.

Instead, I'd keep your eyes open for solid wood if possible. I'd watch Craigslist, people often sell entire bedroom sets, I'm sure one will come down the pike with a matching pair of dressers.

I have a question for everyone - I want to get a piece of furniture for my office that can both store some books and also be used as a mail & bill pay station. So I found this storage cabinet at Office Depot, which seems like the kind of functionality I need.
I do like:
- the height (short=good, I want to be able to sort mail on top of it)
- the drawer

I don't like:
- the length - I was hoping for something a bit longer for a bit more book storage
- the quality - I'd be willing to spend up to ~$300ish to get a piece of decent quality, I'm not thrilled with the particle board/veneers level of quality.

Anyone have any ideas or know where I can get something like that?

Add me to the people who can't wait for the DC craigslist finds!

Also, is it possible for DC to get it's own section RSS feed on AT just like the other cities? I'd like to change my AT feed from general to DC-only, so I can get a more focused feed of stuff that applies to me. Thanks!

Beautiful apartment. But seriously, keep your cats off the kitchen counters. That's unhygienic and, frankly, disgusting. I would never let my cats do that.

I have seen something similar one here on the Home Depot website, was thinking about ordering one myself.