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Display Name: Randy Dandy
Member Since: 7/14/08

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Um. No. No lime wash. No faux finish. Bad color.

This is Northern California, not Italy ... you will hate that color in this light on a house ...


Apartment Therapy San Francisco | The Exterior Paint Files: Rusty Terracotta Reds
4/1/09 12:44 AM

OK. Obviously most of you have never tried the suggestions.

There really is no way to match this, other than a custom replacement that will be very costly.

Only two options:

Replace it with something so obvious, that it can't be mistaken.

Leave it alone. It is history. It looks fine.


Apartment Therapy San Francisco | Good Questions: Ideas for Covering Tile "Bald Spot"?
3/30/09 9:51 PM

Is dwell really offering anything new to the discussion about housing? Have they offered anything in a long time? I find the mag more and more irrelevant ...


Apartment Therapy Re-Nest | Salvage LoveBlogging Dwell
3/13/09 3:56 AM

ya. dumb. the dust ....


Apartment Therapy Unplugged | BMW and Thermaltake's Level 10: The PC Case from the Future
3/13/09 3:23 AM

how can anyone into design use Ikea brand cfls? horrible color temp.


Apartment Therapy Unplugged | Phillips LED Lightbulbs Look Like the Old Guard
3/13/09 3:20 AM

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Apartment Therapy San Francisco | Beautiful Stockholm Apartment Gone Bad
1/29/09 8:51 PM

Dreadful. No design. No integration. Just a thing attached to a wall.


Apartment Therapy Unplugged | DIY: Tech Infused Mantel, on the Cheap… Part 3
1/24/09 10:34 PM

Funny thing about all the harsh comments; these are the same people complaining about the high cost of housing.

The nice thing about this is it is amazingly affordable. $130 a square foot is cheap, cheap, cheap. If these guys were about to build this, and the materials are half way decent and it is weather tight, CONGRATS.

You are never going to see Dwell stying at this kind of a price. NEVER. $300 is min. cost per square foot, EXCLUDING land and fees ...

I'd take this baby over a hefty mortgage any day.


Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | Look: Modern Meets Victorian
1/8/09 3:14 AM

what a bunch of follow-the-leader comments.

i truly find it hard to believe that this many people hate this table.


Apartment Therapy New York | Hot or Not? TROLLSTA Tray Table from IKEA
1/4/09 9:14 PM

Maybe they are just being polite to their decorator minded daughter.

I leave my parent's places ALONE. My father's is a hovel and my mothers is like the posters. I decided long ago that it is rude, even if they don't mind, to offer to "fix" something about someone. I wait for my mother to ask my opinion.


Apartment Therapy DC | Good Questions: Creating an Updated Space for Mom?
12/11/08 8:39 PM

Um. I did not realize that the Vice-President lived in a house dedicated to navel gazing .... oh, well.


Apartment Therapy DC | The Vice President's House The Washington Post, 11.27.08
11/28/08 4:27 PM

Have to echo the quality question. We carried this line for a bit and the basic quality is low for upholstered pieces, other things, are nice, wood pieces tend to be veneers over MDF, not exactly long term quality. Fabrics are only so so. Thin. Not great quality ... we stopped carrying it.


Apartment Therapy New York | Gus* Design Group
11/26/08 12:01 PM

No imagination ... oh, that is for the posters above.

Who cares if you cover it. Slip cover it. Make pillows for it ... It supposed to change over time. That is what furniture does. Or do you want a showroom?


Apartment Therapy San Francisco | Good Questions: Cushions for Ghost Chairs?
11/21/08 8:05 PM

good god. that is an ugly room.


Apartment Therapy San Francisco | Good Questions: Artwork Above Fireplace?
10/22/08 5:03 PM

There is no way to fix this. As an interior designer, this is one thing to by new, or in mint condition.


Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | Good Questions: How Do I Clean a George Nelson Bubble Lamp?Los Angeles
10/20/08 4:25 PM

Rude all the way.

You have just basically told them - your places looks bad but I have a solution ... not good. not good at all.


Apartment Therapy Los Angeles | Home etiquette: Giving advice to friends Melbourne
10/2/08 4:35 PM

I am amazed at how nasty some of these responses are based on TWO lines of a story.

Maybe the gist was to say hey, look, find this hear. But it somehow as turned against the retailer. Which I think makes my general point correct.

Retailers are lothe to help you, the customer, because, generally, you go out and buy it somewhere else cheaper. Sorry, I am not going to help you to do that.

Maybe she offered to order the lamp, and the buyer said, no thanks. Then why would I give you the info? This happens ALL the time.

Oh, I saw this sofa online and just wanted to sit on it. Great, would you like for me to order it for you? Oh, no, I will get it online. Great. Thanks for wasting my time.

This is the view from the retailer side. Now, I am one for a good deal .... but I think you need to understand WHY retailers have become weary of giving out information.

And so I go back to the original post. Why ask where you can get it, when the store would have probably ordered it?


Apartment Therapy San Francisco | Good Questions: Where Can I Find this Bentwood Lamp?
8/19/08 9:52 AM

Whats up with the shop owner?

Well, customers that come in, find what they want, get the information and then go online to buy it.

Sorry, retailers are not your personal showroom. They are in the business to sell things, not help you to find them cheaper!


Apartment Therapy San Francisco | Good Questions: Where Can I Find this Bentwood Lamp?
8/18/08 7:48 PM

Unica has a great selection but be aware.

We ordered a table base, eta 16 weeks. All good and easy. Emailed in about a month before and was told it was on the water. A month later. Sorry, we cannot order that base for you. WHAT? 16 weeks! 4 months of waiting and they just figured out they could not order the week is was to be delivered?

Also, do some online searches. You will see that our experience happens quiet frequently.

Great selection. I use it more as a catalog and then look for another company!


Apartment Therapy New York | Best Modern Online Design Shops 2008 Email from 7.31.08
8/6/08 9:22 AM

What a bunch of bitter, snippy cows on here.

TIRED OF IT!


Apartment Therapy New York | Designer Michael Bargo Furnishes His First Apartment The New York Times 7.31.08
7/31/08 8:35 PM