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My grandfather's shophouse in Perak, Malaysia had a circular staircase like that! As a kid, it was always a dizzying experience to climb the stairs..

i have the Samsung SyncMaster P2370HD (23" inch screen) and it works great! I occassionally hook up my laptop to it to watch movies (no need for a separate DVD player), I watch cable TV on it and even play Wii once in a while :) It really has all the right ports. The larger P2770HD would be better for movies (my bed is across the room so i sometimes don't see the screen so well) but the 2370 was much cheaper.. I guess I can always move the TV a little closer to me if necessary!!

it's a bright happy place but the colours are too clashing for me! i guess with the sloped ceilings, the apartment ends up looking smaller than the 590sqft it is..

i actually liked the wood white combo of your original bathroom, but i'll have to trust you when you say it was all in bad shape :) my bathroom still has mold on the caulking, hoping to get THAT DIY done this weekend! But I won't hope for as dramatic a makeover. Are your lino floor tiles ok with water? i have terrible condensation from my toilet tank which sometimes drips on the floor, but would LOVE to cover my 1950s mosaic tiles (all cracked and grout is a gross grey).

I had a similar sofabed as the first picture that came with the rental apartment i took over. Same belt design and had strap on arm rests to boot. But it was terribly uncomfortable to sleep on and i could not believe that the guy who was living there actually slept on it on daily. I sold it off for 70USD and bought a real bed (well, ikea, but so much better!). It wasn't great to sit on either, but mine could have been a lousier quality than the brand shown here.

everything blends so well together, even the yellow, which I usually find difficult to work with! great job :)

i wouldnt mind keeping worms, but having to move them in order to get the castings... it's a bit too icky :p i also would rather keep them out on the balcony but they wouldnt do too well in the cold i presume!

wow what a change! it's very inspiring :D i had my rental bathroom featured on AT last month, but am still working on making the changes and improvements bit by bit. wallpaper *might* work on my wall, but my bathroom is SO damp that it will probably peel off in no time. Am wondering if painting stripes will lend the same feel but i'm not sure if it's the look i want to go for. again, great job with yours!

that is just gorgeous!!! what a difference! well done :))

i hate washing my jeans too because i love my denim dark dark dark! but like percent, they also tend to get a bit baggy after a while and i eventually reluctantly put them in the wash... my sister's trick is to buy jeans that are one waist size smaller and next to impossible to button on the first day, but they then look great for weeks after. i have not tried this but will the next time i purchase. and then i'll try this freezer trick or wait for the next winter!

by the way, i don't think germs are killed at freezer temperatures, they just stop multiplying. they will probably happily grow again after thawing! heck, the E.Coli i use in the lab are kept in -80C come to think of it!!