Terry in Silver Spring's Profile

I don't really have any other space for my coats, other than the one coat closet. Small apartment living can be a challenge.

I've switched to those thin flocked hangers. Target carries them, as does the Container Store. Things don't fall off. I don't care that the aren't decorated.

If you are within the U.S., those flat rate boxes at the Post Office are awesome. I send souvenirs home that way. If I have a trip that has two very different parts (business meetings, followed by fun), I use those boxes to mail home the clothes or other items I don't need for the second part of the trip. It's kind of liberating to drop your dress shoes and work clothes in a box, seal them up, and send them on their way.

The bathroom in my apartment has tiles in a color of pink that might be too much for Barbie. After years of fighting it, I've embraced the pink. I got a shower curtain that is lovely (not pink) but coordinates well with the tiles. My towels are a light green that also looks nice with the pink.

My advice to you would be to go retro. You have beautiful tile work that could bring to mind the early 20th century. Embrace your pink and go art deco or 50's with enthusiasm.

Store bought deodorants don't cause Alzheimers:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/26/health/26real.html?_r=0

http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/features/antiperspirant-facts-safety

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/health/conditions/does-using-underarm-deodorant-increase-the-risk-of-developing-alzheimers/article597068/

http://www.alz.org/national/documents/brochure_basicsofalz_low.pdf

Nor are they linked to breast cancer:

http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/AP-Deo

Lovely, quirky home.

I don't understand why, though, there aren't any curtains or shutters on that huge window beside the bathtub. I've seen that in several house tours. You'd give the neighbors a free show anytime you got in or out of the tub.

"And all that would have been okay if I didn't just run out of clean clothes on the same morning that I heard the moving truck has been delayed (again). I guess I'll be roughing it in an echoey, empty apartment for a while longer. "

If you don't have time to do your laundry at the laundromat, check to see if they do service washes. You drop your wash off, then pick it up a few hours later. I'd do that occasionally when I got really busy. The place I used charged by the weight of the laundry.

" lift the seat to make sure there's nothing problematic (ha!) hanging around for the menfolk to observe"

Guys should ALWAYS put the toilet lid down and sit on it with cleaning supplies in hand. Wipe down all the surfaces that your female guests will see. This goes double when your mother is coming to visit.

"Oh this really makes me laugh. I love that someone could technically buy that chair."

I laugh because I know someone who would love to actually buy it. And sit in it. Every night. lol

Folks, I'm really sorry about that. I'm not sure what happened and I can't see where I can delete the duplicates.