Zhahira's Profile

Yay! So happy! I would love working here! Except the open desk on the other side would drive me batty (because I'm OCD and it seems messy/chaotic to me.) But I love the colors and the fact that you share the desk! :)

And I don't think it would be too hard to work that way. Clearly these people have never been college students sharing a table in a crowded library. ;)

I don't think the drop ceiling is all that terrible. It makes the room seem cozy. :) I also have a feeling it helps the room stay a bit warmer in a New England winter!

We have a Keurig in my office break room, and it drives me up the wall. Half the time the water levels are low so it needs refilling, and the other half of the time there's no good coffee flavors available. (The vast majority taste gross... Luckily our office FINALLY found some flavors I can tolerate.) Meanwhile, I bought my mom a little knock-off generic single-cup maker that uses little pre-packaged mesh-ey pods (instead of plastic k-cups), and she's addicted to it... but it makes SUCH weak coffee!

I would much rather buy some locally-roasted beans, grind them on Sunday mornings and store them in a tupperware, then toss them into my baby 5-cup coffee maker for 5-10 minutes in the morning. Huuuuuge difference in flavor!

Lovely job! While I preferred the original cabinet color myself (I've lived with crisp-white cabinets before, and all they're good for is spotlighting the tiniest of stains and dirt like giant monstrosities, in my opinion!), I like everything else. The gray tiles and the more subtle recessed lighting are my favorite parts!

I normally like to let my home just smell like life (so to speak), but every time my boyfriend goes for a workout he comes back and stinks up the whole house! His shoes stink, the workout clothes stink, the socks stink! Even sticking them in a closet doesn't help. So I succumb and light a candle scented like plants and herbs (pine scent, basil, sandalwood, cotton, etc.)

If you keep away from perfume smells (flowers, cotton candy, etc.) you usually can't even tell it's an artificial scent.

My only advice is to use ziplock bags (with a true zipper) to store your socks and undies, because if you strategically sit or kneel on the bag while zipping it, you can turn it into a vacuum-compression bag!! I save lots and lots of space that way!

I do the same thing, but with podcasts! I subscribe to the daily news podcast from the BBC and start it up while I'm brushing my teeth. I almost never reach the end of the podcast, so I know that if I'm hearing some of the last stories for the day, I had better get a move on!!!

My boyfriend grew up in Australia using just "dunas" (duvets) without sheets, and he's got me hooked on it now! We have an oversized one (it's a Full/Queen on a Full bed), and love it. He's never mentioned using teeny ones perched on top? Maybe it's just not an Aussie thing.

I'm sorry, this is just taking the chalk paint thing a little too far. In my opinion that ruins the desk!

I went to grad school at Northeastern (where the undergrads are encouraged to take semester-long internships three times while in school, so they're constantly moving in and out of apartments.) From what I hear, the best way to snag a great apartment at this time of year is to be open to subleasing.

Many times, people are moving out of Boston for a semester but they had no option except to stay in a lease that runs all the way to September. If you sublet from them for a few months, usually the landlord lets you have first dibs on signing a brand new lease when September rolls around, and you can continue on as though nothing ever happened. It's a great way to find really nice apartments at any time of year and possibly save some money too (since the subletter is usually desperate!) If you're anxious about it, find a subletter that's willing to get the landlord's permission or sign a document. I think most if not all landlords in Boston are completely fine with sublets--as long as they get the monthly rent check!