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I have rented various properties through my single life and i have to say the worst was when I rented a house with 5 friends. It seemed a good idea at the time but i made the mistake of not asking enough questions generally about the place. It used to rain into our footwell at the bottom of the stairs as there was a 6" gap at the bottom of the back door. One of the rooms rented out was the old wash house and the poor girl who lived in their ended up in hospital because it was so damp. Our landlord was a russian lady who was resided in Florida and whilst over their we had to use her friend as a stand in Landlord who turned out had mental health issues and everytime we had to deal with this chap we had to get him to sign documented evidence of what was said at each tenant review/meeting so that he couldnt go back on his word and the worst part of all was one day the electric fuses blew through the entire house. I was away at the time on work experience from uni, it turned out our wiring had been wired entirely to the earth and through to the off license next door. Don't ask me how they managed that one but apparently the fire brigade/ british gas said that the wiring was so bad that if we had of had gas present in the house for heating/cooking, When the fuses blew, it would have blown the house and half of the street up with it!! VERY SCARY!!
The really annoying thing about it was that it happened at the early part of our uni term and we had to pay our term's rent up front. We lost our deposits and our rent and the girls ended up having to do a moonlight flit for all of us, my stuff included. Which was all shoved into black bin bags...nice!! The russian landlady refused to pay any of our monies back as she said the fault laid with us although it clearly wasn't us and it should have been her responsibilty to of had the electrics properly sorted.
I'd liked to say you live and learn but i still rented from a further dodgy 3 landlords....hmmm!! I'd like to think that i have learnt since. I now own my house with my husband and not a rented property in sight!

Again i find it funny that a room that is 8.5ft by 13ft is classed as tiny!! Obviously our houses here in the UK ARE TINY!! My son's bedroom which is 9ft square is TINY!! we can't even fit both of our boys beds in the same room. So having an office room like this would be pure luxury however not one to poo poo someones else's hard work. It does look fabulous!! So well done to Christina. :D

Have you thought about getting some fabric and either making or having made a cushion or two and tie backs in a fabric that complements both grey curtains and sofa? That way you are linking both together but without them "matching" perfectly. Often using a contrasting shade that ties both in can work wonders and costs very little. If money is tight it's also worth checking out second hand stores for fabrics that can be recycled. For instance, I recently bought a cushion which cost a lot for my current income (or lack of!!) and it has a beautiful felt 3D flower on it. I then went to my local charity shop and found a jumper in almost the same colour as the flower and i am now in the process of making a new cover for another cushion to go on my other sofa so they compliment each other! Just a thought. Happy hunting!

beautiful flat but can we see it once the kid has been born and then grown and trashed it a little like most peoples homes whom have children perhaps? I'd love to see how they deal artistically with all the paraphernalia that wee ones bring!! Just a thought! otherwise i'm a little bit jealous that my home isn't this beautiful...ho hum! Really well thought out.