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hi jennien,
i bought an air purifier from here - http://www.rabbitair.com/
also, i plugged up any visible holes or cracks with expandable foam.

it doesn't get rid of the smell though. i burn a lot of incense and candles. basically just mask the smell. . nothing seems to work. while i am in the apartment, i guess you get used to the smell. . it is only when i leave can i smell it. . i.e. . when i have go out of town, open my overnight bag ---- i get a whiff of deep fyer oil.

pretty much a bummer. i love my apartment though, besides the smell. i suppose i am just living with it.

good luck with yours!

thank you for all the suggestions....well the smell is not so much like pizza(which may not be so bad), more just like greasy-gunk.

-I have looked into air purifiers, this one seems real promising:
http://www.rabbitair.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=3

and it has a 30 day guarantee. I have read a lot of great reviews on it at amazon. I think i am going to try it.

-i didn't notice the smell when I viewed the apartment because they were painting and the windows were open, so I really just smelled paint fumes.

-I went over last night to paint, and I bought this air neutralizer from lysol: http://lysol.com/solutionsfinder_na.shtml

It already seemed to make the air a little better.

-I also burned one of the volcano candles from anthropologie. These are the pretty potent candles they always burn in their stores....

I am going to try looking for holes, cracks etc and try to plug those up as well...that plus the air purifier and neutralizers may help a lot...but it will definately be an interesting year living in this place!

thanks ya'll!

are you allowed to paint it? this is a cool look. .

http://www.dominomag.com/magazine/2007/08/sweeps_oct07_070828?slide=40

at my work they have concrete walls. adjacent to that wall is a wall covered in vintage wallpaper, a white paper, with a raised/textured floral pattern.
so anways, the concrete wall was imprinted with this floral, textured wallpaper so it looks like the wallpapered wall - except it is concrete.
it is pretty amazing.

thanks for a great DIY post! I have recently revisited that domino spread with her home. . and funny I just posted it here.

my favourite is :
http://foodiefarmgirl.blogspot.com/

from her site:

"Nearly everyone dreams of moving to the country, but few are crazy enough to actually do it. I am one of those few. In 1994, at 26, I sold my little bakery cafe, packed 200 boxes of books & antiques, & waved goodbye to California. Armed with a basic knowledge of gardening, an overenthusiastic sense of adventure, & lots of naivete, I dragged 4 cats, a huge dog, & my equally greenhorn husband to a 280-acre, 140-year-old farm in the middle of nowhere. I became cook, gardener, shepherd, farmhand, vet, surrogate mom, wildlife expert, midwife, & undertaker. My prep school education & design degree were useless. I went from attending restaurant openings & gallery receptions to working the rural fire dept's BBQ booth at the crafts fair & munching fried pies at country auctions. Twelve years later, much has changed: a new farm, a new garden, a new man in my life. I have sheep, chickens, 2 dogs, 7 cats, & an adorable donkey named Dan. My life revolves around food. I've taught cooking classes & contributed to cookbooks. I've written for Kitchen Gardener, Garden Design & others. I'm slowly building a wholesale artisan bread bakery on my farm. And my name is Susan."

and then there is her other cooking blog: http://inmykitchengarden.blogspot.com/