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is that the hotel duc de ste. simone in paris? sure looks like it.

why is there a gun on the toilet?

finally, an entry in the SMALL and COOL contest that actually meets BOTH criteria!

clean, simple and beautiful. a great use of a small space!

shorter, wider furniture. a surfboard coffee table. try to sell the expedit media center on craigslist and get something shorter and wider or even build something simple with painted plywood.

definitely lighter colors.

for the walls, consider smallish pieces (8 x 10 b&w photos would be good) in a line across at about 57" high.

for the wall behind the couch, consider a grouping of 4 11x14 mirrors in simple black frames to give the impression of a window.

floorwise, ideally something with horizontal stripes parallel to the plane of the room or a good zebra print (the one from west elm is a good, inexpensive choice).

why all the xenophobia? does it really matter if irish or germans or anyone else is buying real estate in new york? point the finger at our own government who continues to spend $14 billion/month on a war we never should have been in and will never get out of, causing our national debt to skyrocket (and be bought up by the chinese government), thus making our dollar worth squat and encouraging foreign investors to by manhatan property.

if you want to fault anyone, point the finger at the current administration in the white house whose terrible economic policies are squeezing the middle class into virtually nothing, and the state of new york, which under the pataki administration syphoned federal appropriations for affordable housing to his own pet projects outside of new york city.

i have the same cabinets in my rental studio and i hated them. so i put a primer on them and painted them with chalkboard paint. looks better, more modern and allows you to jot grocery lists, recipes, etc. on them. and with 3 windows and a white countertop, you don't have to worry about it making the room too dark.

home depot's behr paint brand makes a product called interior/exterior wet-look sealer (no. 985 hi-gloss).

i've used it on concrete floors and it works and looks terrific. product information also says it can be used on brick.

it's inexpensive, easy to apply (roll on a coat, let dry for an hour or so, and roll on another.

here's the link:

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100299986

or click here

a pipe cutter, as mentioned above, or a $5 hacksaw from home depot in chelsea.

this reminds me of a funny story. back in the day when the meatpacking district was really the meatpacking district, it was a hangout for downtown party girls (and guys) and trannies, basically. one woman who was kind of queen of the party scene had a favorite pair of tights with some japanese symbols on them.

early one morning, she's capping off a night of partying at the florent diner. a japanese couple, who were tourists, i believe, were sitting at the next table. they started talking and she stuck out one of her legs to show them her favorite tights.

the japanese woman looked somewhat aghast and embarrassed, while the man was laughing.

"you know what they say?" the man asked.

"something about love," the party queen answered.

"sort of," he said. "they say you're a dirty whore who likes it from lots of men."

then, as if to add insult to injury, he said, "the other leg, too."

so just a warning. if you're going to wear/hang foreign symbols, make sure you know what they mean first.