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I'm sorry but I just had to chime in. Stop calling us Baby Boomers "midcentury." It's some ridiculous new buzz word like that other one, "Boho". Baby Boomers are hip, not the middle of the century like we're from the Civil War.

As far as teak, nobody *I* know would have it in our homes. If we wanted to appear hip we'd go REAL vintage that's ATTRACTIVE and not those hideous and boring legs. I'm from Santa Cruz, CA. It's not like we are unhip here.

Here is what *I* would do if I were so desperate for a table I had to take anything I got, find one of those fabulous vintage green paints. The kitchen cabinets in my funky apt were ugly dark laminate. Now they are vintage green. I call it my on purpose look, in other words if you have lemons make lemonade and pretend that it came this way. Now my old place looks like it all fits in. If you want to do this "midcentury" deal then don't get teak. If you do then paint it a vintage green. Try Dutch Boy Fresh as Spring. Give it time to set up, if there is sun in your kitchen, you'll impress all your "Boho" buddies. Linda

Bummer, it's a bachelor pad. Look at that bdrm and rug. And the colors are guy all the way. Your only concession was the red chairs in the dining room. Other than that you should have giant leather furniture and a big ol' entertainment center. In no way is that a girl's bdrm, it is totally batch all the way. So sad for your girlfriend.

Linda in Santa Cruz, CA

Oh yes, those levers are wonderful. I still remember my Aunt Eva's flat on Union near Powell. We rang the bell 3 times so she'd know it was us. This went on for generations, everyone still does the 3 ring thing, her son inherited her flat.

There have to be restorers around SF for the Victorians. I AM kind of puzzled however that yours it on the 3rd floor. That means you don't know who you're letting in on the first floor. Perhaps this is why the lever was disabled. Is there remmants of a tube there also?

Ahhh I love The City. What about those great bathrooms, tub and sink with toilet separate? And the wonderful hallways?

Linda in Santa Cruz (originally from North Beach, SF)

I can paint furniture like nobody's business, here is what *I* would do. Sand first to give it some "tooth". Just rough it up is all you have to do (wipe it down to get the dust off). Then I use Kilz water based primer which is white. I always do 3 coats minimum. Then comes the paint and I think you said you want shiny so get some enamel paint in the color of your choice. Enamel is hard to spread so I might go with semigloss or even flat then you'd coat it a bunch of times with MinWax water based polyurethane in the gloss level of your choice.

Now, for brush marks. Sherman Williams sells these wonderful sponge rollers. With each pass of the roller, have a brush handy. Feather it out with each stroke of the roller. That'll do it and you'll get really fast at it. Feather with the Kilz primer, paint and feather with the paint, feather with the poly. It'll work and I'd know since I've painted countless pieces of furniture. Your first and maybe second Kilz coats will look bad but just keep on til it's smoothly covered. I got so good at this I could knock out a piece or two a day.

You can have a coat on that coffee table in 20 minutes. If it's really hot outside you can add coats pretty fast because, by the time you finish one coat, it's really for the next on a hot day.

Linda in Santa Cruz, CA

I grok. Do you have a sewing machine? Do you know how to make your own piping? Look it up on the web, it's really fun to do then you can choose your own fabric. I find choosing fabric the hard part. At the fabric store they have rolls of various sizes of piping then you cover it.

The other way is to go to the fabric store and ask them what you can use so you don't have to make your own piping. Fabric store employees are so helpful and, in my experience, they all know how to sew.

Thanks for reading,
Linda in Santa Cruz, CA

I don't care about close ups of white walls.
I don't care about what's inside your fridge.
I don't care about close ups of vignettes.
I don't care about close ups of your cat.

I gave up half way thru the video because what I REALLY wanted to see was the actual apartment.

Thanks.

Born in San Francisco, raised in Santa Cruz and have never heard of a slug problem inside a house.

The suggestions about garlic and salt won't work because your dog loves garlic and probably salt too. I have gardened with and without snail bait. The bait attracts snails in droves so I don't use it and I don't get snails. Some of these remedies will get you slugs but, as the name inplies, it's merely bait and will get you more than you asked for. Like so many before me said, it has to be structural. Your house must be damp and musty?

Thanks for reading, Linda in Santa Cruz