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wheres the window in this bedroom ? or is it a walk in closet ???

I love the first one. The black reads as a dark brown on my computer. I never thought I'd like 1.horizontal stripes on a wall 2. black in the bathroom. Graphic and striking.

Most of those townhouses are fully owner occupied or run and they will rent out a floor or sometimes the whole townhouse but they do not like anyone messing with their houses in any way that may devalue them. I am assuming this is a rental on the parlor floor and those shelves above the fireplace are original details to the house. So No! dont remove those. Put the TV in the fireplace most of them are decorative anyway. A small sofa and a armchair will suffice for now. Use the shelving for books or artwork. If you dont like the mirror cover it with a nice painting. Maybe a small table in that window nook.

If the kitchen is tiny having the table close by will help in having a work area. You can do window seating with vents to allow for the radiator heat to come out and heat the room.

Cleaning my kitchen. Dont have too much to do but I have a problem area. My corner kitchen cabinet above and underneath. Its my largest cabinet in a small kitchen 3 cabinets top 3 on the bottom. I keep my oversize items in the top..wok, blender etc.- can't fit anywhere else. I can only see what is directly in front of the door not on the sides.

Underneath cabinet is large without shelves but the sink piping drops low underneath leaving space only on both sides how can I utilize the space better. I've thought about those pull out space saver shelves. Any suggestions.

I didnt love any one thing but I liked everything. Its well edited and put together and still "new", doesn't look lived in yet. I guess I like the work space the most.

Growing up in Brooklyn we had a clothes line that we used all the time. They would dry and smell sunny, warm, and a little salty like the beach. I live in Manhattan now and I wouldn't hang a sock out my window. My sils get so black with soot any clean clothes wouldn't be so clean after.

it looks more "vintage" than the original .... I'd like an over the door version

Books, the bane of my existence......Ive given a ton of books from the last 2 cures to the library 200+(some were added to the permanent collections) yeah! I loved them all, BUT its such a RELIEF mentally & physically..
Stacked them to the side and then in small bunches 10-15 here and there whenever I had the extra 10 minutes to go by. A helping of patience since it Took A While.

New mags I circulate- read & pass it on- it is well read by the time it is thrown away and less mags in recycle piles. Much older mags I ebay.

this looks really cute. It made me think of this recent NY Times article about modernist design in dollhouses (the really small & cool).link below.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/garden/08mod.html?ref=garden

Ive been in this office and building back in the early 90's. Ew is one of the words.... Elevator felt like the Flinstone's with the dinosaur and pulley. The stairs and floors felt like you could fall through them at any time- Im not surprised the sink fell through the floor. I hope he had the ceiling reinforce in case something drops in on him.

I never saw the whole place but you could see the windows from the other side. Its not a humungous space but just right. His office was a disaster, piles of stuff all over. Definitey not designer but compared to what I recall - this is so cleaned up. He has got new wood floors in the kitchen and in the front under that green carpet. Those used to be worn out wood strips that were split and soooooo dirty, they were so damaged they couldnt be refinished.

Broadway has always been a strip but the neighborhood was very touch and go for a while. After dark this was a very different world. Plenty of drug dealers still hung out on Great Jones St. into the early 90's- Visiting and living are two different things one block makes a huge difference. Broadway used to be deserted at night and still is to some degree. The only people you would see walking down that way was to go to the train on Houston or Prince. Only the adventurous dared to move and stay and for some it paid off.

PS I think people got grossed out over the pizza joke.