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Display Name:	michael d bailey
Member Since:	5/29/07

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That is very cool! I just installed two home depot two flush toilets- I love how fast the things stop flushing. My dad also just replaced a 30 year old toilet with a two-flush toilet. Even my dad is going green! Apartment Therapy - Green: A Sign in Itself Flag this comment	11/26/07 10:05 AM
Wow! Great work! I love projects like this! Apartment Therapy - Look! Ugly Deck Turns Into Beautiful Bench Flag this comment	11/19/07 12:10 PM
Porcelain tile is also impervious to water- therefore better protection of the frame underneath. However, I would not want to lift and set one of those monsters. Apartment Therapy - Eco-Gres Tile Flag this comment	11/15/07 12:30 PM
Repurposing the fur into other things is good. People that wear fur coats would not wear the old grandma coats anyway. However, I would never wear or buy fur anyway. Leather is better because we kill cows for food anyway. Has anyone eaten mink? Apartment Therapy - Harricana Recycled Fur Flag this comment	11/15/07 12:27 PM
How horrible! Two reasons; 1. Stealing someone's design 2. Excessive waste of electricity Apartment Therapy - How To: Make a Socket Chandelier Flag this comment	11/15/07 8:14 AM
I am doing the same thing. What I have done is I am using a very large subway tile (4" high, 12" wide). I am using for grout a grey/silver which gives a different look, yet conventional. Recently I saw black subway tile, which was quite a shocker! I have also seen subway tile in tan/ brown. As for concerns about resale, unless you plan to resell quickly, just make your self happy. If the reno is well done, there will be somebody who will like it when you go to sell. Apartment Therapy - Good Questions: Traditional Bathroom With Some Funk? Flag this comment	11/12/07 11:53 AM
Dancingspring, I hate that ad as well! What a blatant play on people's fear of drinking water! So what if your toilet water comes from the same source! Actually, all water comes from the same source- the earth! Apartment Therapy - Best Product: Multi-Pure Flag this comment	11/6/07 7:47 AM
I hope that this stool is hollowed out. If it is solid it will weigh a ton! Also, wasteful use of waste material is still wasteful. Personnally, I would not want something made from polyurethane or epoxy resin in my home. The off-gassing is terrible! Apartment Therapy - N ew Stool at Uncrate Flag this comment	11/6/07 7:43 AM
If it is uncomfortable, it cannot be green (waste of resources) Apartment Therapy - Hot or Not? Teo Stool Flag this comment	11/2/07 12:27 PM
I replaced our (broken) glass sleeve with a polycarbonate one years ago, because my wife kept breaking them. Since then I have not needed a replacement. Apartment Therapy - Rumor Patrol: Bodum Pushed Out? Flag this comment	10/25/07 5:59 AM
What's wrong with the old toilet seat? Are the previous tenants so gross that you need to change it? A greener solution is keep the old seat, but give it a good clean. Heck, you can even hire a cleaning lady to do it! Apartment Therapy - Bamboo Toilet Seats Flag this comment	10/19/07 6:31 AM
On The McGill university campus in Montreal there is a building with a brick wall in the alley that has cat paw prints on the bricks. My sister was taking photos (she loves cats& strange things) when two professors asked why. When shown the prints, they asked how the cat was able to climb up the wall! Apartment Therapy - Snow Tilesn. (slingks) Surreptitious web links to other good sites Flag this comment	10/17/07 8:28 AM
Very nice looking! But the notion of making something fragile so that it lasts longer is rediculous! Apartment Therapy - Hot or Not?: Yuta Watanabe's Ceramic Remote Flag this comment	10/15/07 9:32 AM
Brilliant! Now if the handle/ spout could be made of recycled PET. Apartment Therapy - Slinks: PET bottles at designboomn. (slingks) Surreptitious web links to other good sites Flag this comment	10/12/07 6:26 AM
Personally I hate this thing. As a designer, the grip offends me- you hand fights to keep a hold on it. I am even more offended and ashamed as Karim went to the same school as I did, and should know better. I have also seen tests where this thing blew flour out of its vents. Apartment Therapy - Kone Hand Vac by Karim Rashid Flag this comment	10/12/07 6:24 AM
My wife and I bought a house three years ago. What was a triplex (2 apts on the 2nd floor) is now a 1200 square foot single unit. We have huge amounts of space for us, even with all the stuff we haul around like packrats. I have architect friends now designing 8000 to 20 000 sf houses in Conneticut! Small is beautiful! Apartment Therapy - AT on... Square Footage Flag this comment	10/10/07 1:25 PM
Unfortunately, Hypertufa IS NOT very green. Hypertufa is a mix of Portland cement and Peat Moss. Peat Moss is harvested from Peat Bogs, which are very sensitive and necessary habitats. We should not use peat at all so that bogs can be preserved. Apartment Therapy, I am disappointed once again by your green blog. Apartment Therapy - Blogging the San Francisco Chronicle: Hypertufa Flag this comment	10/4/07 7:39 AM
Bogart was the best! Apartment Therapy - The Celluloid Pantry: Brandy and Champagne and The Big Sleep (1946) Flag this comment	9/4/07 11:02 AM
This isnt a very green chair- it should use RECYCLED cardboard. Also, the slots and tabs assembly will wear out within a week. To make it better, some folds in the traverses could help Apartment Therapy - Finish Your Self Cardboard Chair Flag this comment	9/4/07 11:01 AM
A note about dimmer switches- dimmers are more prone to shorting out and waste electricity as well. I suggest using lower wattage bulbs instead of dimmers Apartment Therapy - Blogging Mother Earth News... Reason and Lighting Flag this comment	8/29/07 1:07 PM