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oh, well, we didn't make the cut.....as Jane Fonda said when accepting her Oscar for KLUTE, "there's a lot I could say, but I'm not gonna say it...."

Anyway, thanks for all of the very kind and encouraging comments. To respond to a couple of specific questions as to the lighting and umbrellas, that couldn't be easier, just play and experiment and teach yourself what works and what doesn't (I should say it's difficult, but I'm an honest one....) -- there's no photo of of the one in the bathroom and that's where one of the umbrellas were best used -- there, I just nailed a small hook on the bias into the wall above the godawful florescent light, drilled a hole and a nail into the end of a white photography umbrella handle, about an inch or two towards the end (you don't need to be superstitious if they are photography umbrellas ), and hung the umbrella on the bias (the little metal tips on the end of the umbrella shade itself amazingly keep it all in place). About every month I take the umbrella down (I get a ton of dirt from Lexington as it's bus/taxi/ambulance/fire truck world here on this corner), shower off the dirt in the bathtub, let it dripdry, and then hang it back up. The umbrellas themselves are very inexpensive -- less than $20 (I walk over to adorama here in my neighborhood, but any photography concern, web or otherwise, will have many choices). Then I bought a $7 (the larger size) aluminum/tincan worklight from Home Depot, put in a Satco red bulb, and clipped the worklight on the shower rod to backlight the umbrella. So, for about $30 all today, you get a big effect.....

Will try to remember to take a full photo of the sofa and its trundle mechanism for condosofa -- the sofa like I said was a MidCentury discard from the auction house a half a block from me (it's amazing what they throw out, and of course all NYC scavengers know the best time to look on the streets is the end of every month when everyone has moved in or out and gets into their new apartments to realize there's no room for x, or y, or z, and the movee is exhausted and grouchy, and says "oh just put x/y/z on the street, it'll be gone in ten minutes" and indeed it usually is.....

thanks again, all!
greg
(p.s. I haven't given the appropriate amount of credit to my BF -- that's his photo on the Pier at the end of the black wall which I took last summer -- the larger one of it is in the living room in black and white, where he's pouring a bottle of water over his face/chest and every drop is in focus -- it should be an ad for Poland Water) -- anyway, I digress -- the BF directed the color scheme throughout, I painted, and did the lighting.....

Hi everyone....wow, thanks for the kind words and the fast votes!

To respond to a couple of questions (they said I could respond, really....)

(a) yes, I wish I could have done a wider shot, but I don't have a wide angle lens on the point and shoot and the "main room is fairly narrow and long so it was difficult to get the whole perspective in.

(b) bedroom? (laughing, laughing, here).....well, there is no bedroom -- the leather settee/sofa (again, scavenged off the street from an auction house down the street, where they were going to chuck it into a dumpster) is mid-century (the bolsters are actually upholstered with this magenta and black fabric -- that's a leather cover I found at Housing Works) is a trundle bed which really isn't particularly comfortable when pulled out. So I either sleep on the sofa or on the living room floor....yeah, I know..... That's always been the conceptual dilemma -- whether to take up significant space with a real bed, try to find (or afford) a good sofa bed, do a Murphy Bed on that black living room wall (but then do I lose that black wall which is a great photography background)?

(c) the kitchen cabinets, the refrigerator front, the closet doors, windowsills and ceiling fan -- painted out with this Janovic aluminum paint (for non-NYC folks, Janovic is the big paint concern/store in NYC) -- great in the result (the paint is oil-based with the consistency of water, so I was walking around looking like the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz for about two weeks.

Hope this answers some queries, and thanks again!

Oh, sorry, PPS -- the Ikea frame has also been subjected to other rigorous (cough) uses and it/everyone performed superbly.....(sorry for the trifurcated posts)

I had been all hot for the Lubi Bed for months, looking at the catalogue, but was waiting for the CB2 store to open to see it first. I was very underwhelmed, sadly (and they must be a bit underwhelmed too, because it's stuck all the way in the back of the store under the Flor tiles). I had hoped the color would be more taupe (when it's more cinnamon toasty), but it just looks plain small. I didn't even bother opening it up.

(a week or so later, I scavenged from the West Village, just as a nice couple was carrying from their apartment to the street, an Ikea sofa bed frame (and the mattress too, it hadn't gone to the street yet, and was in pristine shape so no bed beg comments necessary....). I was skeptical as it felt kinda futon-y which I loathe the concept of, but it's been fabulous so far -- incredibly easy to get it opened and closed, and what I'm really amazed is how comfortable the (firm) mattress is (mattress is Ikea). I just need to figure out a way to dress it during the day where it will look more "finished".

I do love that Design Within Reach one.....I think they must have donated a couple to the fall preview sale at Housing Works/Chelsea because I saw them there (naturally, with SOLD tags on them)......They are very, very sharp....

Did anyone ever get the plans and specs everyone clamored for? If so could you forward them on to me at gregnewyorkcity@gmail.com? Thanks!

Yet another New Yorker wondering about the CB2 Lubi Daybed. Has ANYone seen this, sat on it, been on it, done any other pertinent test in it, and so forth? Thanks!