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Display Name: Alaricus
Member Since: 4/24/09

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Atrocious. I couldn't read nor write in a place like this.


Apartment Therapy Re-Nest | Private Library and Writing Studio in Long Island
7/15/09 12:35 AM

I'd go crazy if they had a "Spokane will kill Seattle" poster.

gordon, how is Boston a small city? I wouldn't consider one of the largest metro areas in the country to be small.


Apartment Therapy Boston | Small City Beefs: Posters by Chris Sherron
7/14/09 8:41 PM

Beautiful house.


Apartment Therapy Boston | House Tour: Pete Sandy's Minimal Farmhouse Boston
7/14/09 7:57 PM

I really like that trunk at the foot of the bed.


Apartment Therapy San Francisco | A Designer's First Project: Master Bedroom
7/14/09 7:52 PM

There's a neighborhood on the southeast side of my city that has a picture frame painted onto the side of a brick building. They project movies there during the summer in front of the parking lot. Sounds pretty cool.


Apartment Therapy ohdeedoh | How To: Create an Outdoor Theater (on the Cheap)
7/14/09 7:45 PM

Gimme real bookshelves with real books.


Apartment Therapy New York | Hot or Not? Trompe L'oeil Bookshelf Storage
7/14/09 1:47 AM

Clever, but it'd get old real fast.


Apartment Therapy New York | Flickr Find: Picture Frame Chair
7/14/09 1:03 AM

I'd use the guidebook for the majority of research, and then use my iPhone to verify maps and such.


Apartment Therapy Chicago | Travel Test: iPhone vs. Blackberry Bold vs. Guidebook Conde Nast Traveler
7/14/09 1:01 AM

DC has been annihilated by sprawl and white flight over the past half century. Kudos to the people staying put.


Apartment Therapy DC | DC, Maryland Virginia: Do You Prefer City or Suburbs?
7/14/09 12:45 AM

Yeah, classy spelling for a not very classy building.


Apartment Therapy Chicago | Mini Escapes: How Would You Spend an Extra Few Hours?
7/14/09 12:42 AM

So why was he in IKEA? Afraid of shopping? :P


Apartment Therapy New York | Mark Malkoff Lived on a Plane for 30 Days
7/14/09 12:37 AM

It's still sprawl. Poorly-built houses, and poorly-designed communities. Instead of a McMansion, it's a McDuplex. I'm not impressed.

The only solution I see for fixing cul-de-sacs in the suburbs is by tearing them all down. Some may be restructured for urban life; the majority should be restored to nature. They can't be fixed by renovating the houses. The whole system is broken (it always has been), therefore it can only be fixed by renovating the land.


Apartment Therapy San Francisco | Reincarnated McMansion Project: The Ultimate Up-Cycling
7/14/09 12:32 AM

Yeah, Detroit is probably the saddest city in the country and could very well be the poster boy for the awful effects of sprawl. It was built by the Big Three, and was destroyed by them too. It's going to take a lot more than historic preservation and urban infill to save this city. But it's a start.


Apartment Therapy Re-Nest | 100 Abandoned Houses
7/11/09 5:08 PM

I love how we're talking about getting rid of cockroaches naturally—and there's a Terminix ad on the page. Oh, the irony.


Apartment Therapy The Kitchn | How To Get Rid Of Cockroaches
7/11/09 4:58 PM

This, my friends, is why neighborhoods should have architectural codes.


Apartment Therapy Chicago | Holy Hello Kitty! A Totally Kitty Home
7/11/09 4:50 PM

Beautiful, but ... Apartment Therapy?


Apartment Therapy Boston | Oceanfront Castle for Sale Rhode Island
7/11/09 4:46 PM

Those Japanese monkeys look like they're soooo relaxed.


Apartment Therapy Re-Nest | 10 Geothermal Hot Springs To Visit— that you wish you had at home —
7/11/09 1:40 AM

I'm not diggin' that plain plate glass. Gimme some sashes, man!


Apartment Therapy Re-Nest | Eco-Friendly Renovation: Shelter House by Franklin Azzi
7/11/09 12:45 AM

Yeah, there's just something incredible about that stove. Looks better than plain ol' white in that setting.


Apartment Therapy The Kitchn | Kitchen Spotlight: Dan's Green and Bright
7/10/09 4:18 AM

Interesting how they just dropped the interior through the roof.


Apartment Therapy New York | S(ch)austall by FNP Architekten
7/10/09 3:11 AM