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Southernwayfarer, I think that most carpet stores that sell roll-end remnants can arrange the binding for you. There is also a carpet-binding tape but I don't believe that it's as durable as a sewn binding.

Buying a cut from a roll end will be very economical for you since it can be cut from the width of a 12-foot roll. If you need less than 12 feet the small extra piece could be bound for a doormat. Once when I needed a strip of carpet 3 feet wide and 24 feet long, I had two 3-foot strips cut across the width of a 12-foot roll and joined end-to-end.

Please don't laugh, but now that we are almost at the end, I finally found my copy of The Book. Apartment Therapy, I mean.

I've felt overwhelmed by the amount of stuff that needs to be done, but this afternoon I realized that a lot of it has nothing to do with the cure and I am getting close to finishing the things that are part of the cure. Still remaining: rearrange a few things in my bedroom; assemble a console table for the living room; hang pictures (very large and heavy) in the dining room; install GFI receptacle in the bathroom.

Some accessories, such as the pillows we discussed, may not be here by the end of the week, but will arrive soon after. Cabinet doors that need to be painted may or may not get done this week. Three of them can be painted with brush and roller, but two are louvered and need to be sprayed. The weather will be perfect for that tomorrow, while I'll be at work, so I'm hoping for decent weather on Friday.

Instead of renting a truck and hiring labor separately, you might check into some of the "two guys with a truck" services that exist in most places. They're not moving companies, but if all you need is the truck and labor (no packing, insurance, etc.), it might be easier than coordinating the elements separately. I've done this for a local move.

Regarding dining chairs - I have six at my dining table but the table can expand to seat eight or ten. For eight I would bring the two Balser chairs from the breakfast table; for ten I'd have to add the two all-weather-wicker folding chairs that were outdoors until yesterday. One of the latter chairs is now on temporary duty in my bedroom until I find something that is right.

prefer this pillow... but would prefer even brighter

You might have liked this one, also by Jongerius --

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d172/okmoreh/repeatstripepoppy.jpg

-- but I thought that, especially with the glossy fuchsia, it would draw the eye away from the painting too quickly.

However, there will also be a rectangular pillow in a solid (but dull) orange.

The Bruce Fox biomorphic triangular bowl will probably end up on a console table near the door. I don't actually leave keys or change there, only my glasses. Mail goes into a tray on a shelf in the closet.

The main project for my bedroom is to take down the draperies and install woven-wood roman shades, which I already have. It goes against the grain to remove custom-made draperies, but these are high "ranch" windows and the stubby drapes don't do a thing for me.

The second phase, which will not happen right away, is to add curtains, already chosen but not purchased. Somewhere in this I need to patch the holes from removing the drapery hardware, and paint the window frames.

It looks like I posted my latest update in a thread that was no longer current, so I'll summarize here: after an interruption because of illness and work, I'm starting to catch up. Yesterday evening I assembled a sofa (which had been waiting for about six weeks) and arranged the furniture in the living room. Later today I'll hang pictures and a mirror.. A rug and a console table are on order.

The room is long and narrow, and the seating area is at one end, near the fireplace. The console table is for the other end, which is also the passage among the front door, garage, all the other downstairs rooms, and the staircase to the bedroom level.

Perfect timing for the living room, because I now have just about everything that is needed, plus some time off - and it's the room that needs the most work.

Forgot to mention: no bears last night, but it was all too obvious that there was a skunk nearby.

SD913, the runway console is deep enough to hold a place setting. Would you be placing it against a wall?

For reference, the narrow tables that are used in meeting rooms where people sit on only one site of the tables (all facing the same direction) are usually 18 inches deep; the runway console is 14 inches.

However, many folding banquet tables are only 30 inches wide and seat people on both sides, so the depth is 15 inches per side. If you have a larger table available, you might try measuring out 14 inches and placing a box or other barrier at that point, to see how it would work.