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I also found, after 2 years of planting in small containers in a NYC apartment, that the quality of seeds matter. I started buying my vegetable seeds from Kitazawa (http://www.kitazawaseed.com/) and they grow like mad compared to the ones you can get from department or hardware stores. Look at my salad greens! http://www.flickr.com/photos/ext212/sets/72157623771615932/with/7084064029/

For several Mondays, I made my co-workers lunch:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ext212/collections/72157604326626026/

Treebones Resort photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ext212/3443828088/in/set-72157615602606998/

I should clarify that when I said I was moving into my first NYC apartment, that I meant I BOUGHT a subsidized apartment. For us New Yorkers, it means that the developers do not use the same materials as market-value apartments--this is a fact and it even states the different and "standard-grade" materials used in the offering plan.

So to Northern Homebody: I'm not being narrow-minded. There are market-value apartments in the same building I'm buying in and they use wooden floors and marble countertops while the subsidized ones use parquet and laminate. I paid less and I'm getting less. Of course I'm disappointed because even if I paid less, it's still a substantial amount of money for me, and who doesn't want to get what they dream of when they spend their life savings?

Sure it's a matter of taste. Some like that parquet style and I don't--that's why I've asked for people's opinion to see what someone who doesn't like it can do to change it.

I've been living in NYC for 16 years and I can't even begin to explain the excitement that comes with being able to finally buy. I'm very grateful. I don't mind parquet so much; I just don't like the alternate pattern. (I would have preferred the brick pattern: http://www.nogalink.com/industrial_parquet.jpg)

Thanks to all those who posted their answers and suggestions; even to you, Feathers. I will try area rugs first before I do anything drastic (that's allowed by the co-op, of course). Maybe it will grow on me.

Thanks, Harlemite