Jenny in SF's Profile

Personally, I'd keep the garden for all the reasons listed above.

A lot of people in San Francisco are paving over front lawns without permits (which are nearly impossible to get), and it looks the city is finally going to do something about it.

And if the owners who pave over gardens decide to put a curb cut in as well, one public parking space is lost forever.

So boo to Corcoran's column. Paving might be a savvy move, real estate wise, but I wouldn't feel right about it.

I'd like them more if they didn't blink.

I like my <a href-="http://www.nandahome.com/">Clocky</a>. The whole "running away so you'll have to get up and catch it so that the alarm will shut up" is a bit of a novelty for me, but I do like its look.

It's not you... we definitely intended for it to look like a seal.

I've gotta say that the addition of the fly decals to the living room really, really, really makes a big difference. The room definitely feels less barren and more playful, more dramatic, more inviting.

I also appreciate that the visual path of the birds extend out to the little sunny space off the living room. Is that a breakfast nook there?

Dear Apartment Therapy & blik,

1. Jenny
2. 2 bamboo (tan) & 1 fly (gray midnite)
3. My boyfriend and I have crafted a letter to AT & blik at www.agenais.com/beautifythisbedroom, complete with photographs of our proposed space. The text is reproduced below....

We are Jenny & Jafe, and we are both college students (majoring in architecture and furniture design, respectively). The fall semester just started, and that can only mean one thing- we're (kinda) moving back to school. That is where we work, eat, and breathe during the school year. Sleep, however, is reserved exclusively for home. At the end of a hard day's work (usually around 2am), nothing feels better than to come home to a calm, serene bedroom, relax, and drift off to sleep.

We currently have a few bamboo plants in the bedroom, placed right in front of the west facing window. An hour or so before sunset, the sun casts beautiful shadows of the bamboo on the wall above the bed. It's a gorgeous sight. But we won't be able to enjoy that moment anymore now that a) school has started and we'll rarely be home before sunset, and b) the bamboo plants are moving back into Jenny's studio space at school (trust me, that area sorely needs a touch of greenery). We will be missing the bamboo and the beauty it brought to the space, and that's where the blik decals come in.

Improving the overall ambiance of the bedroom is a top priority for the two of us right now as we would really like a sanctuary from the pressures of school. We're planning on using two packs of the bamboo in tan and one pack of fly in gray midnite to accomplish this. There is currently one Ikea Billy bookcase on the wall next to the window. We will be purchasing another one to place on the opposite side of the window (we desperately need another one anyway, for storage). The bamboo decals will go on plywood doors for the bookcases, painted dark chocolate to contrast with the tan bamboo. A large panel of MDF, painted in seafoam blue, will hang over the bed. A couple of the fly decals will go on the painted panel, a couple will fly off onto the wall beside it, one will go on the bookcases with the bamboo, and finally, one will rest on the glass of the window.

The more we thought about this potential project, the more enthusiastic we became about carrying out this vision. We've prepared a quick & dirty sketch of our proposal and took some photographs of the place, and they can be found at www.agenais.com/beautifythisbedroom. We are so eager to start this project (it's definitely doable as a weekend undertaking) and transform our bedroom into a nice place to come home to... and the blik decals would definitely be a big part of this transformation. So take a look at the photos of our place and keep us in mind for the giveaway; us two stressed-out and broke (but creative!) college students will greatly thank you for it.

We have a 37" Westinghouse 1080p LCD monitor in our living room. It's permanently hooked up to my boyfriend's laptop via a VGA cable (it takes DVI inputs too, but the laptop's too old to have one).

It's a beautiful setup- we sit about two to three feet away whenever we're doing graphic/3d modeling/other important stuff that takes screen real estate, running it at it's native resolution of 1920x1080. For more casual web surfing, we sit farther away on the couch and run it at 1280x720. We also use a wireless keyboard and mouse for more freedom.

Is nixing the monitor and using your television exclusively a possibility? If not, mounting the monitor and switching to a wireless setup sounds like the best way to go. For the docking station and storage of peripherals.... perhaps a small console table where the desk is?