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I found the Ikea Hollviken sink on top of a Vattern sink cabinet to be a good looking and economical solution to the space problems you describe. (Maybe not as good looking as the vanity in this picture, but I think the sink, cabinet and faucet cost about $250 all together! Maybe you have to prep and paint the cabinet to get the color you want, but still, not $2K .) It does not have drawers -- I use woven wicker baskets to hold things on the shelves, and did not put doors on mine, due to the slim space in my bathroom.

wow. such jaded souls!

Good catch, Matt.

That's Mycobacterium vaccae, fyi. Here's a good BBC News story about it:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6509781.stm

Love Craigslist -- thanks, Craig!

First off, just surfing the for sale ads is fun, as people unload gorgeous items from mid-century, ABC Home and Carpet, etc. And I've had good experiences selling.

Now, the FINDS: I've made great houseware, tech, and furniture finds for good prices. The best was a lovely woman who sold me a pristine Mitchell Gold couch, along with with two perfect leather storage ottomans and an Artecnica floor lamp for 50% (maybe less) of what it all would have cost new.

The worst? This winter and spring I bought one of those schmancy chrome kitchen trash cans off a CL listing, and also a dishwasher. And then the dishwasher began to leak. I'm assuming goodwill on the seller's part, since it worked fine for several weeks.

This is the first year in 7 that my kitchen had a major roach problem. Coincidence? I think that unfortunately, one of these finds was the culprit. I got rid of the trash can, undertook a (mostly successful to date) least-toxic eradication campaign, and probably will not buy used appliances or large kitchen items again.

It's caveat emptor out there, baby!

Beautiful, that Parsons bed. But doesn't anyone make a bed frame for both a mattress and a box spring, anymore? Ilike the height and solid look of having a boxspring, and I believe it's better for my back than a mattress alone.

Yep, I confess: I did this for years in the kitchen. Had the bag hanging on a little hook on a rolling kitchen cart. One day a friend strongly suggested that putting the garbage in a can would be a lot more pleasant, with the tone of voice implicating that I was turning into one of those NYC weirdos with stuff hanging off of stuff all over the apartment.

So, I got a little can, and yes, it's a bit more sightly and civilized. But also high irony, because my kitchen is totally unrenovated, and the least appealing room in my apartment! That can might be the cutest thing in there right now.

HOWEVER, I'll say this for the bag on the hook on the cart: never a roach problem, never ever. Whereas a tall kitchen garbage can I bought recently became infested with roaches. I ended up curbing it last night for garbage pickup today, with a warning note to any scavengers. I really dislike bringing insect poisons into my home, and that was what it seemingly was going to take to root out the last of the eggs hidden in that thing.

(I bought it used off Craigslist. Possibly the roach eggs came with it. For now, back to that little can, which has a bottom that's sealed!)