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Non-trade people like me can't just go to the D&D building.... can AT sponsor a group event?

I'm looking for a nice sideboard / credenza with glass doors. Any suggestions?

I am looking for a white laminated table top about 2" thick. Can anyone suggest a place to find such a thing?

ryanpatrick76
IKEA sells lots of table tops - http://tinyurl.com/22jevm

I'm looking for a 2BR in the EV, soho, noho-ish area (preferably in the red area. Like to keep it to ~$2500-ish, plus or minus. Will happily do the leg work for it, but I figured if anyone knew someone who's moving out or trying to get out of a lease, can't hurt to put the word out. If you know of anything, we can be reached at need2BRapt(AT)gmail.com

Thanks!

Hey munckee...that is the going rate for a 1BR in the area. Good Luck!

Aaron, while we haven't started visiting them yet, there are plenty of 2BR's listed on craigslist in that price range. We were told repeatedly when we looked for our current apt. that we wouldn't find one, etc, and we managed.

I have had this entertainment center for years. i hate the wicker (banana bark) look of it, and can't afford a new one. How can I cover the wicker part? mine has 2 doors on bottom and top. I want to be able to close them now so I can lock them from my autistic son who turns the tv on and off and takes all the things off of the shelves. (I have left them open so wicker wasn't visible.) Thanks for any suggestions. Also, it can't be something he could rip off (I thought about putting his drawings on top, but he rips them.)


http://www.pier1.com/TopMenu/ExploreMerch/FurnitureBook/FurnitureBookUSMainland/tabid/211/Default.aspx

banana bark, meranti wood

Oh it's on page 31-32 of the furniture catalogue, it won't let me copy a picture of it.
http://www.pier1.com/TopMenu/ExploreMerch/FurnitureBook/FurnitureBookUSMainland/tabid/211/Default.aspx

thanks,
maxie nyc

cecicela, You can get into the D&D. You just can't purchase anything. You have to go thru a designer. The building has a program set up for people without designers so that they can make purchases for you (at a price).

(or you can hire me)

What type of service do I search for that will digitally reproduce or make an archival copy of a newspaper article that is mounted for framing? I know I could DIY this or attempt to, but I want something more professional looking, like what you'd see in a business or restaurant reception area when they get written up or favorably reviewed.

munckee and aaron,
you need to be careful of those craigslist ones... i've called about them and usually it turns out they put a fake ad up and say "oh that one is taken, but let me show you some others..." you really have to weed out so many of the realtors and realtor wannabes on craigslist. I looked and looked and the only place i found 2 br for that price was riverdale and forest hills (both nice areas and the apts were huge! but not manhattan.) you might be able to find a jr. 4 that isn't converted yet, and still listed as a 1 br, but even those are hard to come by! good luck!

oops, sorry aaron. thought you were looking too.

Thanks! This is like the Magic Mirror on Romper Room!

(In case any of you didn't have RR: http://www.tvacres.com/props_mirrors_romper.htm)

May I get some recs for chairs with the Blu Dot ivory strut table? I wanted to do 2 blue eiffel chairs and then 4 walnut chairs (to warm things up), but I'm having trouble finding something in wood/walnut that works. Any recs?
I love the look of the eames plywood with it, but the height of the back is just too low. I want something that will peek over the table if only by 2-4".

hasn't someone started a website yet where you can post your apartment, rent, and management info when you plan to move out of a place so that others can jump on it? If not, can someone with the technical know-how PLEASE start one?

Perhaps we should all just start doing that on Craigslist... the broker bit is just crazy.

Lo,

What about the Prouve Standard? Great color chioces, great style, nice angles with the table. Pretty pricey, though.

The Series 7's in various wood veneers are also great. There's a nice selection of woods.

Or the Globus? They've got style, but not so much that they'd steal the eiffels' spotlight.

In any case I hope you find something you love.

munckee, I have to tend to agree that it's going to be difficult to find a 2BR in the red zone for $2500. But as long as you are willing to accept tiny bedrooms and a walk-up or ground floor space in a non-doorman building, there are options. Jakobsen Properties (http://www.nofeerentals.com) manages a number of decidedly ugly buildings all around the East Village. The basic layout of their 2BR is basically a kitchen in the middle and a bedroom off to each side with virtually no common space. You may also consider checking out Listing Square (http://www.listingsquare.com/index.php), which is a database of other no-fee apartments listed by the managing agents. Again, these are not Plaza Hotel-level spaces, but it at least points you to a number of management companies. Finally, this is a link (http://www.wirednewyork.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3261) to a bunch of management companies throughout the city that may offer no-fee apartments.

I'm all for creating a forum that posts apartment vacancies in Manhattan, but unfortunately it would have to be a 100% voluntary effort. Building managers/landlords will not pay a dime to advertise, and exiting tenants will not go through the bother of setting up an ad, especially if they had to pay a realtor fee themselves. And there are so many building management firms that double as real estate agents so that, ka-ching, they automatically collect a FAT commission every time somebody signs a lease (which I believe is a conflict of interest because it gives them an incentive to keep turnover high). I sometimes think that I should complain to the NY State Attorney General about the horribly corrupt real estate racketeering practices in the city but... eh, why bother?

Anyway, good luck! You'll need it!

maxienyc - I'm wondering about how the wicker panels might come out? Could you somehow maybe pound them out or is there wood on the other side of them? (I'm thinking if you're not worried about wrecking them, you could pound from the outside so that they'd come in through the back of the door frame?) Then you could cover it in fabric and reinsert.

Or could you cut/bang the fabric out and nail in stained/painted panels of wood with some finishing nails (from the backside toward the front, not big enough to come through the front side of the wood)?

If there's wood on the backside of the wicker, could you try and pry it up to get the wicker out, then put them back?

maxie - it would probably be easiest if you took one of the doors off the hinges to do the work and see how it would work out, then do the side panels after you've fixed the doors and have the hang of it. Let me know how it goes!