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…Aaaand, we’re back! As promised, we’re taking a closer look at the final product(s) and my favorite little detail.

So, first up: Look at these gems. Just look at them. The hand-craftsmanship. The trendy, exposed interiors, the copper and iron piping, the custom fit. I would hide so much crap in here, like gizmos and gadgets and small children. Now scroll down. Go on. Don’t be shy. Scroll. Slowly.

OK, I hope I didn’t talk it up too much– but seriously, how cool is the photo below? See that random little hole Daniel cut into the shelving? WTF is that? Is that so when I put my mug down inside my cabinet it will fall straight through and shatter and ruin everything? No, fool. (Did I just call myself a fool?) It’s for your brooms! And mops! And swiffers! And whatever else people use to clean. God knows I don’t. But if I did clean, man, this hole-in-cabinet thing would be awesome. Actually, I don’t clean and it’s still cool, because God also knows that I pretend that I am going to clean a lot, and so I have all those aforementioned supplies jutting out next to the fridge. I’d take a photo and include it here, but objects in mirror are lazier than they appear.

I know, I love the little hole? Weird, right? I mean, those handles are super awesome. But this is Daniel we’re talking about here. Of course all the main features are awesome, guys! I just wanted to point out my favorite hidden, surprise detail. That dude thinks of everything! Enjoy.

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TO THE WINDOW, TO THE WALL! TO THE SWEAT-

OH! Hey there. Sorry, wrong blog. This was about to get awkward. (By the way, I just figured out what those lyrics REALLY mean. Late bloomer here. But I digress.)

As you can tell, this wallpaper ended up where it belongs (hint: not the floor), for a totally new look. Woot!

P.S. I’m so punny!

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Sooo… I had to ASK Daniel which before and after photos went together, because sometimes they were so different that I COULDN’T TELL.  But maybe I’m just slow.

OK, let’s be serious for a second, people. If you actually own your apartment in NYC (um, who are you bitches) and it looks like how it probably does, and then a month from now it looks like the photo below (masculinated for some of you– I think I just made up that word, deal with it), let’s face it, the value of your apartment is going to go UP. So basically, you’ve just made money WHILE making your life more awesome AND increasing your chances of getting laid. (Yes, that required bold.) I also hear you can write this sort of thing off on your taxes, but I wouldn’t quote me on that. You can definitely quote me on the other stuff though.

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For this post, I would like to share how our favorite little monkey took some vintage cloth wire and tied it up in knots and somehow it came out looking like the awesome chandelier below. With a dimmer for sexy time. And by sexy time, maybe I mean dinner parties? Actually, this is New York, so let’s face it: your dining room table is probably on top of your bed, which is one of the many reasons you need Daniel to deal with your space. (Did you know he can move walls? I’m not kidding! We’ll deal with that in a future post.) Also because if you tried to do this yourself, hypothetically speaking you might accidentally drill a hole through a wire and then your lights will stop working and you’ll have to call the electrician. This definitely did not happen to me last week.

Let’s save ourselves an awkward visit from the super, shall we?

Which one do you like more?

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So apparently this girl wanted a Mad Men for the ladies kind of feel.

1) Ah, the sweet smell of success!

2) Daniel needs to set me up on a friend-date, STAT.

3) Meet me by the bar.

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So, when this elusive Daniel guy talks about this one, he keeps calling it Chevron. All I know is that he took some tape and made this wall real damn pretty. I think I’ll use a slideshow for this one, cuz that sounds fun for everyone.

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Wait, for REALS? This is the SAME apartment?! WHAT! How many of these posts do I have to write before Daniel re-does MY apartment and I post my bedroom all over this bloggity blog and men line up to see me because, in addition to being kind of “snarky” (as my friend Brian may have described me), I’m trendy and delightful and full of sunshine?


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Wait, seriously, people, this one blew my mind a little. I mean, when he showed me the “during” pictures, I was like “Dude, Daniel, that’s gonna look like a jail.” OK, honestly, I said that in my head and not out loud. But then… BAM! He showed me the final photo, which you should totally scroll down to see. THEN he told me how he did it:

  • 30-cent dowels from Michael’s. WTF is a dowel? Who knows, but even I could afford that. I wouldn’t know what the hell to do with it though, so I’d have to call Daniel.
  • Then he killed a horse, made glue, and stuck those persnickety little dowels together.
  • Then he painted.
  • OK, those curtains. (Have you scrolled down yet? Now scroll back up. Look at those curtains. Now look at me. Those are the curtains that your curtains could look like.) So apparently he bought $14 cotton curtains from IKEA and soaked them in water. Who comes up with that? Not me. When they dried, they looked like French linen. Or something like that. Tell me you don’t love that final photo. Go on, leave a comment and tell me.

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Remember when you were a kid and you used to hold printed things in your hands, and also you played this game where you circled what was different between two pictures? This is kind of like that, for really stupid children.

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