tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619104197849134525.post1143143353092964301..comments2023-10-03T14:30:22.234-04:00Comments on Story of My Service Dog: My New ApartmentKellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12148829637378959413noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619104197849134525.post-62384147738629103442013-04-12T12:56:12.394-04:002013-04-12T12:56:12.394-04:00Ooh, a light switch cover is a GREAT idea to hide ...Ooh, a light switch cover is a GREAT idea to hide the emergency pull cords! I've seen really pretty ones before, although offhand I can't remember where. But I'm sure I can find a couple, or I can buy a couple cheap plain ones and paint them myself. I love that idea! Thanks for suggesting it!<br /><br />I probably will get cheap area rugs for the floors. Actually, I have a hooked rug I'm making that I've been working on forever. Well, I was working on it, then I kind of go bored so I haven't been working on it much lately. But it's more than halfway finished and it's pretty big. I was wishing I'd made it smaller because then it wouldn't be taking me so long to get it done. But anyway, it would look good in the living room if I ever get it done, and maybe this will give me an incentive to finish it.<br /><br />I hadn't thought about how a shower curtain will hide the grab bars in the tub, but of course it will. It won't hide the ones by the toilet, but at least it will hide the ones in the tub. <br /><br />And I really don't need a dining table. It's just going to be me there. When I'm by myself, I usually don't even eat at the table, I eat on my couch. I will have a couple chairs at the counter to use if I have a guest or two, but it's not like I entertain often. And I've served guests dinner on my couch or at my coffee table before. Once I served Thanksgiving dinner to five people on my living room floor because I had a small kitchen table and not enough chairs!<br /><br />I have some artwork I really like for the walls, including drawings of Cayenne and my cat Eileen that died several years ago, done by a friend of mine. I want to get her to make one of Isaac, too. I need to call her about that. I made curtains for the living room and bedroom and I really like them. I'm thinking it will be OK.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12148829637378959413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1619104197849134525.post-37607926601575393472013-04-12T12:33:19.424-04:002013-04-12T12:33:19.424-04:00Just reading over your list of plus/minuses, it se...Just reading over your list of plus/minuses, it seems like there are quite a few more pluses. The minuses seem more like cosmetic issues that I think someone as creative as you will be easily able to work with. Could you use a folding table for dining, one that you could put away when not in use? For the flooring, would it be possible to put down an inexpensive area rug in main living area? Maybe also one under the dining table as well. Buy a kick ass shower curtain to cover up those grab bars in the bathroom, maybe coil up the emergency pull cords and stash them behind a pretty picture or even a light switch cover - you can buy or make a pretty hand painted one to go with whatever colors you choose. I'm really excited for you to have this fresh start, and I know it must seem overwhelming to have to accomplish so much in such a short time. But you will get there, and it'll be the best looking apartment in the complex!<br />KathyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com