January 2010
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Jan 29th
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My owl lamp!
A few weeks ago I picked up an owl lamp at an auction at Drouot, and today I finally made it over to the Bazar d’électricité to get a lampshade.  The Bazar is a most righteous 10,000 square foot showroom near Bastille that has every lamp, lighting, electric accessory imaginable.  I tried out grey, beige, and black with a metallic gold liner (that gave the owl a nice golden hue) before...
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/audunbakkeandersen/set... →
Great Flickr set of before & after renovation pics.
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“Time, patience, and a little bit of luck.”
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Jan 24th
http://househuntinginparis.wordpress.com/2010/01/24... →
New post on apartment hunting in Paris, generally.  I have no visits scheduled for next week and am crossing my fingers that the apartment gods/guardian angels/fairies come through.
Jan 24th
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http://lovelylisting.com →
amazing horrible lolworthy real estate listings.  I’ll definitely be submitting a few!
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“Our biggest challenge of late is inventory. Although there are a number of...”
– Looking Ahead: The Market in 2010 by Suzanna Chambers http://www.francetoday.com/articles/2010/01/14/looking_ahead_the_market_in_2010.html
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“I am easily satisfied with the very best.”
– Sir Winston Churchill
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http://househuntinginparis.wordpress.com/2010/01/22... →
Why view matters - new post at my “real” househunting blog.
Jan 22nd
“Ms. Ardrey hesitated only briefly. “That awful thing happens when you look,” she...”
– Lesson learned (from “The Hunt” archives)!  We are now prepared to make an offer on the spot if we ever come across a gem comparable to the Gobelins apartment.
Jan 21st
“Though the apartment received sufficient light, it faced an inner courtyard,...”
– Real estate agents here in Paris always try to push me when I refuse to visit apartments that face the interior courtyard.  Just today I was on the phone with one agent who wanted to show me a first-floor interior courtyard apartment - can you imagine how drab and dark that must be?  And how much...
Jan 21st
“Everything ends up O.K. in the end, and if it’s not O.K., it’s not the end.”
– scouring the NYTimes “The Hunt” Archives for inspiration, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/01/realestate/01hunt.html
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Nothing spectacular or breathtaking, but for tiny spaces I think one clean wall of built-in closet space like this works best.
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