Hi,

I am an artist and have an idea for a large scale piece of Art that lights up! One that would look fantastic and so hip over a large couch in a chic apartment or home or as an eye-catcher in a cafe or restaurant. I am wondering where are the best places in Las Vegas to pitch the idea and see if they would want to sell/hang the piece if I made it. I can sketch it in full color and detail. Does anyone know of furniture stores that are always looking for hip and unique art/items to sell? I am hoping to get one up and then make more as they sell. I can custom make different sizes and colors. It’s a very stunning design and modern but elegant. Thanks for any suggestions.

I have an apartment connected to my house, but they are only connected from a laundry room, the apartment has its own entrance, the apartment has 1 bed room with a lot of space, enough to have a comfortable living room in, 1 kitchen with sink, stove, refrigerator, and a dish washer, and 1 extra room for an office or whatever you would like, a full bath room with a big closet, it also has a full deck with furniture on it. it isn’t going to be furnished completely but it will have a futon and 1 desk and kitchen table.
it is around 1000 square feet
it will have wifi (if that matters)
it is about 14 miles from a major city and about 7 miles from a medium sized town
it is very quiet and the apartment has a view of a pond.
how much do you think i should charge a month?
-thanks

I’m getting my first apartment! I have decided to do my bathroom in a frog theme but need help with the kitchen. Everyone I know has either fruit or roosters so I wanna stay away from that. I wanna do my living room in black and white cuz I have lots of family pics I could easily print in black and white.

I like clean, neat lines and order. if that helps? I have the rachael ray cookware with orange handles but dont want that to affect anything cuz I dont want it to be halloween in there all the time.

I need something cost efficient cuz I have NOTHING! Still saving so think cheap. Need more info let me know.
the appliances are white…cabinets are darkish brown and the counters are like off white/cream

My friend and I walked around wicker park yesterday to find for rent signs in wicker park/bucktown but we didn’t find so many, it was alot easier to find them in lakeview which is our second option to live and craigslist is no help, all listings on there for wicker park are the places that are not safe to live and no one wants to live. The chicago reader doesn’t help either, are we looking in the wrong area in wicker park for for rent signs or how else should we go about finding a place besides the apartment people.

I live on the ground floor of my apartment complex and it has quickly become my primary entrance during the summer months since someone is almost always home. Like clockwork, every summer, the flies seem to congregate on my porch and the more I use that entrance, the more get in the apartment. How can i deter the flies from hanging out on my porch or at least not right in front of the door?

So, every year my mom’s side of the family has a mini family reunion (I say mini because only some people are invited). I have gone to these family reunions ever since I can remember, and, to be quite honest, they stopped being fun when I was around 13. I am 19 now and out on my own, and when I told my mom that I wanted to miss this one family reunion, she got really upset. The reason why these family reunions bother me isn’t a simple one. My entire family gets wasted every freaking night, except for me because I hate alcohol (my dad is an alcoholic). I’m always left by myself all week long… I sit there, completely ignored by everybody else. My mom’s family and I are worlds apart, and don’t relate to each other in any way. Not to mention, my family is so dysfunctional and my mother so warped, that I truly believe they just want me there so they can feel better about themselves (I’m the heaviest girl in the family, and my mother suffers from anorexia even though she won’t admit it). Basically, it’s just one big emotional mess for me. I alway end up alone and crying at some point on these vacations. My mom told me she would cry if I didn’t come, but I thought that was a manipulative thing to say. She also said it was for my Grandma… but if it were then why do they get drunk every night? She doesn’t like it either, and often goes to bed early or sits there in silence and engages in small talk with me from time to time (we aren’t close).
Also, I feel like I have a right to pass this up. I love my parents, and they do so much to support me, but they’ve also done a lot to hurt me. For example, my last birthday was a mess. My parents got drunk and, when I was upset with them, decided it was okay to go and hang out with my new neighbors without letting me know (I just got my own apartment.) I just went outside (where they were drinking wine and spilling it all over my deck furniture, and smoking cigars), and they were gone. No explanation. And after that my mom ignored me the whole night and refused to give me a hug when I was upset and crying.

So. Do you think I have a right to sit this one out for one summer, or am I being a baby? Again, I feel split because I love my parents when they are sober… they provide so much for me. But… I just don’t think my brain OR emotions can handle that. I need a break.

I know that on restaurants you leave a tip somewhere from 10 % to 20 % of the bill, but what if I had furniture delivered to my apartment? – how much do you tip the people that delivers furniture?

I am moving out of my apartment at the end of the month and I damaged my kitchen counter by putting down a hot pan on it when I burned my hand and it made a "ring" on my counter that indented it and took all the paint off. Can I sand it down and then paint it or what would anyone suggest?

Basically one of my cousins is hosting a black tie event at her house in surrey that includes a charitable auction. She has requested 12 of her ‘most affluent guests’ to donate items to be auctioned. We are more ‘affluent’ than she is and she said she expects something completely ‘fabulous’ as she stated in her email. Just to give you an idea of the crowd, each seat was charged at £500 my parents brought 6- one for me, two for mum and dad, one for my girlfriend, one for the house keeper and spare.

I don’t know what to donate- she said I could donate one of my bags or something- but I literally have no idea what ones, I want to donate something more than that.. but all of the rest of the stuff, like art ect is one of a kind and is in the house as part of the furniture. I was thinking of donating gold- I have a 100g bar in the safe that I brought last year, I’m thinking of donating that- but I’m not sure if that would be suitable- it’s authentic.. I had it tested by a jeweler and has a valuation certificate with it for insurance purposes. I also have a sapphire that I was going to have set into a ring for my mum but then never did- it is also genuine 7ct in weight, with excellent color and clarity, cushion cut, with Rare shade of blue. Thermally treated- also valued for insurance with certificate

or I could offer some kind of service, like I dunno- send my house keeper to live with them for a week or 2 weeks at my parents chateaux in france or 2 weeks in Dubai at the apartment.

I dunno.. what do you think?

This may be long and Im very sorry!

Im 21 and my now ex is 28.met and it was love at first sight! He literally took my breath away, something I have NEVER felt before in my entire life. I knew from day one that he was the one… he had been married once before when he was 22 because she was pregnant with his son. he was then married again when i met him, but had filed for divorce but still living with his wife. I cut all ties and said I was not going to date someone who was married let alone living with her, Within 4 days, he had found an apartment, told his wife he was leaving and all contact was cut. He is from England and had nothing here in the states so when he moved into the apartment,Everything he had was under his wifes name because she was American. he had his clothes and a tv, so we started a life together, fast! within a month I had moved into his apartment and we had purchased furniture and made it our own.within the first year we got two kittens, and two dogs. everything was perfect.

The next year, we decided to purchase a home and this is when everything went downhill. He paid for everything, I mean everything and he never had a problem with it, at first he liked providing. I would pay for things when i could but I only worked part time and was a full time student. I paid the utilities when i could, but i did a lot of the grocery shopping or getting him his starbucks daily. When we moved into the house,things became more expensive and stressful on him. We began to argue about stupid things, which i believe stemmed from our financial issues. it got so bad that we began spending less time together. I know that I have an anger problem, so i would scream at him while he would give me the silent treatment, we did not communicate as well as we once had. I held grudges where he just needed space and I was never good at giving him his space.

We are both insecure and extremely jealous people, but it never was a huge issue because we were both so similar. because he came form the UK, he didnt have any friends here where I did, so eventually i got tired of not being able to talk to my friends and seeing them. He also wanted to control what i was wearing and didnt like that i spent an hour to do my hair and make up and get ready when we would do things, i wanted to look good for him! We are both attractive people and I was so scared of losing him (girls loved him, and his accent didnt help) so i wanted to make sure I was always attractive to him.

The straw that broke the camels back- he went out one night without me, said he would be home at 11 but wasnt until 1. he was at the bar across the street from my work. I stopped over there on my way home from work and saw him talking to two girls and one guy outside and freaked! We got in a huge fight and I broke up with him. It was the worst fight we ever had. The next morning we talked it out.A week later he left me and said he couldnt get over how I acted. I moved back home to my parents.

He broke up with me and didnt talk much for two months.I was devestated. I loved him and wanted him back. His birthday is new years, I asked him to a movie the night before (I had plans on new years) and he said yes. we went to "our" house after the movie and i ended up sleeping there and yes, we slept together. He asked me over on New years (his bday) but like i said i made prior plans. He was upset and accused me of being with someone else. over the next month we were hanging out and sleeping together and seeing how things were going. until… I found out that he was talking to two other girls, one who happened to go to my college who told me everything! She was 18 and worked at the local starbucks and he went in there everyday for his coffee and asked her for her number. the other woman, a 26 year old with two kids going through a divorce, was a regular at starbucks, she asked him for his number. He lied to me about it until I had proof of texts and emails from these women. I ended our "fling." Two weeks later he contacted me and apologized and showed me that he stopped contact with them. We got back together officially for a month, things werent going well. He was so distant and off with me, but he came to me to ask me back!!!!

A month later, he left me again and said that the spark was gone and he felt no chemistry. He said he loved me as a friend and that he still cares about me but isnt in love. I made the biggest mistake ever and begged and pleaded for him to try! I wouldnt let it be and it pushed him so far away that he said there is never a chance! its been two weeks now and he tells me he is going on a date tonight! Im physically sick and want him back! Moving on is not an option. I was so strong but now im desperate! I broke down and now he is annoyed and furious with me that i didnt drop it and move on and leave him to his space. He said i pushed him away by smothering him
HELP ME PLEASE! I need advice to get him back!!
Also, He still talks to me he still will help me with things that i ask such as moving or help with my computer.

And all this drama never occurred until the last 3 months of our relationship. we were perfect for a year and 9 months with no issues ever!
one more thing! SORRY!

He never gave a past girlfriend another chance! He always said that they are an ex for a reason, i never beleive that, i beleive you can work through anything. He also said when we got back together that he saw a huge change and me and that i was perfect for that month, but he couldnt explain why he couldnt get the spark back.

IM VERY NERVOUS ABOUT HIM DATING AND FINDING SOMEONE ELSE!

okay im done now.

The manager of the apartment complex I am living in left a note on my door saying I have to get rid of the things on my patio. The paper stated I cannot have anything out there except patio furniture and plants. Can they do that?? I have my daughters wagon and recycling out there, whats the big deal? I never read anything in the leasing agreement that said that I can only have patio furniture and plants out there.

My male cat constantly pees on my beanbag chair. Everyday without fail, I walk into my apartment and find the chair filled with cat pee. I make sure his litter is cleaned everyday and have tried different measurements of punishment from light smacks on his behind, sticking his face in it, and even sticking his face in it then setting him under the sink faucet. I feel horrible when I carry out any of these punishments, but I don’t know how else to deter him and these methods aren’t helping. He’s a 2 year old Maincoon who’s been fixed. He shares the apartment with a sister from the same litter. Besides the beanbag chair, he pees nowhere else except for his litter box. He has, however, been territorial in the past including peeing on me and my bed when I have guests spend the night. Any ideas?

This may be long and Im very sorry!

Im 21 and my now ex is 28.met and it was love at first sight! He literally took my breath away, something I have NEVER felt before in my entire life. I knew from day one that he was the one… he had been married once before when he was 22 because she was pregnant with his son. he was then married again when i met him, but had filed for divorce but still living with his wife. I cut all ties and said I was not going to date someone who was married let alone living with her, Within 4 days, he had found an apartment, told his wife he was leaving and all contact was cut. He is from England and had nothing here in the states so when he moved into the apartment,Everything he had was under his wifes name because she was American. he had his clothes and a tv, so we started a life together, fast! within a month I had moved into his apartment and we had purchased furniture and made it our own.within the first year we got two kittens, and two dogs. everything was perfect.

The next year, we decided to purchase a home and this is when everything went downhill. He paid for everything, I mean everything and he never had a problem with it, at first he liked providing. I would pay for things when i could but I only worked part time and was a full time student. I paid the utilities when i could, but i did a lot of the grocery shopping or getting him his starbucks daily. When we moved into the house,things became more expensive and stressful on him. We began to argue about stupid things, which i believe stemmed from our financial issues. it got so bad that we began spending less time together. I know that I have an anger problem, so i would scream at him while he would give me the silent treatment, we did not communicate as well as we once had. I held grudges where he just needed space and I was never good at giving him his space.

We are both insecure and extremely jealous people, but it never was a huge issue because we were both so similar. because he came form the UK, he didnt have any friends here where I did, so eventually i got tired of not being able to talk to my friends and seeing them. He also wanted to control what i was wearing and didnt like that i spent an hour to do my hair and make up and get ready when we would do things, i wanted to look good for him! We are both attractive people and I was so scared of losing him (girls loved him, and his accent didnt help) so i wanted to make sure I was always attractive to him.

The straw that broke the camels back- he went out one night without me, said he would be home at 11 but wasnt until 1. he was at the bar across the street from my work. I stopped over there on my way home from work and saw him talking to two girls and one guy outside and freaked! We got in a huge fight and I broke up with him. It was the worst fight we ever had. The next morning we talked it out.A week later he left me and said he couldnt get over how I acted. I moved back home to my parents.

He broke up with me and didnt talk much for two months.I was devestated. I loved him and wanted him back. His birthday is new years, I asked him to a movie the night before (I had plans on new years) and he said yes. we went to "our" house after the movie and i ended up sleeping there and yes, we slept together. He asked me over on New years (his bday) but like i said i made prior plans. He was upset and accused me of being with someone else. over the next month we were hanging out and sleeping together and seeing how things were going. until… I found out that he was talking to two other girls, one who happened to go to my college who told me everything! She was 18 and worked at the local starbucks and he went in there everyday for his coffee and asked her for her number. the other woman, a 26 year old with two kids going through a divorce, was a regular at starbucks, she asked him for his number. He lied to me about it until I had proof of texts and emails from these women. I ended our "fling." Two weeks later he contacted me and apologized and showed me that he stopped contact with them. We got back together officially for a month, things werent going well. He was so distant and off with me, but he came to me to ask me back!!!!

A month later, he left me again and said that the spark was gone and he felt no chemistry. He said he loved me as a friend and that he still cares about me but isnt in love. I made the biggest mistake ever and begged and pleaded for him to try! I wouldnt let it be and it pushed him so far away that he said there is never a chance! its been two weeks now and he tells me he is going on a date tonight! Im physically sick and want him back! Moving on is not an option. I was so strong but now im desperate! I broke down and now he is annoyed and furious with me that i didnt drop it and move on and leave him to his space. He said i pushed him away by smothering him
HELP ME PLEASE! I need advice to get him back!!
Also, He still talks to me he still will help me with things that i ask such as moving or help with my computer.

And all this drama never occurred until the last 3 months of our relationship. we were perfect for a year and 9 months with no issues ever!

12 hours ago
one more thing! SORRY!

He never gave a past girlfriend another chance! He always said that they are an ex for a reason, i never beleive that, i beleive you can work through anything. He also said when we got back together that he saw a huge change and me and that i was perfect for that month, but he couldnt explain why he couldnt get the spark back.

IM VERY NERVOUS ABOUT HIM DATING AND FINDING SOMEONE ELSE!

okay im done now.

I am getting ready to move from my apartment. When I moved in there were bleach stains on the kitchen counter. Now they are coffee stains, how do I get rid of them? Tried cleansers and that didn’t do it, any ideas or suggestions?

On the 21st is a month since my dog’s death and I feel a little better to ask about what happened to him to get closure. We were on the couch one evening and he started yelping so loudly, one of the most terrifying sounds I have ever heard my dog make And he ran inside my room and ran under my bed where he began dragging himself all over the place. I dragged him from under my bed and his eyes were rolling back and he was shaking…i was frantic had no idea what to do so I ran to the kitchen and wet a towel and put it over his head, wiping and cooling him off. I gave him a little bit of milk, which he was able to drink a little bit of. When I went to the kitchen was when I noticed that he had made a mess in my hallway, there was vomit and stool everywhere. After a couple of minutes he stood back up and he was a little shaky still and couldn’t get back on the couch so i insisted he lay on the floor and let me keep taking care of him…he started yelping again and tried to run back under the bed but i grabbed him and yelled for someone to bring me his leash so i can rush him to the vet. I live on the 5th floor and he managed to get to the 4th floor and suddenly tried to run back upstairs to my apartment yelping again, i tried to reassure him so he can calm down and laid him down in the lobby of the 4th floor. his eyes started rolling up again and throwing up…he did one really big stretched and died in my arms…can someone try to help me figure this one out?? I know he was in a lot of pain and I have been beating myself up over this for a month now. I’m still a little sensitive guys so please have some compassion.