Finished and absolutely love it

Very kind note, thank you. My unit has been flooded five times by my upstairs neighbors. You really lose your mind after twice, to be honest. And this time they insist I have to pay for the pipe, because they don't understand the layout, the rules, the obligations of ownership--they live out of state for 30+ years and just collect rents and do little to no maintenance. I finally broke down and called City inspectors. It's ridiculous to suffer so much damage to my prized home. It is overwhelming, and I tried to have a light-hearted moment to do something I could do myself and improve my situation. I can't do anything about the permanent, irreparable damage to gorgeous original wainscoting and floors. Sure we can sand it all down, bondo it, and COVER IT UP with new paint, but we can never have intact original beautiful 1910 woodwork again, nor will I ever have the exquisite quality first-time paint that was done in 1994 and would have lasted another 20 years. That sort of paint is no longer available in the US. Of course, I have ahead of me months of negotiating with contractors, plasterers, painters, woodworkers, and the insurance company, now that --6 weeks later--the pipe upstairs is finally replaced. Looking at the sun damage to my floors in a room unaffected by this flood, I wanted to just put up some blinds, finally, after the contractor damaged the prior ones--many years ago, I confess. I am grateful for your kind words. I am going to pull off one of those clips to see if there's a brand name. I sent a photo to an online service called fixmyblinds.com. At this point, I'm just crushed and disheartened, and would certainly never hire a mocking, disrespectful designer to help me in the future. Being critical of me for someone else's damage is just unproductive. There's always the opportunity to simply PASS on commenting if you can't or don't want to help the member solve a riddle. One thing I wish to say is, in San Francisco, not everyone has an unlimited budget of time and money; I would never have been able to purchase this beautiful flat if I hadn't been a very practical person, conserving time and money, allocating carefully for MY long-term priorities, all my life--since I started working at age 13. Thanks again for the empathetic words.

I don’t understand the layout. Is there more to the room than this picture? I don’t see any plumbing.

Are there a lot of children going to the bus stop? or just your children? Add garden path, so not to get a worn grass path, is a great idea! Sort of a little secret garden, will make for great pictures in the Fall, winter, summer and Spring. Plan out your path first, then begin to add. Add a bench for them to sit and wait.