My new Pied a .terre

[Teacher Terry]

I knew you would like it IL!

[iris lilies]

Sigh. I reaaaaaaaakly pushed myself to embrace clean, contemporary or authentic Art Deco decor for this little condo from the Art Deco age and I was dead set on having only 1 pre-1900 piece in the living room.

But after going for 2.5 years without a ceiling fixture (everything I liked was too much money) I found this glass rod chandelier in an antique store and bought it. It is kinda sorta Art Deco even tho too fancy for my original vision.

I do love it, and it casts a pretty pattern on the ceiling.

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[catherine]

That is gorgeous! I love it! It's beautiful and elegant without being ostentatious. It looks like an angel.

[Teacher Terry]

That chandelier is stunning!!!

[gimmethesimplelife]

https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...-39129?view=qv


The perfect unit came on the market yesterday morning, and we closed on the buy today. Yay! I have a tiny pied a terre now.

i’ve looked at 5 of these Units at 530 sq ft. and this one is perfect for me. It is on the second floor, so I don't have to worry about exiting many stairs in a fire. And I dont have to take the elevators. While the views from the top floor units were amazing, I like being close to the ground. My dad from his grave is telling me “ low floor is good! In a fire you Can get out fast! ” and I remember frugal-one saying fire ladders only reach to the 5th floor. Haha, i have some weird little phobias about fires and death by elevator.

I can hardly wait to start decorating. Since we have downtime with Covid, I wanted to secure a small city place and get it dolled up before my regular activities commence. DH will be adding crown molding as a first step. This unit has an ugly aged kitchen that I will have no remorse in taking out.

floor plan below. It is called a studio because there is no closet in the little bedroom/office
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You are not the only one with a phobia about fire and death by elevator. Ever since 9/11, I have been wary of tall buildings and elevators. Part of this is that I am terrified of heights, part of this is that I remember how innocent elavators became tombs during 9/11. I'm so bad with this that when one of SO's friends went to Chicago and went to the top of the former Sears Tower, once the tallest building in the world (now I think the tallest is in Dubai?) - just looking at an image pointed straight down made my stomach react and my nerves get instantly wound up. One thing I believe that is great about remote work is that office workers formerly in these (in my mind, anyway) deathtraps (skyscrapers) don't have to take the risk involved when they work at home.

In Phoenix office towers are not that big a deal as for a city of this size, we really don't have that many. I'm thinking more of New York, Seattle, Philadelphia - cities that are scrunched together where land is very expensive and space is at a premium - these types of cities wind up my nerves should I think what it must be like to work that many floors up. I don't know if I could do it truth be told but I'm not in a line of work where that is an issue, thankfully. Rob

[Teacher Terry]

Rob, I am on the third floor but also right by the steps in case of a fire. We do have an elevator but use the stairs unless I am carrying stuff. I keep the dog’s leashes right by the front door.

[sweetana3]

Just found this one on the 3rd floor. I love the floor plan and the windows/floors. Not sure about the columns. https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3...2938437_zpid/?

[rosarugosa]

Rob: I spent a year working in I.M. Pei's glass John Hancock tower on the 18th floor (temporary relocation while renovations were being made in our new permanent location). The building had 55+ floors. If there was bad weather with heavy winds, the building moved and creaked and swayed a bit, reminding me of a ship on the high seas. I cannot imagine what it was like on the 55th floor! Learning that there were huge metal plates designed to shift and stabilize the building in high winds somehow made it seem scarier.
I also had a couple of truly dangerous situations when leaving the building during high winds, which created very strong wind tunnels. I was actually blown into the street and was very lucky not to get have gotten hit by a car. Fun times.
Two good things about working in this awful building: beautiful fresh flower arrangements in the lobby every day that I always made a point of enjoying, and an elevator system that somehow ran with amazing efficiency with hardly ever any wait time or interim stops. I was also closer to the Boston Public Library and the summer Farmer's Market, so I guess those were plusses too.
This is a very interesting read, and I'm glad I never read it while I was working there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hancock_Tower

[iris lilies]

That chandelier is stunning!!!

DH had to perform surgery on it to get it to the right height. I have 9’ ceilings, and it formerly lived in a house with 10’ or 11’ ceilings.

DH has rewired every antique light fixture in this condo.

[iris lilies]

Rob: I spent a year working in I.M. Pei's glass John Hancock tower on the 18th floor (temporary relocation while renovations were being made in our new permanent location). The building had 55+ floors. If there was bad weather with heavy winds, the building moved and creaked and swayed a bit, reminding me of a ship on the high seas. I cannot imagine what it was like on the 55th floor! Learning that there were huge metal plates designed to shift and stabilize the building in high winds somehow made it seem scarier.
I also had a couple of truly dangerous situations when leaving the building during high winds, which created very strong wind tunnels. I was actually blown into the street and was very lucky not to get have gotten hit by a car. Fun times.
Two good things about working in this awful building: beautiful fresh flower arrangements in the lobby every day that I always made a point of enjoying, and an elevator system that somehow ran with amazing efficiency with hardly ever any wait time or interim stops. I was also closer to the Boston Public Library and the summer Farmer's Market, so I guess those were plusses too.
This is a very interesting read, and I'm glad I never read it while I was working there: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hancock_Tower

That link has scary stuff!