tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414727.post116077097094744224..comments2023-10-26T06:16:20.588-07:00Comments on sfgirlbybay: Today on Apartment Therapy SF.sfgirlbybayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07603149930928495039noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414727.post-1161234764314052812006-10-18T22:12:00.000-07:002006-10-18T22:12:00.000-07:00Hey, Victoria.Just catching up (was in Hilo for a ...Hey, Victoria.<BR/><BR/>Just catching up (was in Hilo for a week, got back Monday) -- and I wondered about flea markets and furniture... or textiles in general.<BR/><BR/>Obv. if you buy something secondhand, you have to clean it. But I've always been reluctant to consider buying furniture (like chairs, sofas, anything upholstered) secondhand, probably cos I'm half-Japanese (ha ha) (that whole cleanliness thing). I would never even consider a <I>mattress</I> (!!), for instance.<BR/><BR/>So my question is... how do you clean furniture you've bought secondhand (or, god forbid, dumpster dive-found) (I know! It's my mother's voice <I>forbidding</I> me to even look in the direction of a dumpster, much less <I>into</I> it!), especially with the resurgence of bed bugs? Know what I mean?<BR/><BR/>(And I'm the one who lives in a renovated whorehouse studio (in South City). Ha. It's respectable now, it is.) (Hee.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30414727.post-1161203627432798082006-10-18T13:33:00.000-07:002006-10-18T13:33:00.000-07:00VictoriaIt's great that you're writing at AT! I lo...Victoria<BR/><BR/>It's great that you're writing at AT! I loved the piece on Nest.Aslihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00413495760185893478noreply@blogger.com