Comments on: blogwatch: where we’ve been clicking this week http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/06/13/blogwatch-where-weve-been-clicking-this-week-22/ where people who love their homes click Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:51:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Amanda http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/06/13/blogwatch-where-weve-been-clicking-this-week-22/#comment-285344 Amanda Fri, 13 Jun 2008 23:37:15 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4461#comment-285344 Ha! I posted about the polar bears too. But mostly because I'm obsessed with polar bears. I hope I'm about to encounter my "design season" version of bliss. I suspect hedgehogs will be the new polar bears, if the vote at Berkley Illustration is any sort of indicator. Ha! I posted about the polar bears too. But mostly because I’m obsessed with polar bears. I hope I’m about to encounter my “design season” version of bliss.

I suspect hedgehogs will be the new polar bears, if the vote at Berkley Illustration is any sort of indicator.

]]> By: Leah http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/06/13/blogwatch-where-weve-been-clicking-this-week-22/#comment-285337 Leah Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:57:46 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4461#comment-285337 Thanks, as always, for the linkage! I think hippos are the new owls, which were the new deer, which were the new birds ... I guess I completely missed fish and bunnies, tho. Leah Thanks, as always, for the linkage!

I think hippos are the new owls, which were the new deer, which were the new birds … I guess I completely missed fish and bunnies, tho.

Leah

]]> By: tula http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/06/13/blogwatch-where-weve-been-clicking-this-week-22/#comment-285336 tula Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:48:18 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4461#comment-285336 so true, polar bears are the new deer, not the new owls. i missed the rabbits, though. i thought mushrooms original replaced the owls, which were, in turn, replaced by the deer. so true, polar bears are the new deer, not the new owls. i missed the rabbits, though. i thought mushrooms original replaced the owls, which were, in turn, replaced by the deer.

]]> By: Katya Roberts http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/06/13/blogwatch-where-weve-been-clicking-this-week-22/#comment-285334 Katya Roberts Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:41:37 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4461#comment-285334 Under the Design Sponge link,the writer said that she wallpapered her bathoom with wrapping paper. I would love to know how you go about doing that. I assume you put some sort of a gloss on top to protect the paper from the damp environment? And how do you make it stick? Is there a particular glue? This would be a great solution to expensive wall paper that is not as easy to afford as say 5 or 6 rolls of wrapping paper. - Thanks! Under the Design Sponge link,the writer said that she wallpapered her bathoom with wrapping paper. I would love to know how you go about doing that. I assume you put some sort of a gloss on top to protect the paper from the damp environment? And how do you make it stick? Is there a particular glue? This would be a great solution to expensive wall paper that is not as easy to afford as say 5 or 6 rolls of wrapping paper. - Thanks!

]]> By: Tracey http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/06/13/blogwatch-where-weve-been-clicking-this-week-22/#comment-285332 Tracey Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:03:59 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4461#comment-285332 I saw the attic room at More ways to waste Time. I am now properly envipous of a child- I would love that space! I will have to check out the other links. Enjoy your summer cocktails! I saw the attic room at More ways to waste Time. I am now properly envipous of a child- I would love that space! I will have to check out the other links. Enjoy your summer cocktails!

]]> By: j http://www.shelterrific.com/2008/06/13/blogwatch-where-weve-been-clicking-this-week-22/#comment-285331 j Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:34:10 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/?p=4461#comment-285331 Thank you for the link to the Glamour article! This, however, only pointed to a small slice of the problem. Women owning homes w/o husbands isn't the problem. The problem is 1. greedy, unethical lenders and 2. greedy, foolish buyers. Even in the article, one of the women was married, not single. I bought a house on my own, AND I worked for a mortgage company, so I know both sides. When people (men or women) think they deserve something above their means, they get themselves into trouble. This happens all the time. It was severly compounded by financial analysts and lenders failing to see that an extremely dangerous lending tool could not be opened up to the general public and thrown around like candy without causing serious harm to the borrowers and the economy. Believe me, the lying that went on by the borrowers and brokers was large-scale; lenders didn't do their due diligence in many cases. But ultimately it is each individual's responsibility to know their circumstances and borrow responsibly. I do not believe the government should bail out the borrowers or the lenders; neither society as a whole nor individuals learn from being shielded from the consequences of their bad actions. Thank you for the link to the Glamour article! This, however, only pointed to a small slice of the problem. Women owning homes w/o husbands isn’t the problem. The problem is 1. greedy, unethical lenders and 2. greedy, foolish buyers. Even in the article, one of the women was married, not single.

I bought a house on my own, AND I worked for a mortgage company, so I know both sides. When people (men or women) think they deserve something above their means, they get themselves into trouble. This happens all the time. It was severly compounded by financial analysts and lenders failing to see that an extremely dangerous lending tool could not be opened up to the general public and thrown around like candy without causing serious harm to the borrowers and the economy. Believe me, the lying that went on by the borrowers and brokers was large-scale; lenders didn’t do their due diligence in many cases.

But ultimately it is each individual’s responsibility to know their circumstances and borrow responsibly. I do not believe the government should bail out the borrowers or the lenders; neither society as a whole nor individuals learn from being shielded from the consequences of their bad actions.

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