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Letter to the editor

Another round for 'romantic living'

By Times Staff Writer
Published October 20, 2007

What students want in housing

Here are the housing amenities students wanted most, a study by the National Multi Housing Council determined: large, fully equipped kitchen; large bedroom; bathrooms shared by no more than two roommates; washer and dryer in the apartment; plenty of power outlets; fitness room and pool; safety features. Students wanted to live in a gated community and liked security patrols as long as they were there to prevent crime, not harass residents "who were having a good time."

Brush up on antiques lexicon

What do antiques dealers mean when they use the word "vintage"? There's no rule about the meaning of the term, antiques columnists Ralph and Terry Kovel say. Many dealers and collectors customarily use "antique" to describe something 100 years old or more. "Collectibles" are about 25 to 100 years old. "Vintage" is a catchall word that means "not brand new." Sellers often describe an item as "vintage" if they don't know how old it is but figure it was made at least a decade ago.

New hand in Real Estate Mailbag

Benny Kass, a lawyer in Washington who writes a real estate column for the Washington Post, is the new writer of the Real Estate Mailbag column that appears regularly in this section. He replaces longtime columnist Robert J. Bruss, who died last month. Kass, a senior member of Kass, Mitek & Kass, is a charter member of the law college of the Community Associations Institute, a trade group that represents condos, co-ops and homeowners associations.

A new kind of kitchen cleanup

Idea from Better Homes and Gardens: Attach corkboard to one of your kitchen cabinet doors to create a bulletin board and take some of the load off the front of the refrigerator. Add another piece inside where you can keep shopping lists, coupons, schedules and notes.

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