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Shannon's Eclectic Decorative Bay Area Home
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Name: Shannon Kaye
Location: San Mateo — just south of San Francisco, California
Size: 1,000 square feet
Years lived in: 6 years — rent
Shannon Kaye, a Bay Area interior designer is "making room for more". With years of experience in the design industry and host on the DIY Network, she opens up her personal home to share her ideas with us. She has used a rich palette of textures and color to bring out the charm of her DIY home.
Shannon was born in Portland to creative parents who filled their home with music, color and decorating. While studying at the Academy of Art (now University) she learned from valuable foundation classes about color and light using many materials for design. Soon after she met a decorative painter, and after an apprenticeship she found herself in love with the entire process of the art. "Along with showing me all the techniques of decorative painting and the nuances of color, layer, and pattern, she also taught me how to bid a job and care for clients. My time with her was invaluable. And after a short stint back at an office job, I found my first client and jumped ship for good to work for myself and make a creative living."
Immersed in the idea of working creatively with design she began her search. "I started by printing these cheap postcards of my work and mailing or dropping them off everywhere I could think of. One postcard featured artwork I created to match a Pottery Barn bed spread. I mailed it to the only corporate Pottery Barn address I could find and shortly after I was painting for the Pottery Barn Kids catalog. It was the first of several big breaks that helped me build a successful career and quality life as an artist. I'd generally start with decorative painting projects for clients and end up designing their bedding and window treatments... my services have definitely evolved into interior design, but paint and color still play a major role in my visions. Paint is my go-to tool for sure."
Many years later, she hosted Fresh Coat on the DIY Channel, which inevitably opened many doors for her "working with corporate clients in new and creative ways." Her most recent project "Making Room for More" features a variety of projects, tips and stories for everyone. "I share the journey of making over my own rooms, negotiating with vendors, developing new products and looking for those magic moments in design and in life. I still offer design coaching services to private clients and color consulting services for corporations. Making Room for More allows me to share the journey..."
Making full use of all her space, Shannon has taken full advantage and converted one of the rooms into her studio. She shows off her DIY flare with various painted pieces and her love of vintage furniture. Though she is in a rental and cannot change major features such as the flooring or appliances, she has worked with it by warming up the room with deep hues and glamorous touches.
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My Style: My taste is pretty eclectic - I like a little bit of everything - but I'd say my rooms are mostly about color and comfort. No matter how casual or formal a space, I want people to be invited in and feel at ease experiencing that room. Each room or home has a goal to achieve. Some rooms serve a family while others aim to entertain. My home is about sharing my art and stories with friends and family. I want my home to have a little bit of magic to it- to cast a spell that creates conversations and memories.
Inspiration: I take inspiration from everywhere and everything - mostly from art and (go figure) painted surfaces that age naturally. The patina of time can be so beautiful and surprising, I'm always looking at things in layers and curious about how time unravels those layers such grace. I'm also really inspired by French shelter magazines like Cote D'Azur - my living room walls were inspired by an image I tore out and kept for years. Objekt is a beautiful magazine, from the Netherlands, that never disappoints.
Favorite Element: Architecturally, the house isn't very interesting so I used colorful walls and creative art arrangements to disguise the small "regularness" of my home. I do like the soft natural light from my windows and how it gives my window treatments and art a soft glow. And I'd say that books, quotes, fortune cookies, and other word collections are really inspiring me right now so that's a huge element in my home. My book collection is a working reference library, I created fabric and throw pillows from my collection of fortune cookie fortunes, and my fireplace is created from books with titles or subjects I appreciate. My friends have gotten into the act buying me beautiful word inspired pieces like the BELIEVE photograph collage above my front door.
I collect and appreciate everything in my home. I like to collect unusual pieces that tell a story together, then I create the artwork that brings that story to life. The painting in my bedroom is about a sweet and simple love affair; my fireplace screen is a compilation of books with happy titles and subjects I appreciate. The butterfly installation is made from materials and magazine images that inspire me.
Biggest Challenge: The valance above my dining room window is a mantel pulled from an old Pennsylvania home. I saw it in one of my favorite vintage shops near Santa Cruz and knew that it should go above my window. It took about three years to convince my Contractor friend that we could attach it to the ceiling and finally, after a long difficult day of trying, we finally got it up there. I was so thrilled. No matter how small, I'm always thrilled to complete a project.
The real challenge of my home is that it's a rental. My landlord has been great as far as letting me paint the walls, he even let me remodel my bathroom (on a very very strict budget mind you!). But, he's not up for me updating the kitchen floors, painting the cabinets, or removing the ugly (and loud!) wall heaters (one of them hides behind the dark screen in my living room). Those kinds of limitations can be frustrating. I want everything to have a special touch and rentals force your to accept certain things. Still, this has been a great home for me. I just pretend the kitchen doesn't exist and make every other room look as fabulous as possible.
What Friends Say: When my friends come over the first thing they do is look around to see what's different from their last visit. They love that every time they come over, it's a fresh experience. We talk about why I changed this or moved that and where I'm going next. My home is my laboratory, so I'm constantly painting and rearranging just to see how things work together. Conversations are always sparked by my latest project. I find it collaborative and fun to share my progress with friends.
Biggest Embarrassment: A few years ago, I bought this brown slouchy leather and polished chrome 70's style chair at the Flea market for $250 or $300. I thought it was a steal; it was so cool and I was so cutting edge. When I got it home I realized that not only was it a big ugly mess, it was broken beyond repair and harbored a smell I'd never be able to identify or remove. I put the chair out on the curb with a big FREE sign. The next day, the chair was gone, and the day after that it was back on my curb! Hilarious. I've become more discerning, but I also don't take myself so seriously- we can all get caught up in the hype.
Proudest DIY: I'm always building and making things, and luckily I have handy friends who enjoy a good project- or maybe they like the dinner and drinks I offer in exchange- hm... Designing and building the fireplace screen from cut books is my current favorite project. It's so outside of the box from my normal work, but selecting the books and arranging them with such care was more engaging and creative than I expected. I'd love to create more pieces like this and also venture into other cut book projects for clients like diptychs or landscapes.
Biggest Indulgence: As a working artist and independent designer, indulgence has been relative for me. The Murphy-bed mirror was only $125 when I bought it some 14 years ago, but as a student, the price was staggering. I had to have it and it's still one of my favorite things.
The salmon-colored Italian Bombay chests in my dining room were $950 for the pair. Not a bad price for their unique color and finish, but they sat at a friend's house for 5 or more years until I had a place for them. It was worth the wait.
Best Advice: Display the things you love. Why keep mementos and memories in a box somewhere when you can create art projects and be inspired by the colors of things you love? I never feel like my work is on trend, I feel like it's totally unique and personal to my clients and their home. I look for clues to their passions and favorite memories and focus on bringing those dreams to live so that everyone who enters that space will look good and feel good.
Dream Sources:
Dream- 905 S. Claremont Street, San Mateo, California
A tiny little treasure chest of vintage furniture, lighting, and other decorative goodies, Dream has long been my secret source for client gifts and accessories. The owner, Stacy Rhodes, puts out the most beautiful displays. And her Christmas arrangements are stunning. She finds the most exquisite vintage ornaments and gift wrap embellishments. She has a fetish for alabaster too that I whole heartedly endorse! (Grave side urn on desk, wet bar accessories and bowling pins)
Pierson 20th Century Design- 1630 Palm Avenue, San Mateo, CaliforniaJeff Pierson packs a punch with his gorgeous collection of vintage furniture and delightful accessories. He has a terrific eye for lighting too. (Fornasetti tray, brass fish bookends, silver desk lamp, and sixties globes light fixture in dining room)
Apartment 46- 1618 Palm Avenue, San Mateo, California
Melisa LaBancz-Bleasdale has the most adorable shop in a charming neighborhood. It's full of trinkets art pieces that are so unique you won't be able to leave. Her eye for delicate accessories and unusual plants makes for a magical space. You'll find everything you need for a gift or for yourself! (Floral artwork, succulents, and wall mounted floral vases in the bathroom)
Kitty Andrews Millinery - San Francisco, California
Melissa Bolin is the wizard behind the hats I've collected for my bedroom. Her fascinators are colorful, feminine and festive, and her use of embellishments is perfectly edited.
Alameda Flea Market- Alameda, California
So many of the pieces in my home come from this amazing flea market. My best advice for finding great furniture is to go early and be decisive. (Clover shaped parquet coffee table, gilded desk chair, barn wood stools, salmon Bombay chests, and the mirror frame in the my butterfly piece)
Bethany's additional questions:
1. What is the single most significant thing in your home?
The most significant thing in my home is probably my piano. I grew up playing a little spinet piano in my dining room, so after several attempts to create a conventional dining space for myself, I embraced what I know and began using my baby grand as a table and gathering spot for friends. The piano itself isn't that valuable or impressive but painting it, playing it and using it in some way every day keeps me connected to my musical background and makes me want to invite my friends over.
2. When you think of designing a home what is the most essential part?
For me, residential design is more about personality than principle. Of course, there are certain things you learn in school and from other designers that always work. But, listening to client and tapping into their personal experience is always the starting point of design for me. My goal is to create rooms for clients to look good and feel good. Color, style, scale, arrangement... everything comes from that desire.
3. How has the lifestyle and culture in San Francisco, effected your personal design aesthetic?
San Francisco is about a casual lifestyle that's eclectic and accepting of new ideas. Living in the city has made my aesthetic less formal and conservative, and more broad; more playful. Of course, living in the city can also mean living in small spaces so I'm also more attracted to multi-use and modular pieces. Being creative about use and arrangement is more important now too. My dresser is a sideboard and my piano is my dining table. So many pieces are more versatile than we might realize. I like working from that angle.
Resources of Note:
- • Living/Dining Room ceiling and background walls- Benjamin Moore, Dessert Light
graphic patterns- Sherwin-Williams Bitter Chocolate, Reddish, Autumnal, and Benjamin Moore Sunny Dayscrown molding- Golden fluid acrylic, Iridescent Bronze
• Bathroom walls and ceiling- Benjamin Moore, Elmira White
• Hallway- custom mauve
• Bedroom walls- custom blue. Ceiling pattern- custom blush. Crown molding- Golden fluid acrylic, Iridescent Bronze
- • Painted door: found object painted by Shannon Kaye
- • Sofa: Willa Home, Burlingame (vintage and gift shop)
• Lamps, coffee table, gilded chair, desk: Alameda and Alemany Flea Markets
• Wassily chairs: frames were given to me by a friend, fabrics from Urban Burp Fabrics, San Francisco
• Accessories: Pierson Modern, Dream, various Flea Markets
• Throw pillows and window treatments- Shannon Kaye's Good Fortune home line
• Fireplace panel- Shannon Kaye book collage
- • Vintage fireplace mantel used as valance: Crawfords, Soquel, CA
• Furniture, accessories, light fixtures: flea markets and vintage shops
• Bowling pins: Dream, San Mateo, CA
• Bar stools: IKEA
• Butterfly installation: Shannon project, mirror frame, fence wire, and magazine pages
- • Curtain panels: drop cloths stenciled with Shannon Kaye pattern
• Chandelier: garage sale
• Storage and wing chairs; second-hand pieces painted by Shannon
• Lamps: Target
• Artwork: Shannon's original painting
• Throw pillows: Shannon's Good Fortune line
- • Floral artwork: vintage finds and Shannon's original paintings
• Shower curtain: Anthropologie
• Succulents: Flora Grubb, San Francisco and Apartment 46, San Mateo
- • Desk: salvage restaurant counter
• Display case: Flea Market find
• Paint chip storage: salvage hotel service cart
• Armoire: salvaged from a house when client's moved out
Thanks, Shannon!
Images: Lilias Petit-Scott
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66 Comments
A little too much chevron everywhere but otherwise it's cute.
chevron is like cowbell. you can NEVER have too much.
Love the spoon collection!
I am in love with your bathroom.
I love perfume. I noticed you have SJP's Covet. I think the scent meshes very well with your apartment. Looking at your house tour, I could almost smell Covet!
Ooh... I Covet your bathroom!
Love this apartment. Well done, Shannon. Probably one of my favorite tours. The luxe/richness is so inviting--the type of place where I just want to curl up and read a book on a rainy day. Also, your bedroom is the business.
Gorgeous place! I love everything.
In complete agreement with pepsin on the chevrons.
I want your bedroom chairs!
I love your bedroom! its very comfy looking and yet looks very finished and polished. You have given me lots of great ideas, thanks!
Is chevron the new bird?
Thanks for the framed spoon idea. I inherited a couple hundred of those tiny spoons and forks and they just sit in a silver drawer because there's not a lot of modern-day uses for them.
Loves it. The bedroom is delicious. I am reluctantly putting my bookcase in my bedroom because there is no place else for it. But this inpires me that it won't ruin my look completely!
Stunning. A candy shop of ideas and inspiration. How do you relax though with so much going on? I can definitely see where WestElm get their inspiration from. Excellent job all round.
I didn't want the pictures to end. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!
I love the chevron theme. There's not too much but just enough
For pete's sake, take the food and drinks off the piano! One spilled glass and that thing's a goner.
Amazing job! I love the metallic chevron on the ceiling, I've been thinking of incorporating some metallic paint into my apartment ...can you recommend a brand?
I love the wedding cake chandelier. Lovely!
Three Cheers for the San Francisco Bay Area!!!! I have printed the names and addresses of the stores mentioned and am on my way. I LOVE the Alameda Flea Market, but don't forget the new TREASURE ISLAND Flea Market, which is smaller, but incredible and so so scenic.
Chevron is the new leopard...
Gorgeous. Can I come over?
Although I can't help but agree with kathleen - the drinks on the piano make me a little nervous.
Thank you for the wonderful comments, everyone. The wing chairs in my bedroom are actually a second-hand pair I picked up for $75 dollars and painted. I sketched out the flame-stitch-esque pattern on one chair then used tracing paper to match the second one. The front is painted with several coats including a top coat of Black outdoor paint in satin to give it the sheen. So glad you like them!
Beautimus! I love a good mixed up, whimsical space.
To homes and heels- the ceiling isn't done in metallic paint, but the diffused light in my room certainly gives it that glow. Still, for metallic paint I really like Modern Masters and Gold Fluid Acrylics- and for really sparkly gold tones- Chromatone latex. It's the brand used for many of the Painted Ladies out here in San Francisco. You'll love it. Use a bright orange base coat first for the best shimmer.
the wallcolors are gorgeous. the book display in the fireplace is so cute and quirky. find me.
and can you source the painting/tapestry or whatever it is behind the dress form in the bathroom? i love the floral design.
Love the overall ambience. Your bedroom is dreamy. I had always thought books stacked in a fireplace was kind of dumb...but yours is seriously cool.
Love the piano and the bedroom. Where did you get your bedspread?
Lovely. I like the almost monochromatic palate.
More kind thoughts- thank you all! The bedspread is from Bed Bath & Beyond- can't remember the brand. There is a simple nightgown on the dress form from Kiyomi (I bought it as a boutique in Knoxville, TN) and the print in the background is from the Alameda Flea Market. It's the piece that inspired the rest of the collection. Hope that answers your questions.
nice idea for teaspoons, I have a collection from my childhood gathering dust. did you do this yourself?
So beautiful! I love your couch!
Chevron is going to get done to death. I can see it now.
Really like many things here, but that's a terrible thing to do to a piano.
Cool place. "Affected," not "effected." Editors, where art thou?
super! except for the Chevron. IMO, the Chevron fad is done. Enough already.
Absolutely love the fire place. Such a lovely idea.
Holy effing chevron. This is the most chevron-ist place yet. I saw the ceiling and was like, OK... then I saw the hutch. Then the piano. It's like you're ASKING me to keep posting my chevron post. http://putabirdonitblog.blogspot.com/2011/08/turkey-or-trendy-3-put-chevron-on-it.html
If that were my bedroom, I would never leave.
The ceiling, the ceiling, the ceiling...amazing.
Piano as dining room table. Books as fireplace screen. Paintbrushes as sculpture. Such inventiveness.
Wow - amazing, tasteful, so creative - a visual feast! Thanks for sharing:)
This tour made my day - thanks so much for sharing such inspiration! Makes me feel courageous enough to try some new arrangement possibilities with my own collections (of books, pottery picked up on numerous travels, small paintings from local artists, etc.). The pictures here make me feel as though I can breathe - the place seems so relaxed and welcoming, yet super-creative and whimsical - all, without seeming over-wrought or precious (more like... human, in the best sense of our amazing capacity for creativity, wonder, and culture). Thanks again. Your home is delightful.
Put A Bird On It...put a sock in it. This is a beautiful place, and the chevron is a fun, playful touch. Who cares if it's super trendy?
You're bedroom has completely inspired me, that is exactly the feel and ambiance I want to achieve in my own. Thanks for the beautiful post!
Absolutely stunning.
Put a bird on it, nobody's "asking" for the link spamming to your cheesy website. In fact, I'm wishing a mod would edited out your link so you'd stop doing it.
I sometimes think Im ready for a House Tour on AT, then I see a place like this and think again. There were so many elements I love.
That bedroom is dreamy.
LOVE IT! You really feel like you know something about the person who lives here by looking at every corner.
This tour made me want to pull out all the stops on doing my own spaces. Love the warm palette and the spots of color. Love the frames, the collectibles, the fireplace, etc. I, too, wanted the photos to go on and on. Beautifully photographed; very light luscious. Well put together; a very welcoming space.
I met Shannon a few months ago, and she's got a great sense of style and a very inspirational story!
You had me at chevron painted ceiling.
I love a lot of things in this house tour, but after reading all the comments about the food on the piano, I love that the best!
I really love this tour, one of my favorites ever on AT! Really beautiful, fun, comfortable.... interesting but edited just enough not to feel cluttered and overdone. Thank you for sharing!
Shannon, LOVE your place. Is there any way you could share how you constrcuted the DIY book fireplace screen? Would love to try to build one for an out of commission fireplace I have. Thanks!
Love the house tour, especially the book installation. I also loved the lip painting /print with related pillow, who is the artist ?
After my years in music school and being married to a NYC-based pianist, using your piano as a bar kind of makes my heart sink a bit. If that instrument is in working order, you should really ask your tuner or instructor about the long-term damage of doing that...
Otherwise, I love your sofa and your bathroom!
IMHO, this is one of the most exciting places I have ever seen! KUDOS!!
I love that it is not my typical style or the type of color palate that I ususally gravitate towards, but it really woke me up!
Love it love it love it!
You say you change it around alot?? Then PLEEZE post more pics when you do!!!
Your place is eye candy. Whenever I see a space like yours, it keeps me inspired and encouraged not to be afraid to continue being me! Thank you! :) I loved it!
OMG! I am beyond in LOVE with their master bedroom!!!!
I loved ur biggest embarrassment:) I did much the same thing with a chair, was all coy with my "bargain", got it home,rearranged things, then sat in it , yep, broken beyond repair. The dogs now have a gorgeous leather chairpad in their kennel, and the rest of my danish midcentury delight went in the bin in pieces....
Although the books in the fireplace is a clever idea, it drives me nuts when I look at it. Seems like it just blocks the energy flow of the room.
That EXACT same Black military campaign desk was my homework desk growing up...had it until I was in my 20's...It was an expensive piece in the mid/late 60'S, and Have always Loved it...wish I could find another...
Bravo! More is more...
That bathroom is to die for! Seriously, ridiculously cool.
Thanks for the inspiration!
re: piano-as-table, I think I would feel more comfortable with an upright, which has a rectangular top (duh), for which you can probably have a tempered glass piece cut to fit... can't put it against a wall obviously, but you wouldn't do that with a grand, either. I have to assume this can't be too expensive a piano, since she painted it. Alternatively, she's not counting on resale, which is totally cool. I liked lots of things here.
You never cease to amaze me! I have to tell all that I've been to your place only a few times in many years, but every time I see it it's incredibly different! (You've painted the piano, again!!) For those who don't like the chevron, don't worry, just when you think Shannon has outdone herself, she repaints everything and shocks everyone with new brilliant ideas. I'm inspired...AGAIN!
By far - my Most favourite post; so inspiring!


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"It was a lot of fun just because I got past the fifth inning, and helped the team out, helped the bullpen out. We'd had to use a lot of guys. And it was good for me because I was struggling early. I told Mac that it probably wasn't going to be the greatest outing, and then it ended up being up my best outing of the year, even with spring training. I went pretty deep in the game and started feeling better as I went along."
On telling Mac that in the early innings:
"He'd call a fastball away and I'd throw it in, or changeup away and I'd throw it down the middle. I was just getting by. I was trying to grind through it. He did a good job of keeping my head up, telling me 'Hey, you're pitching fine, you're pitching great. They're not scoring yet, so don't give in any.' By the third, fourth inning (command) started getting a little better."
On if he remembers having a game like this, at Vanderbilt, or USA Baseball:
"No, not really. This has got to be the best."
On what was working:
"Fastball in, fastball both sides of the plate, really opened up the change-up and slider away. The second or third time through the order we started doing backdoor sliders instead of front door. Just trying to mix it up so they don't get a pattern going."
On beating Brewers after last year:
"Yeah I was kind mad after I walked the first batter, I don't feel that bad, like I did last time. I had to get back into it. I didn't want to have another outing against the same team two years in a row early in the season like that."
On if mentally in a different place now:
"Yeah because I feel like I'm in the circle of the team."
Brian McCann
On Minor:
"He hit his spots all night long with everything he had, he continues to get better. I keep saying that every time because you don't know where this guy's ceiling is, so it makes it fun to catch, makes him fun to work with. You tell him one thing, he puts it into action, on the spot. People that can do that are big-time athletes and that's what he is."
On Minor settling down after two-runner start:
"He made a huge pitch to get a double play to get us out of the inning and from there he cruised. Basically he cruised the rest of the game."
On Minor continuing to turn the corner:
"You don't know where this guy's ceiling is at, he just keeps getting better and better. It's scary. This guy is competitive, big-time athlete, he has the will to be great."
On the baserunning play to go first-to-third:
"It barely got through the infield, Braun was running away from his arm side, and I was going to take my chance and it worked out. I felt like I had it and I went for it."
On Kimbrel's comeback in the ninth:
"I think Craig had a better idea where his curveball was going tonight than his fastball. It kind of became his heater at the end. We called it. once Craig gets two strikes, the hitter's got to choose one of them, and if he's got both of them going, the guy doesn't have much of a shot so…It seemed like once he got bases loaded, he beared down and made some great pitches."
On being 4-4 again:
"It's big. No one wants to get swept. But you know it's a long season, you can fight back. We did that. We're back where we need to be. We've just got to keep going, keep winning ballgames, playing good, get good pitching, put tough at-bats together."
On Minor:
"Outstanding night. He gave us something that we haven't done all year. It's a young season, but he gave us an opportunity to go deep in the ballgame, and retired 18 in a row there. He dealt. I thought it was going to come back and haunt us, when we had a couple innings there in the sixth, we had a man on third and didn't get the run in, then there in the eighth didn't get the run in (from third) there either, to tack on runs against a very dangerous club."
On if it's as dominant as he's seen Minor:
"Yes. I keep seeing this kid get better and better. I can't wait now to see the next start."
On what was working:
"He had command of his fastball, pitched inside. And threw some change-ups. He did everything. He was really in command of that baseball game tonight."
On Minor's progress from the Milwaukee game last year to Saturday night:
"It's not the same guy. It really isn't the same guy. We were talking about that earlier in the game, that the only way you would know is if you looked at the video it was the same guy. Other than that, he was terrific today, did a hell of a job commanding the strike zone with all his pitches really."
On how much of that is confidence:
"A lot, probably. Because stuff wise it's the same stuff, but confidence, and maybe he wasn't quite ready yet when we made him do that start in Milwaukee. To all his credit he went back to Gwinnett and worked on it. You saw it when he came up here a few times last year for those spot starts. He pitched the whole month of September, you felt good every time he went out. It was a big step, that month of September, and it carried over into the season."
On Minor not panicking after putting first two guys on:
"Exactly. That's a sign of a guy that's maturing, a guy that's getting comfortable in the major leagues. They say you've got to have 30-plus starts before you can become a major league pitcher, and he's getting close now and you're seeing that."
On scratching out early runs:
"We did a nice job of baserunning there with Mac, forcing the issue. Francisco did a nice job splitting the gap and scoring Heyward, and that's pretty much all we got."
April 15th, 2012
12:03 am
Awesome! Thanks DOB.
April 15th, 2012
12:05 am
Whoop… I mean Thanks Carol!…. shoulda know better.s
April 15th, 2012
12:31 am
Where are all the haters? All the people saying we would lose 1000 games this season? Its it still early but the offense has come more to life and Minor looked GREAT tonight.
April 15th, 2012
12:36 am
Braves Decisions! http://wp.me/2lqJ1
April 15th, 2012
12:56 am
Thanks for the quotes Carroll!
April 15th, 2012
12:59 am
I love cheering for this team. Not going to get on here and say we are better than anyone. But we have a talented group of kids who can play ball. Glad we got the slow start behind us and now back on the track.
Exited for the rest of the season!! GO BRAVES!!
April 15th, 2012
1:35 am
Where's all the Francisco haters? Kid had a decent game today.
April 15th, 2012
1:37 am
This team can win without Bones Jones. No offense to Bones,but with his knees,you can not plan on him being out there to lead
April 15th, 2012
1:39 am
What a great game! Minor was fantastic. Love these articles and the players POV.
April 15th, 2012
2:36 am
Had to see Hunger Games and Lockout with the Mrs. so, I missed the game. Glad to see the Bravos get back to .500 playing good ball and hitting in the clutch
April 15th, 2012
3:05 am
The Braves Juggernaut keeps rolling!
Go Braves!
April 15th, 2012
4:09 am
Great game, Braves-style… Gut-check for Kimbrell…. He blew that last guys doors off…. Minor looked awesome… Great DP started by Francisco… Larry, Mo, and Curly will have something bad to say, you can bet… too bad for the pseudo-armchair "fans"…
April 15th, 2012
6:06 am
I haven't heard much from the "Heyward is a bust let's trade him for a bag of balls" crowd much lately either….
April 15th, 2012
6:22 am
Thanks for the quotes Carroll… feels like reading an extended game story after reading your game story first. Very fun.
April 15th, 2012
7:17 am
We need a blow out tonight, I dont think Kimbrel and Venters are going to be available again,
April 15th, 2012
7:35 am
Great job by Minor last night. Hopefully Beachy can duplicate it. Go 7 strong and if it's close, let O'Flaherty and Medlen close the door. Go Braves! Get the sweep!
April 15th, 2012
7:39 am
Watching the video of Kimbrell striking out Gambel to end the game, I think Craig might have a new nickname – Caveman – that's what he looks like when he lets out that "roar" when he slays the other team.
April 15th, 2012
8:24 am
DE Braves Fan
April 15th, 2012
12:31 am
Where are all the haters?
There are no Haters on this blog, only Doubters!
April 15th, 2012
8:30 am
April 15th, 2012
6:06 am
I haven't heard much from the "Heyward is a bust let's trade him for a bag of balls" crowd much lately either….
As all you kool-aid crowd always say, "its still early"
April 15th, 2012
8:33 am
Thank you to the AJC Braves beat writers, great job with all the coverage.
B-Mac stepping up and being the leader they need is huge. Chipper was the spark they needed to get this roll going. Nice to see Francisco contribute too. Go Braves
April 15th, 2012
8:35 am
Braves Fan
April 15th, 2012
1:35 am
Where's all the Francisco haters? Kid had a decent game today.
Fatscisco will be ok, he was just trying too hard his last game to make a good impression, needs more playing time to relax/
April 15th, 2012
8:43 am
Why do people keep going on this blog just to say "thanks for the quotes" etc, Don't DOB and Carroll get paid to do this, thats their job isn't it. Congrats on a great job would be better!
April 15th, 2012
8:45 am
please rember after the second year french bounced back too for about a month then back in the tank heyworthless hasnt turned anything except excuses lol
April 15th, 2012
8:45 am
Congradulations Carroll on a great job on the quotes.
April 15th, 2012
8:48 am
Hey Ralph Good morning How are you? Going to Ted for my first game I can actually see live .
April 15th, 2012
8:53 am
Thats great Samantha, you will love it.
April 15th, 2012
8:58 am
Samantha, take a broom with you, wear something crazy and a sign saying "Hello Fans, i'm Samantha" so they will put the camaras on you, then we will all know what you look like.
April 15th, 2012
9:02 am
Why do you want to know? I will do that but I can tell you if you want to know. Sitting along first base line where I can wink at my man Freddie.
April 15th, 2012
9:06 am
Man, we get almost eight innings from Minor but still had to use Venters and Kimbral….I hate that!
April 15th, 2012
9:21 am
It's called "WINNING".
April 15th, 2012
9:24 am
panama@8:24…….Maybe so, but an awful lot of them sound like haters.
April 15th, 2012
9:30 am
What sdo tou want to know Ralph?
April 15th, 2012
9:36 am
Does anyone think that this post on the Braves blog will recieve 719 comments after a Braves 4 game winning streak?
719 is the number of hits on the Braves Blog after a 4 game losing streak.
go braves!
April 15th, 2012
9:44 am
Hey reckingingball If they werent complaining they would not be called Brave fans
April 15th, 2012
9:49 am
Well since no one wants to talk, I will just go away and cry.
April 15th, 2012
9:56 am
I'm not a hater. Been a Braves fan since they moved to Atlanta in 1966. However, I did pick them to finish 4th in the division this year and I'll stick with that. If they finish better than that, I'll eat a whopping helping of crow. But in September, not now.
My reason for picking them so low has nothing to do with any specific players, but with their manager and GM. Fredo is NOT a ML manager. Never has been and never will be. Why do you think the Orioles fired Wren? How 'bout the moves he's made here? Kawakami for 3 years, McLout for 3 years, Lowe for 4 years, etc. Then this year signing Livan and Durbin, both ragarms, rather than go with younger Braves such as Gearrin and Flande. Neither of those guys have given up a run in something like 18 innings between them. While the 2 ragarms Wren signed have given up runs in EACH of their appearances.
FW should have had faith in the younger Braves rather than continue to sign off the ragarm pile as he seems to do every year. Do the names Sherrill, Linebrink and Proctor bring back any memories? Good or bad memories? That's what I thought.
My prediction of the Braves 4th place finish will change whenever Fredo is replaced, or both he and FW are replaced. Those two bufoons do not know what they are doing.
April 15th, 2012
9:59 am
1st place in a landscape Tiger.
April 15th, 2012
10:02 am
Wait! Where are the haters? Where are the people who said to fire Fredi, trade McCann, the Braves are the worst team in the NL, etc? Such morons.
April 15th, 2012
10:05 am
Finally somebody agrees with me. 1st place by allstar break and never lose it. Go Braves
April 15th, 2012
10:06 am
By the way, if you'll check it out, I do come on here and praise players when the Braves win. I don't just trash them when they lose. I love these guys, but sometimes when they lose and play bad doing it, I tend to ignore my 24 hour rule and get on here and vent. I try and make myself wait 24 hours after a particularly galling loss before I come on here. But sometimes, I just can't help myself.
And remember this about me picking them fourth, lots of others did so also. Even the great DOB picked them third. I'm not doing that because I'm a "hater". I do that objectively by looking at the other teams in their division, and then trying to fit in where the Braves will finish. I sincerely hope that the Braves that played below their prior abilities last year [Prado, Heyward, even the great McCann] come back like gangbusters this year helping the Braves win the WS. But for now, my brain says 4th although my heart wants first.
April 15th, 2012
10:12 am
Phillies too old, Marlins too many egos, Nationals need depth in pitching and manager, Mets will fall,and injuries. Who does that leave? Braves in a landslide. Have faith Tiger. Be patient.
April 15th, 2012
10:23 am
The Braves have won 4 in a row, and played pretty good ball doing it.
Who are the players that you have praised?
go braves
April 15th, 2012
10:41 am
Heyward, Mccann. Uggla, Prado all doing well They can take that overrated SS and send him back to Toronto.
April 15th, 2012
10:46 am
Tiger – Relax a little. You're trying way too hard. Stop searching for something and rest that helpless mind. Find a lineup in the East that currently matches Atlanta? Even the Philly Kincade agrees that the Braves should present the best lineup, offensively. Which team in the East can match the bullpen and closing combination of Atlanta? Last year, no team. Why would that change this year? And as far as starting pitching, Philly still holds that advantage, but have you seen the starting pitching across the East? It might as well be fairly distributed. First or Second in the East is likely. Fourth? No chance. Perhaps you haven't watched the Miami Circus and you've forgotten who the Nationals and Mets are.
April 15th, 2012
10:50 am
YEA FINALLY I agree. Go braves all the way to WS
April 15th, 2012
10:54 am
Uggla has been doing horrible, in all seriousness.
The guy did nothing on offense and cost a run from his error last night.
April 15th, 2012
10:55 am
Have any of you seen a game live before? This will be my first. What can I expect different?
April 15th, 2012
10:55 am
Broom !!!!
April 15th, 2012
10:57 am
OK who is posting under my name again. That is not me at 1054. If you want to play your games, I am out orf here. I have3 had enough
April 15th, 2012
11:16 am
Heyward .346/ .414/ .991. 10th in batting avg in the NL.
April 15th, 2012
11:30 am
Hope Bones Jones does not come back too quick. Needs to take all the time he needs before coming back. These guys can win until he gets back
April 15th, 2012
11:33 am
There are a few morons that post comments under others monikers.
I call it the idiot factor.
April 15th, 2012
11:33 am
over and out
April 15th, 2012
11:56 am
The Braves need to sweep today. BIG early season game. A win gives this team some early MO…..after having no MO after the Mets series. Go Braves!
They had the Braves on MLBTV Saturday in Tampa….played 3 innings and then the feed was locally switched to the Marlins/Astros game. Who does that???? I just love Brighthouse Network……they are run by a bunch of idiots. Calling Verizon and Knology today!
April 15th, 2012
12:05 pm
I will be patient Samantha. I hope that you enjoy the game today. There is nothing for a baseball fan than seeing a ML game in person. NOTHING. I plan on catching a few later in the year myself. I may boo an umpire or two, but you will NEVER, I SAY NEVER CATCH ME BOOING A BRAVE. Not at a game. Not even Fredo. I may talk bad about some of them in a blog from time to time, but never would I boo a player at the stadium. Except maybe Shane Victorino.
I have praised 1] Chipper – For when he came back and delivered right off the DL. What a player that guy has been for all of his Brave years. Saw him play a lot as a minor leaguer at AA Greenville [S.C.] They won the Southern League Championship that year he played there. Won over 100 games. Javy Lopez, Klesko and I think Pete Smith were on that team. What fun they were to watch! 2] If you will check the blogs after the 10-8 Friday night victory, you will find that I praised McCann. I stated that the torch will be passed to him soon. He will soon be the leader that Chipper has been for the past few years 3] I took up for Heyward, stating that the people that have trashed him need to remember his age. This dude is only 22. His ceiling is way up in the sky. Anyone that says he should be traded should have their head examined.
Anyway, that is just a sample of the praise that I have doled out LATELY. I will continue to dole out praise, 'cause as I've said, I love these guys.
April 15th, 2012
12:09 pm
this is still a non-playoff group. i'm still not watchin' 'em 'til the frediot is history.
April 15th, 2012
12:19 pm
Someone posted above listing all the reasons why the other teams would not win the division and why the Braves would. Not to examine all of that reasoning, but the comment about the Brave bullpen superiority struck me as particularly naive. The two pitchers at the back of the pen are the best 1-2 combo in he division, if not all baseball, but after that there are serious issues. EOF will not repeat a sub 1 ERA again, nobody does, and he has been all too hitable so far this year. (I was bitching to myself about Fredi's decision to use him in the 7th the other night against a sequence of strong right hand hitters instead of getting a 2nd inning out of Medlen.) Medlen and EOF are OK, but after that the pen is weak. The posts about Livan and Durbin confirm the concern about bullpen depth is shared by most people on here.) The second part of that post discounts the fact that the bullpen of the Nats is actually a strength. I'll take Venters and Kimbrell over their 8-9 inning guys, but they are not bad, and I'd take their depth over ours. (Their starters are not bad either– John Lanan could not even break into the rotation.) The Mets are better than they were supposed to be, and the Phillies are probably not as good. The Braves have a brutal interleague schedule this year. The division will be very competetive.
April 15th, 2012
12:20 pm
Bye everyone. Gone to the Ted. See my first ever live game. Go braves
April 15th, 2012
12:40 pm
Can't watch the game today with Beachy pitching. He focuses so much on straightening his pant leg after each pitch that I can't keep an interest in the game. I'll watch another game today and return to the braves next time.
April 15th, 2012
1:00 pm
April 15th, 2012
1:04 pm
@12:05…"Except maybe Shane Victorino." I don't like Victorino either, but I would probably like him, if he was on the Braves team.
Or maybe in the other league.
go braves
April 15th, 2012
1:07 pm
wow, was in reponse to someone not watching a Braves game, because the starting pitcher likes to keep his pants legs straightened.
go braves
April 15th, 2012
1:23 pm
If we can tolerate players and coaches spitting tobacco, and the manager picking his nose, I think we can withstand the annoyance of a pitcher straightening his pants leg. What about players stepping out after every pitch to readjust their batting gloves?
April 15th, 2012
1:37 pm
Carroll Rogers
April 15th, 2012
12:01 pm
Sorry Carroll, I don't read any other sports writers, your the best
April 15th, 2012
2:01 pm
Smart job of putting Fredi's quotes after the player's…makes for better reading and feel. You are the best Carroll, and I appreciate your works!!
April 15th, 2012
5:53 pm
HEY guys just got back. My first game That is awesome
April 15th, 2012
6:37 pm
What was the best part for you Samantha?
Talk about some solid pitching now. Except for Durbin. He was a prize catch wasn't he Frank Wren? A 24 year old [Minor] and 25 year old [Beachy] with back to back gems. Minor gave up 2 hits and 0 earned runs in 7 1/3 and Beachy gave up 3 hits and 0 earned runs in 7. Back to back gems right there. And Ol' Hoss misses 2 games to have his knee drained then steps right up with a 3 run jack. That guy is just amazing. Bourn is finally starting to roll, and even our manager Fredo showed some cojones with a double steal call.
I still don't understand Uggla with his yearly slow starts. He tore it up in Spring Training with 7 homers, so I thought he'd be ready to go. But he has zero homers and his BA is creeping toward the Mendoza Line. Looks like to me he's trying to yank everything. The pitch he struck out on when runners were on 2nd and 3rd, was on the outside corner and he still tried to pull it. Last year he broke out of his slump when he started trying to go up the middle and even to right some. Hopefully he'll start doing that again. For now Hoss and others are picking up his slack.
April 15th, 2012
7:05 pm
Jim…."What about batters stepping out after every pitch to readjust their batting gloves?"
Or how about the pitchers stepping off the rubber, to readjust their balls?
April 15th, 2012
7:24 pm
Hi Tiger I guess the best part I enjoyed was the crowd reaction to every time the braves did good. Beachy was super but I just dont know about Durbin. If my man Freeman dont start hitting Im not going to wink anymore.
April 15th, 2012
7:58 pm
Friday night, Uggla had 3 hits and scored 1 run, he had a RBI double, and also hit a 2 RBI single in the 8th inning, that broke an 8 to 8 tie, and helped the Braves win the game.
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Here's the latest update on the Ewart Family. In the early morning on Tuesday, December 20th, fire destroyed their Valencia home. Six family members were in the house at the time, three were seriously injured and sent to the Grossman Burn Center. Since the fire, our Valley has jumped in to assist. This is the latest update courtesy of neighbors, Josy and Steve Block.
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The New York Post reported this week on what must be a fairly new phenomenon:
The term refers to women who binge and purge new clothing and accessories, often by ordering them online and then returning most of what they've purchased.
Sites like Zappos and Shopbop, which offer free shipping on returns, are said to fuel the bulimic shopping fire-- and some stores have loosened their return policies in order to stay competitive with online shopping sites.
I personally find returns to be a nightmare, but what about you?
Are you a bulimic shopper?
I'll admit I'm more likely to order clothes from a site that has an actual store here in Nashville- That way, if what I've ordered doesn't work out, I can physically take it back to the store.
The prospect of boxing up an online order and going to my post office to send it back is nightmarish.
But in the New York Post story, one woman admits to spending two hours each weekend returning the online items she's purchased.
Another interesting point in the story was what happened after the store Intermix loosened its return policy and began offering cash refunds on returned clothing:
'The sales personnel immediately noticed a change in their shoppers. "Oh my God, chronic returners are now 50 percent of our customers," exclaims a sales associate at the Upper West Side Intermix.'
That would have to be very annoying.
So what do you think about shopping bulimia? Real problem or hyped-up news story?
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This entire article is a badly written, completely un-researched bit of ignorance that causes judgment against people with REAL eating disorders.
Also, the word is bulimic, not bulemic. No one is going to take you seriously with such a bad spelling error.
I believe it is becoming a real problem, especially with the shitty economy. Consumers will buy something, use it, then return it realizing they couldn't really afford the purchase in the first place. I have a really good friend who works for MAC Cosmetics. They have a 30 day return policy whether you have used the makeup or not. During prom/wedding season females will come to the counter spend $100, use the makeup for a few days, then bring the cosmetics back for a full cash refund or credit to their card. Another friend who works at forever 21 also sees people returning clothing that has already been worn...Forever 21 has adopted a policy that you can only return items for store credit, no cash refunds are given. I do believe more stores should adopt a policy such as this. When people buy things, use them, then return the item it drives up costs for all of us.
I absolutely know several people like this.
And it sounds like someone is super protective of her eating disorder. She didn't invent the term, and it doesn't make anyone think anything about people with eating disorders.
Personally, I don't do returns.
Yes I return things, especailly if I order shoes online. Because you never know if they will fit properly or not. Sites like endless and zappos do make it very easy to return. Actually returning things you bought online is a lot easier than you think, because most of them are free return via UPS. All I have to do was box them up, print out the label, and drop it off at my local UPS store. 95% of the time there was no lines unlike the post office. I think another reason I return things I bought from the stores, just like Melanie, I hate trying on clothes at the store. It is such a hassel. I rather buy them and try them on in the comfort of my home. If they don't fit, they go back.
Having been in an eating disorders recovery group, I think bulimia is the perfect way to describe this. Overindulge to the point of illness, feel guilty, purge to relieve guilt. Bulimic is a perfect analogy for this type of buy and return.
I rarely return anything because it's such a hassle. Since what I buy is usually a real bargain, if it doesn't work for me, I donate it and take the tax deduction.
Spellcheck is your friend. I don't mind typos on CM but this is a professional blog so there shouldn't be typos. It's bulimic not bulemic.
Hmm.... my views on this one are going to be a little different. I too analyze this pattern. Ya now there is a shift in the trend of shopping. Confessions of a Shopaholic: I'm not a shopaholic but knows what goes inside the mind of shopaholics. There would be many who indulge themselves in window shopping, I too belong to this category & then the others who are compulsive buyers. Though this lot would indulge themselves in shopping but later on guilt factor may take them on. If they get a chance to shop & but not spend then they would cherish this fact. Right? Here comes an easy option of ordering online where the lot can indulge themselves in shopping, buying the most expensive things as per their choice. Hence the satisfaction role plays here. By the time they receive the item ordered their satisfaction criteria gets met & then they can save the money by not receiving the item when it gets delievered. The easiest is to return the goods ordered. This is it. This is how a shopping bulemic acts....
I used to have a friend that did this a lot. She got banned from returns at Target because of this. Her closet was full of things that still had tags on them. It's not me at all. I hate the process of returning things.


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When my friend Spencer, Southern foodie born and bred, enthusiastically claimed that he had finally found his favorite Southern restaurant in San Francisco after a year of good searching, I could not wait to check this place out.
Hops & Hominy is at the end of an alley off the busy streets of downtown and Union Square. If you aren't looking out, you'll most likely miss it. Keep your eyes out for a sign with a bunny on it. Upon entering, you are welcomed by an accommodating staff and an ambiance that is both sexy and comforting.
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Glad to hear it Cameron! I went back a few weeks ago and it's one of the few really good restaurants in SF where you still have a chance on getting a table on a Friday night. I hope you get there before that's no longer the case.
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AbstractEvaluation processes of all types, including monitoring, review and impact assessment, offer unique opportunities for learning and provide useful feedback on what works and what doesn't, and the reasons for success or failure. Involving staff members, partners and beneficiaries in the evaluation process allows them to reflect on their work, revisit their understanding of the project's goals and activities, assess their effectiveness and take ownership of the evaluation findings. The knowledge created and the lessons learned through evaluation subsequently provide a basis for better project planning and implementation. This Brief outlines an evaluation approach that promotes learning and program improvement; it contrasts this approach with accountability-focused evaluation and it provides an example of learning-oriented evaluation from within the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
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A PV array of the size shown here would barely have enough output to united pharmacy levitra trickle charge a typical automotive battery let alone drive a AC plant!
The language and tone of this article gets me too. It seems written as if the audience were pre-schoolers.
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Heat pumps have a LOT of room for improvement.
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I think the article was strictly for curiosity sake, and stands as a warning that some corporations are trying expensive junk like that A/C unit, and I thank EcoGeek for letting us know this stuff is coming to market for just that reason: a warning.
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The problem is cost.
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If you only use solar electricity for one purpose, then you waste the opportunity when you don't need that use (e.g. sunny cool days).
Cost for PV is not the biggest problem. Cost will probably come down by half in the next years, and peak time electric cost when AC is needed is already cost effective.
written by Josh, June 24, 2010
My point is not to brag. It's to say that I find product's like this to be nothing more then greenwashing. My heat pump (it's an Acadia Cold Air Heat Pump) provides both heating and cooling, but it consumes a fair amount of power to do it. I was lucky to professional viagra be able to take advantage of a Solar Lease to make it "solar powered" at a relatively affordable price - but this is buy tramadol overnight by far not a normal option for most everyone.
If LG is serious about the AC unit being environmentally sustainable, why not scrap the 70 watt panel and instead save a few hundred watts by developing better compressor technology. The 70 watt panel is lipstick on a pig if you asked me.
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User folder issues
I'm currently having some issues with user folders and hopefully someone will be able to figure it out. I built this PC back in July and it was my first time using an SSD (which I use for miscellaneous programs and Windows). I found a guide somewhere which told me to change the folders associated with the libraries to folders on my HDD. There may have been more to it, though it has been several months and I can't remember what guide it was and if there was more to it. It seemed to work for the most part, though I've run into some issues over the past few months.
For some reason, certain games decide to save to the main directory (A:\) as opposed to the My Documents folder which is what the Documents library is set to. This creates a bit of a mess though it isn't too much of an issue.
In October, I ran into some issues with the game "Dishonored" where I was unable to locate where the game was storing its .ini and save files (normally, they'd be saved under User\My Documents\My Games\Dishonored). At the time, I wanted to tweak the .ini files a bit but was unable to do so as they were saving to a seemingly nonexistent location (I even checked in ProcessMonitor). Eventually, I found found another way to apply the tweaks and ignored the issue.
Now I'm having an even bigger issue with XCOM: Enemy Unknown; the game doesn't seem to know where to save anything. Whenever I try to change settings or save a game, it says that it failed to save. I did a bit of searching and found that some other people have also had this issue, though none of the solutions posted worked for me.
Here's the main thread with the solutions:
For anyone that can't save/load games or change any in game options.
I'm unable to try Skirr's solution as I don't seem to have my username anywhere on the left side of Explorer. The closest thing I have are the libraries and restoring default in that doesn't seem to fix the issue. When I click "Restore Defaults", it removes "A:\My Documents" and adds the main A:\ directory (as the set save location) and Public Documents "C:\Users\Public". XCOM still doesn't work with those settings, nor does it work if I change the set save location to the public documents folder.
I tried Justin Fletcher's fix, which uses this guide (well, a Vista version of it, but I found this for 7) and unfortunately, it also didn't work. Under "C:\Users\elfbarf" I have an empty "My Documents" folder which seems to not work, even if I set it as the Documents location. There was also a hidden (Windows system file) My Documents folder which I tried deleting (and unfortunately, I'm unable to bring it back) which seems to be some sort of shortcut. When I tried opening it, it said access was denied (even though I'm an administrator). I downloaded the registry file and followed the guide, though it seems as if it thought that the default is my main A:\ directory. Obviously, this didn't fix the issues with XCOM. Even after changing the registry entry to "A:\My Documents", running "shell: personal" still takes me to the main A:\ directory.
The MKLINK method that immanis suggested seems like a good idea though I don't think I'll be able to do it without reformatting (or at least fixing this issue). If I had known about that back in July, I probably would've used it.
The only way I've been able to get XCOM to work is by creating a new user account. The game seems to have no issues with saving as the default locations are correct (and save under C:\User\My Documents). While it does work, I'd rather not have to use a separate account to play the game. Also, I'd rather not have to move all of "My Documents" back to my C drive if possible (though I can live with that). People have been complaining for months and Firaxis/2K haven't responded to anyone regarding the issue. It doesn't seem to be affecting many people, so they're either unaware or simply don't care about fixing it.
Any help that anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated.
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Hello Moarxx,
Did you use OPTION TWO in the tutorial below to restore the default locations of the user folders that you moved?
User Folders - Restore Default LocationInstead of moving your user folders to another location to avoid possible issues like this, you might consider this below to be able to access the files from your libraries with the files actually located where you like instead.
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I guess I must've done something wrong before; I just tried option two again but it seems to have worked this time.
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That's great news. You're welcome.
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love: cute design, I feel like a beach bum (in a good way) when I wear it!
hate: faded badly after the first wash and shrunk because it was cotton. the top buttons down the bust twist when you wear it. And my fantasy of being on the beach was popped when I realized it was lined on the inside. I agree with the other person that the pockets are really weird, they don't lay flat.
the compromise: I cut off the bottom to the stripe and now it is a really cute top!
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cute dress but the pockets make it stick out really awkwardly at the hips..kind of makes it look like those old horse riding pants they had before stretchy material was invented