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  1. Definitely want arms on the sofa. Or at least an arm on my end of the sofa. None of that modern cool-looking impractical armless stuff. What is this, the W lobby?

    I like those old apothecary’s cupboards too, but I can’t really come up with a good reason why we should get one.

    I think if we had the spare cash I’d get a bunch of stuff from ABC’s antique dept. but I don’t have the cash so I should shut up.

  2. Definitely want arms on the sofa. Or at least an arm on my end of the sofa. None of that modern cool-looking impractical armless stuff. What is this, the W lobby?

    I like those old apothecary’s cupboards too, but I can’t really come up with a good reason why we should get one.

    I think if we had the spare cash I’d get a bunch of stuff from ABC’s antique dept. but I don’t have the cash so I should shut up.

  3. snappy — my understanding is the same as denton’s — 30 feet from rear of building to rear property line (unless building is grandfathered). I think that is for residential zoning of certain density. Unfortunately, there is an old warehouse against our rear property line that got grandfathered in for conversion to residential, so we’ve got some apartment dwellers on our property line with property line windows. Our plantings strategy is evolving, but it currently involves a mix of well-placed trees and grapevines run amok.

  4. Snappy;

    The minimum space for a backyard is 20 feet.

    Unless you haappen to be a member of a politically-pewerful, close-knit community that votes as a bloc. In that case, you get special zoning considerations.

    I’ll leave it as homework for the reader to figure out which group that might be.

  5. “Biff – are you really completely indifferent?”

    Yes, completely. Perhaps it would be different if I didn’t trust Mrs. C’s taste. Then again, she agreed to marry me, so perhaps I should question her judgement a bit more.

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