I have used Milk Paint and I did not like it. It was very labor intensive (it comes as a powder and has to be very carefully mixed to achieve the color you want). And it did not apply well for me. ...

OK, so after seeing that, I now know that it's normal that my one-year-old daughter spends an average of 6 milliseconds with each of the toys I bring out for her. I thought she had ADD or something...

What an adorable little boy! An angel! Happy birthday

Looks like insects have been eating away at those tables. Nasty.

Less noise is always better.

The taste is definitely different in my opinion. No harder to use though (how hard is pushing and inhaling?).

Does it come with a tray?

According to Ms. Paltrow, "my life is good because I'm not passive about it". Then again, she has the time and money to make her life good. I think it's pretty pretentious for an incredibly wealthy...

Thanks patrick (the other one). I appreciate your suggestion about the slate! And good point about the screen--I hadn't thought of that.

Oh and the carpet in the picture came with the house and we're only keeping it to protect the floors while we paint the room. It's going to the dump this weekend...Thanks everyone!!

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I like the idea of painting the inside a lighter, complementary color to the flagstone, but I worry about it being a cleaning nightmare. And the granite slab is...

Depending on how deep the closets are (and how necessary they are to your storage needs), you could remove the door of one of them and create a little alcove for a landing strip.

As if eating a banana weren't suggestive enough...

I've had the sectional for about 8 months and I love it. I spent my last week of pregnancy on it--even sleeping there since I couldn't lie down anymore. Super comfy and SO easy to clean. The only t...

I absolutely love Inke Heiland's Wallpaper Wildlife (http://www.inke.nl/index2.php?lang=en). It looks so great in my daughter's nursery. I ordered directly from the Dutch Inke Heiland site, rather ...

Although I haven't had my baby yet (any day now), we were told to bring some massage implements for my husband to use on my back, since his hands aren't likely to hold up for the entire labor. My h...