• Stuff for baking (recipe book, fancy sprinkles and sugars, cookie cutters -- the fun "extras," not the mixing bowls they already have) • Gift certificate for photo website (like...

Also, if you have a clothing rack in a sunny room (like the one shown in the picture), your clothes fade. Badly and unevenly.

I lived in a closetless apartment for three years and I had a clothing rack. It does not have a carefree, casual style to it. It has an "I'm too broke to afford anything else" style to it. The rack...

My son would break his neck in twelve seconds flat if we had one of those. Clearly designed by someone who thinks the inhabitant of this nursery is going to sleep sweetly in the crib until third gr...

Pleeeeeeease don't use plaid wallpaper. All it does is make your room smaller and busier and uglier. My house came with a plaid bathroom when we moved in. We just two months ago ripped down the bla...

I just painted my guest room gray. It's ICI/Dulux in "Zeppelin." It's a medium hue, on the cooler side but without any strong undertones of blue or green or purple. The room gets a decent amount of...

Oh, please please please don't wallpaper any closets. PLEASE. Paint them all the glamorous, exciting, dramatic, interesting colors you want, but please don't wallpaper them. Ripping off wallpaper i...

Why not find a couple of cozy club chairs and set them along the wall where the drop-leaf table is now? Add a small table between them. Then beef up the bar you have in the corner — use a big...

Before was better. After looks like a scary bordello. Who wants to be freaked out in a bathroom?

How neat — literally! The entry looks smashing, and that utility room looks like it works so well that doing chores in there isn't a drag. And I especially love the orange-and-white print in ...

TOTALLY get the rug pad. You don't need to get the pricey rug, but spring for the pad. Industrial tile floors are not comfortable, even if you put down the plushest rug on earth. Get the rug pad.

I wouldn't do skulls myself, but this is an awesome idea. I think it would look really cool in a bathroom. Very smart and simple.

I'm on the "paint the cabinets white" bandwagon. As for the yellow, I love it, but I like JenB's suggestion of going with white and elegant knobs if painting the cabinets doesn't work out.

I wanted to store all our spare bedding in Space Bags, but the seals broke and the bags re-inflated. It's impossible to keep the seal intact, even if you set them gingerly in a closet and never, ev...

A razor blade and oodles of patience should do the trick. Although if you've got that wavy/bumpy stained glass, you might need some kind of solvent. I always start with Goo Gone. It's not going to ...

Play-Doh in those teeny party-favor cans and finger puppets are small and fun to play with. A Cheerios necklace is great, too. You take a length of embroidery floss and load it up with...

I always get the most boring stuff off the registry -- washcloths, fitted crib sheets, diaper pail refills, wipes, diapers, those little dishwasher baskets for washing baby bottles. Nobody wants to...

We have the Oxo Candela set for my son (age 2.5). We hung a small square box display shelf thingie on his wall and the nightlights live there at night. He can't reach the shelf (and therefore can't...

Why wouldn't either one of those wallpaper remnants you show look good with a navy cabinet? The yellow one would be a refreshing change from all the blues and greens in your house, and would be so ...

Kids' music is a fun gift. There are lots of choices that won't annoy baby's parents to death. For starters, check out the albums from the Land of Nod, as well as those by Barenaked Ladies and They...