I appreciate Yolanda's perspective. We are expecting our first baby next month and trying to make the same decisions about what's necessary and what's not. We have decided to take a "wait and see" ...

Toronto has a pretty progressive garbage-collection program. We have to separate our waste into compostable materials (food scraps, etc.), recyclables (the usual) and anything that doesn't fit thes...

The available space in our home dictates the amount of books I keep. Right now I have two tall bookshelves full and that's the maximum real estate available without making rooms feel hopelessly ove...

Totally second the shop vac recommendation. My husband insisted we get one and I thought it was going to be a waste of money ... but it has been a real workhorse. We've also used our sander a lot too.

We live in Toronto — not right downtown, but on the outskirts and accessible by public transit. We couldn't afford to buy downtown (unless we bought in a high-rise condo, which wa...

I totally agree about the cheap-and-cheerful Home Depot kitchens that don't stand the test of time. We felt zero guilt about ripping out the kitchen in our 1930s house. It clearly wasn't original, ...

I like a total of five pillows on a double (or larger) bed: two on each side for each sleeper, and a toss pillow that you can use for propping up books or as extra support for reading in bed.

This isn't quite the same contemporary aesthetic as the pieces you've listed, but I think that our antique cast-iron bed is a piece that will hold its value. It will never wear out, and it has a ti...

Limesickle is just a great paint colour in general. A friend did in fact use it in her child's room, but I and several friends/family members have used it in kitchens to good effect. It's just a ni...

A couple of other neat additions — online I've seen suggestions to add pumpkin-pie spice (to scent the dough deliciously). I've also added glitter to the dough before, which kids like.

The Mrs. Beasley is the stuff that nightmares are made of. My nieces have one and it only looks creepier with wear and tear! I remember having that phone myself as a child. That's probably the only...

This is so funny. When I saw the first picture I thought, oh, how interesting, that staircase looks so much like ours. Then I read on to discover that it is indeed in Toronto (just like ours!)

I'm glad that so many people here seem to embrace the vintage tiles. Our bathroom is quite similar to this in style (without the colourful mixture — ours is a slightly more muted golden yello...

I don't understand what's not kid-friendly about this room. I think this is an unusual twist on baby blue, and the dark wall colour with the contrast of white is very fresh. I like the...

Sea mentioned above the Williams-Sonoma set of 10 Pyrex nesting bowls. We have the set and love it. It is particularly useful when you are preparing a dish that has a lot of ingredients that need t...

Sorry to nitpick ... but you should change "strewned" in the text above.

I don't have any children and I bought this CD for myself! Very soft and relaxing without being cutesy.

The main floor of our [small] house is comfortable enough with a ceiling fan and open windows, but due to hot air rising the upper floor gets oppressively hot and humid, quickly. We have two window...

Just a little correction: The Littlest Birds is not on the Chinatown album, it's on their earlier album. It's such a great song.

I, too, am shocked that people take lightbulbs with them. How cheap can you get? I've never encountered anything really disgusting. In one rental apartment, the previous tenants left ...