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love it! i've enjoyed your video cure in the past. would love to see some video on gardening in urban spaces.

i agree with mmilham. we have had a malm bedroom set for 5 years and are very happy with it. we've also have billy bookcases and have outfitted our bar and bathroom with their cabinets. we have a huge benno wall unit too. i've been very happy with it. you get what you pay for....if you want something super sturdy and solid wood, it's not going to be $60! duh,

Bumbo (borrowed one, she used it for 1 month), exersaucer (bought one on craigslist, she used it for 2 months). I have a small house and actually DO use my baby monitor a lot - every time we go down in the basement for extended periods of time, or outside so i can do yardwork or sit around the fire pitl.

i've had good luck with premaking pasta bakes and freezing them, with both pasta and mozz cheese on them, as well as freezing red peppers for soups or stirfrys later. I had bad luck with a homemade cream of potato soup (when it was defrosted it was gluey) and ham or anything smoked. The smoked flavor gets really tangy after a few months in the freezer. Yuck.

loved watching the new york flower market....great clip Maxwell. i alternate between a new house plant (then i bring them to work when i'm bored with them), a bowl of gourds and pumpkins right now, and then i'll do something with evergreen swags for Christmas time. not sure what to do in January...maybe that will be the best time for flowers to help us think about spring!

although the idea of getting flowers from the country is fun, be wary of poisonous berries and flowers, for pets and toddlers. the red berries looked suspiciously like viburnum (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viburnum) which I had in my yard as a kid, and was always told they were poisonous. also, I'm not sure about NY, but in the midwest, there are laws against picking protected wildflowers, like the trillium in some states(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trillium) but not all.

i'm a fan of the method products (kind of green?), especially their all purpose spray and floor cleaner. i invested in the O mop with wood & tile mops that can be washed in the washing machine, and some microfiber cloths for cleaning glass & mirrors. and i just use Comet on my old sinks and Bon Ami on my new one (Bon Ami just doesn't get the stains out the old sinks).

Love the video format - great daily reminder to keep working on the home! Thanks Maxwell!

i try to go once a year, but it's about a four hour drive for us to Chicago or Minneapolis. this also means usually a hotel stay, so add another $125 to the trip.

I also sit down with the post-it notes beforehand and mark up the catalog, write a list, and figure out how much it should cost.

the beginning of the trip is exhilirating, and by the end of the trip, it's exhausting. then there is the fun of trying to fit everything into the car, and hoping you don't get a flat on the way home!

thank you edgaroso. i figured it would be something like that!

i love it! As a dedicated IKEA shopper myself (from Green Bay, so we make the hike to Chicago or MN) I see a lot of IKEA stuff, but it's good that you're also mixing in some of your own personal items. You may want to add more personal items so it doesn't look like a catalog page. But i absolutely love it, and the architecture of your home is fabulous also!