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If you need coverings for privacy then remove the rods and put outside mount roman shades on all 3, hung at the same height and let down to the same length on all ( let down enough to cover the transition from transom to the window on the door). You will cover the stained glass, but you will have a unified look. And, not all stained glass is good stained glass...if that isn't just stained glass film...

If you do not need to cover all 3 for privacy, do long drapes on the windows (yes, they will fit, just mount the rods on the walls not the woodwork so the drapes fall to the sides more, they will even touch between the windows). Do not swag them, long and lean will be good to emphasize height and not add confusion. Do not do anything on the door except take off the stuff that is currently there. Frosting that glass with a film or the spray is an option, too.

As a recipient of the take out menu holder I can tell you it's silly. We eat a lot of takeout and this thing has never even been unwrapped. It's just doing what a drawer and a stack of menus already does. It's not like we have hundreds of favorite places...MAYBE it's good for a vacation home where you are helping out of town guests navigate the options...At least this post reminds me that it's a good item to pull out and pass on for a yard sale...

silliest thing ever. seems to take up a ton of space, is hella-ugly and why on earth does a toddler need privacy panels? built in mousepads? Really???

to me this looks like a post-prison apartment. Sure, it's small, but there has been no real effort put into the design. Other than the cat stairs, its not thoughtful. The kitty box is under the food prep area, ewwww.

I'd mount the bike on the wall, move the branch over the sofa, put the desk in the area between the kitchen and the pole (where the small dresser is now), put the smaller dresser in the entry where that mirror is (perhaps mount the mirror over it)...just get things not so lined up in a row...then I'd get a rug and a floor lamp or something to define the living space versus the desk/eating space...oh and I'd get a few little upholstered cubes or something to sprinkle around so you can have guests sit - they could live under the window or one could be a side table to the couch...

oh, and paint the dressers something fun that ties them together and makes them look less accidental and of such disparate styles...

see ikeahackers for ways to hide the litter box in plain sight.

I had that same coffee table (it's at my sister's now as we moved to smaller room) - got it at Jordan's furniture in Reading, MA. Last I knew it was on their website still. I liked it and it was inexpensive and well-made (did not chip like the previous crate and barrel one did...it was actually wood and not veneer). Good luck finding it!

I would never buy home-made crib sheets. The quality of the elastic and stitching is just too important - crib sheets need to fit VERY securely in order to not be a strangulation hazard. Name brands have done safety testing, etc. I read Baby Bargains book and bought only the brands they had verified as safe. Not a place to skimp or put style above safety, IMO.

I would go insane if I ever visited you, not a clean or calm surface anywhere. Purge, baby, purge.

Without pictures or a floorplan, it's nearly impossible for us to answer this in any constructive manner. If you are looking for some random design ideas for small apartments with kids, I'd say Google that (or search here on AT to see where folks put the crib in a closet and whatnot...)

I'd move the table elsewhere (or get a drop leaf table to double as entry table and pull it out for formal dinners). In the corner where the table is now I'd build an L-shaped breakfast bar with stools, same height as the counterop or higher, depending on comfort. Folks seated on stools could look into kitchen to chat and on the wall to the right of the stools you could have the counter extrend around for addl seating (so 2-3 could eat there) and underneath of the very right most end have some cabinets under the counter to act as a bar storage area. It would give that space purpose when entertaining and when living at home/not entertaining.

Same granite as kitchen, minimal construction (braces for the bit against cabinets and corner, and perhaps look at cabinets that match your kitchen ones for the bar enclosure.

Key it to make sure it's enough space for users of the stools to be comfy and not feel penned in by the column.

Swivel stools will help make it more accessible and comfortable in a party.

All well and good, but the curtains in the pic are too short. why not move the rod down so the curtains skim the floor? they look odd suspended above the ground like that.

Overall, though, I'm a fan since many closet doors are cheap and ugly and a curtain may make it softer and allow for more floor space.