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who are you mailing these to? Am I the only one that wonders how you follow up if things take a bad turn? Although I guess there could be some pretty tasteless ones to announce a miscarriage in the same vein as all of these.

I agree that a few pops of yellow or orange might help cheer the place up a lot. you also seem to have a lot of stuff on the counter, any of that you don't use often that can be put away? that might help lighten the mood too. I would seriously consider under cabinet lights in some or all of your kitchen, I did it in my last apartment only when we were getting ready to sell and it was so cheap and easy and made SUCH a difference I couldn't believe I'd waited that long to do it. Lights I used just plugged right into the wall.

um, rawr!

I'm with apartmentzombie on this one. Actually I think the less screen time the better especially for the under-six set. They love games and TV, and there is a time and place (airplanes, for one) but I think it's good for kids of all ages to "be bored" and have to figure out something fun to do... build a fort, say, or go outside.

also it's reversible and looks much better the other way 'round
http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0041/3842/files/Elle_Decor_-_Cozy_grande.jpg?5

I expected something more like this one from the Rockaway Novogratz house
http://dluximages.photoshelter.com/image/I0000DHOt6Ee688E

or this one in ombre of blues
http://dreamingofjune.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Painted-Stairs1.jpg

my mom designed a kitchen with white cabinets and butcher block counters 40 years ago when she was pregnant with me, it's still a great space and still looks beautiful

I have two little kids and even with another parent in the house, and two floors so I can escape to a quiet area when needed, working from home is very challenging.

I knew this post was a fantasy when I saw the combo of red wine, blueberries and a candle... toddlers would promptly eat the berries, spill the wine and proceed to burn the house down or at least burn themselves on the hot wax...

it IS possible to do house work with kids around. I can do laundry, clean a bathroom, and cook with them in the house (awake even) but even getting those tasks done can be a challenge

real "work" for a real length work day just doesn't seem feasible to me and believe me I have tied (just yesterday in fact)

totally

only reason to keep is

1. if you might sell books one day

2. the book without dust jacket looks terrible (some of my cookbooks have this problem)

my daughter started obsessively removing them from all her books at the age of two, and somehow this liberated me. Now I happily peel most books.