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I tried it. One tip: Make sure your toaster is cleaned out, or the crumbs from the bottom tray will fall on the element and catch on fire.

No way would I be wanting to fool around with that "crib" to get my baby out in the event of a fire. Also what happens when your kids are to tall to sleep in a closet? Or when the baby is old enough to crawl out of his crib? It's definatly cute, but not very practicle.

Do paint stores want people to help themselves to paintchips when they have no intention of buying paint? Probably not. Do they recognize that people do and that it's a cost of doing business? Probably so. And if you want to do this but are worried about the morality of it you can buy an entire book of paint chips, in fact nothing in the post says that Sally didn't do just that.

You can for sure paint the ceiling. Taping off below the curve will be easiest, but taping on the ceiling itself past the curve will make the ceiling seem higher.

I do not love this.

Washing your face is much tidier in a larger sink, also I find that a large amount of counter space=a large amount of clutter. I prefer my things neatly on shelves or out of sight in drawers/cupboards.

I do love the horse, very much.

Duct tape and saran wrap, works like a charm.

I would probably go ahead and remove the drawers under the stairs, they are so random. If you want to keep them then paint them the same colour as the wall so they blend in a little. For the kitchen I like the idea of going dark, what colours are in your marble? If there's a black fleck in the marble go black, a blue fleck, blue etc. I also like all white in a kitchen so that's an option as well.

Curious's comment makes me think my post might not have been clear. I wasn't suggesting putting an island in the middle of the space where it could block the stove, rather putting some kind of island/countertop/kitchen work cart where the fridge currently is, perpendicular to the wall. I see that a few others have suggested the same thing. My answer was also based on the assumption that you are renting this house and don't mind spending a little money fixing it up (I myself am buying a new sink for my bathroom, I'm planning to stay here for a while and it's to ugly for words right now) however, if you own this house and are going to be renting it out then I agree with travelingrory, gut it and start over because as a renter this kitchen would be a dealbreaker for me.