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@TheSweetestDigs - Your bathroom reno is fantastic! I love that sink - thanks for sharing!

Socks! It might be 95 degrees in the summertime, but I always, always have to sleep with my socks on. I also used to queue up an episode of "Walker Texas Ranger" on DVD (seriously) during bouts of insomnia, and it was so familiar and comforting, I could fall asleep in no time.

Can I also just say that I love hearing from people who admit they still sleep with their childhood stuffed animal or blanket and don't give a s--- about what anyone thinks? I'm nearly 30 and still sleep with my Winnie-the-Pooh (and as a bonus -- my husband's cool with it).

That is so cool!

Huh? Wha?

In five years, I'd rather be alive than have enough money saved off of rent to buy a car (or anything, for that matter).

A cheap apartment in a shady neighborhood should never trump your health and safety. But even if YOU don't mind an unsafe neighborhood, think about the health and safety of your guests, your partner (present or future), or kids (present or future).

I knew someone who bought a nice condo in a really dangerous neighborhood. I always felt unsafe when going to visit, but she used to laugh about the frequent gunshots she'd hear, and gang members that would hang out on the street corner by her place - almost as though it were a badge of bravery to be admired. It wasn't until she had a baby and had a very close scare that she decided that enough was enough and it was better to move to another neighborhood where violent crime wasn't an everyday occurrence.

When I was a teenager, I was obsessed with John Lennon's sunken bed in the movie, "Help!" and always wished I had one of my own.

The sunken tub, on the other hand, seems to be an accident waiting to happen - one misstep into the tub does NOT sound nearly as cushy as tripping into bed.

On a side note, I would be happy if the tub-in-bedroom trend went on its merry way.

Thanks for this article! I've always been curious about the origins of store's product names.

Although easy-to-pronounce names are probably more desirable among stores as well as the buying public, I wish I could see more culturally diverse names in magazines and furniture catalogs. (Perhaps my bias comes from having an unusual Spanish surname - the kind that a chair probably won't be named after, but still!)

Funny, because after reading this article I realized that I don't have any signature items from my home state of Texas - except a six-pack of Lone Star that usually occupies space in my fridge.

My husband and I live in Chicago, and there's a couple of things - a pilfered CTA train map (for the record, neither of us stole it - it was given out as a door prize at a friend's party).

And - prepare to cringe - a print of a painting of John Wayne Gacy. We met the artist who painted it (Darick Maasen, a very talented guy), and my husband (himself an artist attracted to strange subjects) insisted on buying it, saying that it was quintessentially Chicago.

Yes, Andrea! What a great line - I'm definitely going to remember that!

My parents found the cardboard "tombstone" my older sister and I created and placed in the backyard for our deceased betta fish, Stripey, when we were about 8 and 7, respectively. I have it framed and hanging in our hallway, and it's hilarious.

Apparently, one of us didn't do the math right -- if you look at the dates, it would appear that Stripey died before he was born. Also says, "Good fish. Quiet fish."