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Faith - Great decision on no stool by the island - bar seating should be restricted to a bar ONLY. I am designing my own kitchen and I just told the architect, no seating at the island (he had the stunned look) I know its some fad that will pass, I will store cookbooks and our LeCreuset collection on the outside of the island.

Marlene, not to discourage you, your idea sounds great, but as the owner of a 20lbs Pfaiff and a surger, I can tell you with certainty that the machine will give you a hard time. I started having issues with my sewing machine, skipping stitch and what not, and took it to the technician, who could not find anything wrong with it. Then completely by accident I placed my sewing machine on the counter, it worked like a charm. I was using it on a table that had vibration, and the sewing machine did not like that... So unless you are sure it will be completely solid with no vibration, I say do not waste your time. It needs to be on a solid support underneath... Good luck with everything.

Can you please share who made the closet in her bedroom, contractor, or company that installed it. I have seen these in commercial installations, and would like someone that can do it in residential in NYC... can you share cost?

GO ANDY, GO DEAN... Fingers crossed everything goes well.

guys, HONESTLY, why do you have to make such comments: wow this costs more than my house, more than my toilet... lalala. If you don't have anything constructive to add to the discussion, please by all means, talk to yourself in your head, but sometimes it is okay to think something and not speak it

oh wow, they paid 450GBP and cut it to make it fit? abomination :-) why dont you hire someone to paint you a mural based on the size of the wall you got...

Kat, I don't think airlines allow children over 1 year old on the lap - that must have been a LONG time ago. We have always bought a ticket for our son, and having one of those seats that approved to be latched to the seat on flight was wonderful when he was a 3-4 month old.
As our son is approaching 5 years old, our favourite travel gadget is trunkie, which serves as a seat for him when waiting at airports, and he can pull it on his own, carries his toys or his own clothes. He also loves to draw, so we found some pattern making car designs, that he can fill in his own car colors and design - this was wonderful on our last trip.

I am not sure how the artificial sweeteners relate in terms of their nutritional content to sugar. Stevia is not an artificial ingredient, its derived naturally from the stevia plant. That said, I do believe, that sugar is sugar is sugar, even when it comes from fruit in the form of fructose. I have the same sensitivies as TinaO and I stay away from all things sweet. I have learnt to eat lots of vegetables (lucky for me I never have had a sweet tooth). I use a great book by Terry Walters - Clean Food, that is an AMAZING new way of healthy cooking, and she uses bananas as sweeteners (not my thing as I don't like the banana taste/smell), but I tried some of her baked recipies, and are fantastic... I would like to flip thru this book tho, one never knows what recipes spike my attention...

You can buy perfectly cute multicolor velcro ties that cost $5 for 6 of them. I love them, I use them in every appliance small or medium in my house.

Yes, if you are talking about the external part of your apartment's walls, you can purchase soundproof sheetrock and have a contractor install it on the outside of the walls. Living in a private house with multiple apartments and plagued by a similar issue, I would also say that the sound is travelling from the floor and ceiling, or rather the lack of insulation on the floor substrata. So I would suggest to cover the floors with thick rugs, we did this, and it has improved a lot. For the walls I am afraid there is no other way than the expensive way... sheetrocking...