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I actually had a bad mold problem--I moved into a basement apartment and found out the adjacent laundry room had mold. When I talked to the landlady, who lived above me, about doing something about it, she told me that she couldn't afford to. That's when I call the building inspector. The thing about building inspectors is that they will look for code violations throughout the property. So not only did my landlady have to treat the mold, but she had to repair her cracked front steps. I moved out at the end of the month, losing my deposit because my landlady was so pissed at me, it became unbearable to stay, even though the mold was dealt with.

So calling the building inspector should be your last resort. Withholding rent.is a last resort. As others have said you need to notify your landlord, nicely but clearly--make sure he comes over to see what the problems is and decide how he would like to deal with it.

I've been both a landlord and a tenant--had generally good tenants and some crazy landlords. Even so, you need to give your landlord the opportunity to fix the problem before you take some kind of legal action or get the local governmental agencies involved.
Finding out what your legal rights are as a tenant and what your landlord's rights are is also a good idea--just keep everything in perspective.

This suggestion doesn't answer your question, but it might solve the movement problem. What about weighting the base--Either under or over. I guess over would be kind of a base cozy. Hopefully that would keep your child from being able to push it. You could get sand or metal weights of some kind and bag it--put it under the base.

I like them both. The white, with or without red knobs, would work in some situations. I also like the stained and grey drawer transformation. I also like what Sweet Virginia said. Sometime I see things that are actually to my taste, in that I like the way they look, but I wouldn't/don't have a place for them in my house. Which applies to both versions of this chest.

Also
http://www.scalamandre.com/
Scalamadre, though not liturgical, has high-end velvets, brocades etc--beautiful fabrics. They generally sell only to the trade, so you may need, as others have mentioned, a wholesale account and/or interior designer connection.

Try searching images for Giant Wooden Dominos--you'll get plenty of possibilities, although I did not see anything exactly like the ones in the photos.

You could also call or write West Elm to see if they'd tell you the source.

Is it this or something like this?
http://www.lampsplus.com/products/Golden-Bronze-Criss-Cross-19-and-three-quarter-inch-Wide-Pendant-Light__P0359.html

Anna
I didn't mean that there were no couches, just that what is shown in he photo are chairs.

oh, I was wrong--they have shops world wide.
Cool chairs--seems like IKEA did something similar recently.

You could save the image and use it to do a search via Google images as I did.

The couches are in an apartment in Helsinki--
http://boligmagasinet.dk/article/82709-en-lejlighed-fyldt-med-hjemmelavet-luksus-/gallery/522422

Discerning--your choice, though I'd choose laughter--as I did when reading Kaete, Becster.Henrich and Pamela's posts.

If you had any idea how demeaning the whole 'authentic' Mexican food question is, to Mexican-Americans, brought about by some well-known chiefs in the last ten years, you'd understand. But really, no one owns a good enchilada...even if it's made with cream cheese, just don't say it with a hard D. ;-).
For the record, in Puebla, Mexico I had Enchilada Suezas made with Swiss cheese and a tomato soup like sauce. Not my favorite...in fact when the waiter saw how much I didn't like my dish, he refunded my money.

OTH, Yum, Corned Beef and Cabbage...