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If you're not going to close the door to the closet, is it still a big fire hazard thing? I mean then isn't it just more like an alcove that is part of a bigger room that has windows?

I live in a 1 bedroom house with my husband and debate between giving up our dining room for a nursery or using our closet, when the time comes (if we aren't ready to move at that time.)

I never thought I'd be one of those people, but I actually really like the before! That said, the after is fine too.

I have to assume they gutted the house because there is a door and big room where there once was a wall and a window (as far as I can tell).

I was born in SF, but my parents moved down the peninsula by the time I started elementary school. I guess this problem is not new.

I now live in Oakland and work in SF and watch coworkers move out of town (usually out of state) every single time they or their partner has a first baby.

On the plus side, I can recruit friends to the East Bay (which I really do like) whenever they get ready to have babies. :-)

I'm totally making a poster like that for my husband. Love it!

This is an interesting point. I live in the Bay Area and skipped all this last weekend too. Even if the events all sound fun, you have to pick and choose to keep a balance. Otherwise, you'd be too exhausted to enjoy what you choose to take part in.

I am, however, marking my calendar for Oaktoberfest and Hardly Strictly Bluegrass next weekend! This week, maybe I'll lay low.

I keep a water gun (filled with just plain water) in our fruit bowl. If our troublemaker kitty jumps up on the counter, I pick up and gun and he gets down before I have to squirt him now. Or he climbs higher. His hangout spot is the top of our cabinets. That doesn't bother me though.

Oddly, our other cat has zero interest in the kitchen counters.

I know most people recommend shopping as rarely as possible (and doing a lot of planning), but I find buying just what you need for the next few days makes it easier to adapt to changes and without a packed fridge, things rarely get forgotten.

When I do shop for food, I try to buy things that will allow me to use up whatever is still in my fridge first.

I went to a wedding where they served each person a sourdough bread bowl and then had like 6 types of soups (chili, chowder, broccoli cheese, etc). It was so fun, all the work was done ahead of time and you can eat the food container when you're done. I thought it was a GREAT idea!

I would love to see what the other half of the room looks like or what the room looked like before you split it. We have a 1 bedroom house and I keep imagining where a baby would fit in!

@mntngr, I love your gallery wall. I've hoarded concert posters since I was a teen, and try to use them sparingly so my "grown up" house doesn't look like my college apartment... but I would love to create a wall like yours. :-)