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I just paid for my subscription last week, so this kind of pisses me off. I guess I should stick to parenting blogs, although I can't find too many of those that don't drive me crazy.

Love it, and the mobile is the best thing I've ever seen.

We have air conditioners, but still set up an inflatable pool in the yard every summer. We keep it filled only for a few days at most (we don't use any chemicals) and then use it to water the yard.

Even though it's just a little pool and we can't do much but hang out in there, it's incredibly relaxing and fun.

I think the brown looks much better with what you have in the nursery. The red is cool, but it would need more red stuff to go with it -- as is, it looks a bit out of place.

Love the dog and like the orange, although my first thought is that they must be Chicago Bears fans and I'm not sure that's a good thing.

I might be weird, but I think this room looks AWESOME. It might be better to just go with the look it has going, rather than trying to tone it down. I'm thinking a cheeky-lodge sort of look, maybe with a light fixture that involves antlers and some kind of faux taxidermy, like this or something shown here. And definitely funky curtains.

"However, if you amortize the cost of a well made piece of furniture over the cost of replacing something several times that was cheaply made, both fiscally and environmentally higher quality makes more sense even if you have to do without for the 'I want it now' time being."

This is a nice idea, but I can't afford to "amortize the cost of a well-made piece of furniture" over the years. I need furniture now and I get the best stuff I can afford. Some of that is from Ikea.

Fortunately for me, I don't care what some privileged rich person on the internet thinks about that.

Holy crap, my boyfriend and I made the exact same thing (almost) a couple years ago, although we dismantled a light fixture we got at Home Depot for the light and made the rest of the body by hand. You can see a crappy picture of it here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stupidtabby/3209755265/in/set-72157600560887831/.

Ours was inspired by something I saw in an Anthropologie catalog that was incredibly expensive.

What's next? Maxi pad wall art? At least those are self-adhesive.

Oh, wow, I really love it.

I would love to do something like this when we (someday) finish the second floor of our house. If the window could have a screen and still look attractive, it would be like a tiny little sleeping porch.