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we have a hans olsen couch upholstered in maharam fabric and covered by two cotton sheets under ikea bedcovers. with two cats + 3 yo later, there are a few snags but no stains. i would love to buy a leather sofa if i ever find one that i really love.

we also have eames fiberglass chairs throughout the house, and no one wears shoes indoors (i grew up with that rule).

i guess it depends on the kid (and please, don't tell me that it's just a matter of discipline!). knock on wood, our son hasn't been tough on things. at worst he's drawn on his craft table and the walls with crayons. i'm pretty strict about manners, but i've never tried to regulate his behavior around the furniture.

I love the rug, but I would be terrible about keeping it clean. Our son's room has similar dimensions, so this is very inspiring. I like how everything is accessible, and the vintage Little People are great!

i've bruised my shins on the Malm more times than i can count, and yet my toddler has never had a problem with it. i would love to own DWR's Min bed, which has rounded aluminum corners--a klutz's dream come true!

Serena Edwards:
I never received a box of hand me downs or useful gifts (I didn't need 10 baby blankets) when I had my first here in the US. It doesn't help to be the first of your friends and relatives to have a baby (at the ripe old age of 29).

Ah if only shaking out the poop in a disposable went smoothly for us! My 28 mo still nurses once a day and is in cloth diapers 70% of the time. We use flushable liners for those. I suppose I should use the liners on the disposables, too, because his poop is usually the consistency of a thick mousse. Have fun scraping that off! We've never had a diaper pail, and we've lived in a 2nd floor apartment the whole time.

If you want the Vipp, get it. It's a beautiful trashcan and will last a very long time (unlike my $90 Simple Human can, which only lasted 6 years before breaking).

i have an older version of the bjorn bouncer. it was the only thing my very finicky infant would nap in, and we still use it (14 months old, 20 lbs) when one of us has to shower and no one else can watch him.

looks like an oeuf bouncer.

i think the doll is by jess brown.

if only my son would sleep in his crib, i would love to dress it up with nice sheets. i'm glad that dwell is selling them separately, i love their prints.

I bought a custom ANT bike 3.5 years ago. It cost less than half the current going rate, and only took 5 months to make. The ride is incredibly smooth, and I've had very few maintenance issues. That said, you should always try out a lot of bikes before making this kind of investment. I wanted a bike for winter riding, and mine does the job well. However, it's really heavy and hard to carry up to my second floor deck. In retrospect, I would have ordered a lighter bicycle.

A decent used road bike will cost at least $470 in Boston, so spending $1100-2000 for your primary mode of transportation doesn't seem too ridiculous.