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If you wouldn't drop it on your baby's head...

Of course, I'm a Californian. Let your paranoia be your guide!

Well, I'll balance out the perspective here! I'm glad there is another option on the market, and I kind of like the look of this one.

We had a fold-up knockoff 'learning tower' we used CONSTANTLY and it beat the socks off of a chair, a stool, or a highchair. For a kid like mine, who wasn't very into toys and prefers to do the 'real thing' adults are doing instead, getting through cooking three meals a day would have been significantly harder without the tower we had. It is safer (although the one open side means she did tumble out once), and the height is exactly right.

Now my kid is four, she prefers a big girl stool, but she still runs at high speed to the kitchen when anyone starts cooking to be part of the food prep. It's her style, and we've obviously also encouraged it.

We're the tiny-house family who didn't buy any gear at all, so having one of these says something. Two of our friends eventually bought one after watching it in constant action in our kitchen...it's one of those things. You have to see it to 'get it'. And also be cooking a lot.

The first thing I saw in this post was the chair, it totally got my attention. Like, a real unlovely work chair...not a pretty or hip or retro one that looks good but isn't made for ten hours a day. We really WORK from home, and it's hard to find realistic inspiration, I'm glad to see this one!

Also, I'm glad I don't work in decorating. That is a lot of real-life stuff to have around. A lot.

These are nice but mostly pretty large...In our tiny bedroom, clamp or wallmount were the only options. I just spent a week trolling all the options...ugh. The Original BTC Hector is what I settled for, but with a 12 week wait time (!!) and a baby to nurse at night I got $25 Grandrich clamp lights on Amazon while we wait. I like to plug our bed lighting into a dimmer by Lutron; the lights are basically 'on' all the time and I use the dimmer to turn them on and off. Very partner and baby friendly. We had tiny halogen clamp lights from Ikea for ages before they died, they were great and didn't heat up, but our nearest Ikea is harder to get to than the internet! There are a couple darling vintage clamp lights on Etsy right now if your headboard is a thin one. I personally find a gooseneck a necessity, too.

I DO think seeing the covers of books is ideal. Every time this idea pops up again I go eyeball our available wallspace one more time.

I agree with the comment that there is hardly a point in adding shelves up high out of kid reach. I've considered doing one or two of these for the current library books, I could fit that in.

I will say I wouldn't put these (or anything, really) behind a door. My kid plops in front of the books and goes through them systematically, she would be squished by the swinging door eventually.

Hey, you forgot pom-poms!

I just saw these last week for the first time, out looking for Duplo sets that had girl figurines because all we have are boy ones, and my four year old wants a 'mama'. I assume Lego is making these because...this is what people buy for their girls (meaning Polly Pocket, Strawberry Shortcake, etc)!

Just like I assume Baby Gap cuts their girl jeans much smaller and tighter than the boy ones because...that is what people buy for their girls!

If you don't like it, don't buy it. I will not be buying these (or too-snug jeans, either), but I admit that most of the mothers I know probably will. But I DO wish I could buy some girl Duplo figurines. Anybody have a tip on that one?

These guys just look awesome and fascinating. That is my favorite kind of house tour, people who outshine the decor!

Ok, not going to work as a shelf really but SO COOL, like that big table one at the Exploratorium. Only better. I want to play with it.

I love those old mirrors too...I saw one in a French magazine once, they must be commoner in Europe because they are mighty rare here - I've looked for five years, and the Pottery Barn knockoff is the only one I've seen. This is one of those looks-like-you'll-find-it-but-never-will for me! Sigh.