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Where do the green baskets come from? They're perfect. I think we had a post long ago about the many baskets that fit the Expedit cubes but it would be great to have an update. Many of the baskets in that old post aren't available anymore and I keep seeing new ones that look like great fits.

Perfect. I find a 17" laptop on a coffee table to be nearly enough screen. Another couple of inches and better sound would be just right.

There are some nice research summaries about co-sleeping and other sleep arrangements on the web site of the Mother Baby Behavioral Sleep Lab at Norte Dame University.
http://cosleeping.nd.edu/

Looks beautiful. Is there a bed in the nook next to the refrigerator?

It might be a good idea to remove the address information from the floor plan graphic.

I thought the first birthday party was supposed to be for the adults. After that it's for the kids. This seems fine for an adult celebration of a first year.

But I really wanted to comment that I agree with SFALI's comment. AT doesn't seem to have been harmed by the new more streamlined web sites but I used to also enjoy Unplggd and OhDeeDoh and haven't enjoyed that since the redesign. They were better as separate sites.

Yeah, me too. It takes a day to get used to the Evolent and then you really notice how comfortable it is.

I'd go with counter depth refrigerator and a 24" stove to make it all fit against one wall. If you're renting, I would consider free-standing cabinets you can re-use later.

Then I would use the opposite wall (the half wall) for a large storage piece that's 12" deep on the kitchen side and put a 24" deep counter top on top of the wall. That way you can have bar seating or open shelving on the outside of the half wall.

I'd also do a lot of high up storage, preferrably open, especially pt racks against the right side wall.

Just a word of warning, we have something similar and something to keep in mind is that garages are sometimes lower and can flood from outside rain. Our floor is carpet tile too but underneath it we installed some cheap IKEA click together flooring made of plastic and with airflow built in. I'm glad we have it because a week after the carpet tiles went in the water heater started leaking and everything would have been ruined.

We've had Billy's over the years and we have a huge book collection. The 11" depth was never enough even for books. Even if it's just 1% of the books that hang over the bottom edge, it creates a very cheap look when you have spines sticking out of the bookcase. That said, I think 12" would have fixed the problem perfectly and 15" (the depth of the Expedit) is going way over the top. I hope there is some stackable scheme where a low 15" Billy can be installed on the floor with a 12" Billy above.

I would not use it as a changing table. The corners are very sharp.

We have installed one 12 inches off the floor as my kindergartener's writing and drawing desk. It's not quite a hack but the idea was to drill new holes every couple of years so it could grow with him. We need to keep the key out of reach though because kids who come to play fiddle with it, it crashes open, and the corners or edges bang pretty hard on the way down.