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Like another poster we have ikea cribs that turn into toddler beds, nothing else to purchase and hopefully will work long enough till the boys are ready for bunk beds in their shared room.

What a clever idea. Although I also admit I'd be more likely to sew it than pay. I think you could make it for under $10 with some of the heavier fabric from IKEA and a few grommets (But I do think what they are charging is reasonable)

dont wet clean the carpet!!

we bought a house that had cats (we have cats as well), and the previous owners were being nice and had the one carpeted room in the house cleaned before we moved in. there was no smell the 3 times we had visited the house before but after the wet cleaning the room smelled so bad we had to rip out the carpet immediately (not tragic as we were planning on doing it anyway).
the pad was a bit damp and the cat smell was overpowering.

i vote for more powerful vacuum, the dyson we have does wonders on rugs

love the color, any tips on what it is?

"If you travel for business, chatting with the stranger next to you isn't a feature, it's a bug. I'm naturally chatty, but enforced socializing is abhorrent."

this was my first reaction too. I'm not a hermit, but making small talk on a weekly basis with strangers on a plane drives me crazy. plane time = quiet time for me.

in parts of Switzerland it is illegal for men not to sit down after 10pm because of the noise it makes for the downstairs neighbors. not joking.

konar, on the link it says it is from Habitat (so available in England, France, etc)

I love this! I was thinking of a map silhouette for the office but now i'm leaning towards a real map like this

this post is making me second guess the color i just picked out, benjamin moore metropolitan. arg, picking grey paint is hard!

I just traveled with two cats, 11 hrs flying time with a layover (not by choices but because of a move).

I got harnesses for them to wear while carrying them through security (in the end they were so spooked they just sat calmly in my arms). And while they usually HATE being in cars (meow the whole way to the vet) they were basically silent the entire trip. I think they were just scared and decided that being quiet was a better plan, no need to draw too much attention to themselves.

I was very worried about the whole thing before the trip, but I can say they did just fine (they didnt even soil their carriers!)

I'm going to get the Perspective bed from room-and board, i think the natural steel and thick frame would work well with that chair.