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Just an addendum to places to find used furniture. I volunteer at RESTORE which is part of Habitat for Humanity and whose profits go to Habitat. Check out your area, We have loads of great finds.

Two twin beds are so cute and will give you so much living space. They are very nice to sleep in and you will save money on bedding and mattresses. It is even possible to divide the room with a ceiling mounted curtain or back to back bookcase desk arrangement. I think sharing a bedroom is a grand idea and allows you to spend your money on things that mean more to you.

We ordered a latex mattress from a place in California and could not tolerate the heat. Latex also has a smell that some may enjoy but that I found unpleasant. We were able to return the mattress but had to pay a heavy fee and shipping. We will never order a mattress without being able to try it out and return it locally within a time limit.

I would leave the wood floors as they are. If you go dark with stain, every speck of dust shows. Instead I would put wood in the bedrooms instead of carpet. Maybe there is even wood under the carpet. I had carrerra marble in the kitchen and it not only chips, but stains. When we moved, I put in Cesarstone and it is a workhorse and always looks good. I have granite too but quartz will always get my vote.

This article was so beautifully written, it brought tears to my eyes. My husband and I are in our 70's and tonight, when we have dinner at home, we are going to get up and dance. What a wonderful idea!

This house is perfect. I live in Milwaukee and know the houses in the Evanston area. Plus. I use Ben Moore Simply white in my whole house. This is after a test of every white you can imagine. The house is beautiful and so warm and welcoming. Bravo!

In my city, it's called Marshall's. Former name was Home Goods. The store you are showing is very fancy compared to mine. At mine, the pieces are mostly on shelves or scattered about the store, which also includes name brand clothing. Everyone I know goes there for some portion of their shopping and loves the hunt for treasures. Anytime of the night or day people are hauling out Oriental rugs or dining room chairs, lamps, sheets, huge mirrors. It is a fun store.

Ikea is a life saver for those of us in our late 60's when we take our grandchildren to Ikea to outfit their college dorms....and eat the meatballs!

I do have a comment. I would like to see more age diversity. After all, people are working longer and a lot of us love to do and redo our living space. My husband is 72 and I am 69 and we totally enjoy adding subtracting and doing everything we can to make our condo space livable for the two of us and and our family. Let's see how WE live.

May I add, never stop engineering you environment. My husband of 47 years and I (we are in our 70's) still get so much joy from making changes in our,now, condo. After selling the home we raised all our kids in, for some goofy reason we thought we were done once we switched to our much smaller condo.
No, no, no and I think it is partly due to my discovery of Apartment Therapy. We love it here and and are constantly tweaking like there is no tomorrow. Never leave Maxwell, and thanks for the inspiration.