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You don't remove the temptation from your kids. You CAN'T remove the temptation of balancing, scaling and climbing from your kids. If you can... I pity your kids.

I grew up in a home with a similar ledge... except it was only 4 inches wide. I would walk on it with my hands balanced on the opposite wall. And I'm still alive today!

Ledges? Please. My brother would start there, and then shimmy up the wall like a giant spider -- feet and palms against the wall until he reached the ceiling.. and he too is still alive today. (my sister is dead... but that happened when she left the house.)

Granted, yes... you will want to bar the stairwell from toddlers... but based on my childhood, you can tell your kids what you expect of them and they'll do it.

Just to clarify for those who make up their own understanding of Catholic faith and practices...
Catholics do not worship saints or their statues. Catholic venerate saints, giving them respect which glorifies God, (because the saints lived their lives to honor Him).

Catholics believe the saints can intercede for us, in effect, pray for us.

And yeah, I'd say it's superstition if you don't believe in God or the saints and you still plant a statue... because if you don't truly believe in the power of intercession... the only reason you would be doing it is out of superstition.

No fans... no white noise!
Natural sounds of life are much easier to fall asleep to compared to "noise"
Noise is just so... noisy.

I'm with StripedShirt.... I'm somewhere in the middle.
I am an excellent sleeper, but I can't fall asleep anywhere, anytime - although by appearances it seems that way! Sometimes I can sleep on a plane. Although, unlike my dad, I wouldn't be able to fall asleep in the living room chair in the middle of a conversation!!

White noise drives me nutty! Gah... it's easier to fall asleep to the natural sounds of traffic, and the media-helicopter landing at the hospital two streets over than it is listening to the blades of the ceiling fan wobble back and forth!!!

That said, I stirred a bit when the house down the block was struck by lightening, but I slept through the resulting 5 alarm fire and all the trucks and sirens that came with it! (I'd totally forgotten about the lightening strike until I saw my neighbors note on my door wondering what all the fire trucks were about.)

if only I had a dishwasher!

Can't someone do a sweepstakes or something to remodel my kitchen with a dishwasher?

@ Lady J and Heela,

Um, you ASK FOR PERMISSION! It's as simple as that.
If it doesn't belong to you... and you plan to use it for commercial gain (and even if that's not your intent) you ask for permission to use it. You don't even have to study Communications Law to know that... most of us learned that in Kindergarten.

A few years back, I wanted to make postcards as invitations to my Dad's 75th Birthday Surprise party. I wanted a photo of a cowboy, but an unidentifiable cowboy... and I found a sweet shot of a Cowboy riding into the sunset on Google images.
It took a few more steps to track down the photographer (but not many) and I emailed him and asked for permission to use it, and sent him my mockup for the postcard.... even though we were only sending it to friends and family. The photog was surprised to learn that his photo (professional work) was somehow in the public domain and didn't even understand how I found the photo, (I'm thinking he was an older guy.) but because I was kind enough to ask for permission, he was gracious enough to give it.

That is what decent people do!
Now, would the photographer EVER have found out about my postcard invitations? Not likely.
But. as a journalist and photographer myself... I knew enough to do the right thing.

Wow! where on earth did you find those handles?!

Nice job, preserving the quality of the original piece and amping up the modern edge!!

For those suggesting an under counter fridge.. the woman is a SENIOR - do you think she wants to bend over every time she wants to eat or drink?
Silly.

Oh... I think I'll be sewing a few of these kits for friends!!!

Brava!
Absolutely gorgeous. Nice save!