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I sympathize with your neighbors... our upstairs neighbors leave one of their phones on the floor to act as an alarm clock. I know this because the vibrations wake me up at 5:45 every morning! They also have a toddler, and kids that young just don't know how to tread lightly. As you've suggested, the problem is the building-- I would never hear a vibrating phone if the ceiling were properly insulated!

The neighborly thing to do would be to put down area rugs in your most highly trafficked areas.

Band-Aids. Garbage bags. Rubber bands. An ironing board. Cleaning supplies that aren't made by Swiffer.

At least 7 of my neighbors (and our building is only 17 units!) got that catalog-- I know because they were too big to fit in the mailboxes, so were left on the floor.

As an American kid before the Internet, I loved paging through JC Penney's huge catalogs. They ran in the 1,000s of pages, selling everything from sweater vests to drapes to board games to recliners with built-in massage. Nowadays, though, I think J. Crew and Anthropologie have a better model-- show some aspirational images featuring a variety of products in 50-some pages, and point to the website for the exhaustive list.

How beautiful! I hadn't even noticed the routed design on the bottom drawer in the before photo. Well done-- you've brought an old piece of furniture back to life.

@MAGGIE13, that sounds fantastic! I think it just might be my dinner tonight!

Paint the scallop trim all white, or paint the scallops just 1-2 shades darker than the rest of the trim. Paint/stain the porch dark brown or brick red to blend in better with the brick facade. Get a slightly larger, more clean-lined light for above the garage and powerwash the driveway.

As for the rest of the house colors, play around in Photoshop (or GIMP or even MS Paint if that's what you've got) to see what you like. I'd try "painting" the shutters as well as the garage door navy to see if you like the balance.

Love the colors-- so soft and pretty! The art over the guest bed is just my style-- can you share the artist/shop name?

The cutoff in my parents' school district is December 31. As March and April babies, redshirting never entered into the equation for me or my youngest brother. My two sisters, born in late September and early November, weren't redshirted, either, although it might have helped each of them, especially the baby of the family... she's always the youngest both at home and in school. My parents did decide to redshirt my other brother, born in early October, because of his learning/maturity difficulties (originally thought to be ADHD, later diagnosed as Asperger's).

Another interesting data point-- some European countries (Germany, for instance) don't start formal schooling until 7!

Great post! First-year students will probably have meal plans at most colleges, but as an upperclassman I added a can opener, frying pan, saucepan, and pancake turner to my kitchen arsenal.

I agree with @enialedam about adding a rack for drying clothes-- it'll save money and energy, and help your clothes last longer.

Looks great in my opinion! One question-- in the "After" photo it looks like the backsplash and glass cabinet doors are reflecting a ton of light from an opposite window, which might be distracting on camera. Has that been an issue for you? Do you plan to close curtains or shoot at a different time of day?