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Are you kidding me? Toddlers love that Fisher Price rotary phone. My three year old still drags it around and we pretend to make phone calls to the president and the grandparents. My older girls are getting Lincoln Logs this year also.

We have a Hovas from Ikea and after many couch failures this one seems to be a win. It was inexpensive (yay!) and it's comfortable. The cushions seem to be holding their shape (after a year of use) and the white slipcovers bleach out like nobody's business. Also I have a 2nd set of slipcovers ($50, again, yay!) that we can rotate in when the others are drying. And, if I get really tired of the white, I can always buy a set of navy blue slipcovers. I do wish there were more color options, like say, a charcoal grey slipcover, and now regret not buying a sectional, but it works for us. I can see us using this couch for a long time.

What a great idea! I know this is a cooking site, and I should say that I cook a meal to take to new parents, but the truth is, I usually hit up Costco before visiting friends and relatives with new babies and deliver chicken alfredo, a big bag of salad, giant muffins and fruit.

@LeahDC - If you go to her website you can see the whole house. It's pretty gorg.

That looks fantastic! Great job!

Also, having professionally mounted kitchen cabinets on the wall is FAR different than mounting a bookcase to the studs in your drywall. And sometimes, even cabinets fall. I had a laundry room cabinet come right off the wall at me.

LOVE that you rescued instead of repainting!

Love everything about this apartment! May be my favorite AT house tour ever. Well done!

Great job! Love the headboards!

My problem with buying off of Craigslist is mainly the prices. Craigslist sellers often ask laughable amounts of money for used items. Today on our local Craigslist: a set of used Lincoln Logs for $40. That's MORE than they cost new at a seller like Amazon.