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High-quality knives back when I was 21. Still have them to this day. In fact, all of the basics in my kitchen were gifts from the first several years of my 20s. I never could've afforded them on my own, and I love to cook.

Awesome! This achieves the thing I love most about before-and-afters, which is when an "after" looks like it's always been there.

Full tour, please!

Meredith, you've done something dangerous here. You've created the sort of home where guests come to stay for a long weekend, and end up camped out for weeks. It's homey and comfy and gorgeous, with lots of places for the soul to rest and breathe. Beautiful.

My friend has a nice-sized landing in her house, and she uses it for yoga. She keeps a small trunk there that houses her yoga props.

If the first picture is not staged and is actually from someone's house, my guess is that it's an experiment that will be abandoned.

I don't see why not, especially if you can roll it in and out without starting the engine. My husband used to park in the lobby of his office every day. It was never a problem.

This is such a good gift for kids going off to college and/or moving into their first place. Thanks for the reminder! (I think I'll call my dad tonight and thank him again for the tool set he gave me 15 years ago!)

My feeling is if you can pay cash, and what you're buying is a permanent, heirloom-quality purchase, take advantage. If it's between a new sofa and your rent, just walk on by.

I have the elfa system as well and I love it. I also thought it was a little pricey. If you sign up for Container Store emails, they send out 20% coupons pretty regularly. At least it takes the edge off.

Plenty of natural light is my #1 priority when looking for a new place to live.

Fortunately, I've never lived in a place where I had to leave the premises to wash clothes. I can't imagine what a pain that would be to haul your stuff across town, not to mention that I almost always do some other house project while I'm doing laundry. And I'm thankful that I haven't had to collect quarters for laundry in quite some time.

And sometimes we take things for granted, like plumbing being behind walls. We stayed at a friend's grandmother's flat in Paris (I know, boohoo for me), and the shower, which was tiny, had exposed pipes! My husband had to actually step out of the shower to turn around, because if he didn't, he'd run into the hot water pipe and burn himself! We've decided to remember it as "charming."