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I've seen this in tiles and it's beautiful, so conceptually, I like this ... my biggest fear would be it wouldn't be particularly forgiving if every riser weren't exactly the same height. Our house is over 100 years old and has been rehabbed multiple times, so if we have rooms with floors that aren't exactly level from one side to the other, I'm afraid it might be worse with the stairs!

I'll agree with the entire list except the baby gates. Necessary. The writer obviously lives in a ranch house or has never had kids.

Another vote for a roman shade (blackout) mounted well above the window frame to allow for opening and to make the window appear larger too.

definitely! we're in chicago in the city and have 1 for each of the kids (3+ and almost 2) - crane elephants. they get stowed away around may and i usually get it out around october when someone brings home a cold. i think it does help loosen the mucus and i swear they sleep better when it's going full blast and they're either coughing or all stuffed up.

Our kids are 17 mos apart and I've really thought about having them sleep in the same room when on vacation, but have yet to try. (They're almost 3 and 16 mos now) But I'm thinking of trying this winter. Do you put them to bed at the same time then? My biggest fear is that our older one hops out of bed, climbs into her crib, gets them both get riled up and then neither gets to sleep at a reasonable hour... chaos ensues...

Love the look, might be slimy to clean. And between our 2 yo and 11mo old, these would end up in all corners of the house. So for now, anything remotely decorative and within our kids' reach must have a playability factor to it. Sigh.

We scored a microsuede Nurseryworks goodnight glider for $600-700 when they went on clearance this spring. It's terrific. We also have the Dylan rocker from Land of Nod for our son's room and while not quite as modern, it's super comfortable.

Mmmmm.... we like to wrap the dates in bacon and pop them in the broiler - the perfect salty & sweet. (Blanching the bacon first works well if you don't want your bacon cooked crispy.) We recently tried slitting the dates, stuffing them with gorgonzola and then wrapping them in bacon. Mmm, mmm.

We have a 100 lb lab and got him the giant Fatboy bed bc I liked the way it looked. Problem is, he hates it. First of all, it took me forever to get enough of those foam balls out that he'd actually think about stepping on it. I must have taken 90% of them out and mind you, it's not a neat process. And even now that he can physically sit on it, he hates it. I think it's in part due to the fact that when he steps on the bed it slides around on the hardwood floor. We have a Drs Fosters & Smith bed that was half the price our dog still sleeps on. Oh well.

Bed Bath and Beyond has a nice selection of rods made by Cambria that we have in our LR and DR and are very sturdy. The end finials are optional (and extra) and some are too colonial for my taste, but they have simple clean rounds that are nice too. And they come in different finishes too.
http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/stylePage.asp?order_num=-1&RN=131

We put an Umbra set in a bedroom that were somewhat flimsy in comparison, but it may have just been the model that we chose.