Every time I've had to decide whether I would sacrifice my desk for a dining table, and so far my desk has won. In college I ...

It had a small nook with cabinets, which was set up more like a butler's pantry," Emilia says of the existing kitchen.

If the Alsip Swap-O-Rama is the Big Top, then the Melrose Park location is like the quirky sideshow – equally entertaining ...