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Keeping Little Fingers Out of Dresser Drawers
If this is a major problem for you, I'd suggest safety locks like you would use for kitchen cabinets. There are a lot of different types depending on your ...
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- Yes..I agree it is a phase & it will pass but I felt compelled to mention the issue of childproofing the television and dressers so that they will not tip over on her ...
- My duaghter is about the age where she is doing the same thing. I have a few different things. I got all of them at Walmart for pretty cheap. I have a sliding lock ...
- Why not try some of the drawer guards typically used for kitchen drawers. If she can't open the drawers, she can't dump them. Good luck.
Cleaning Older Cabinets
Oct 4, 2009 ... I use it on my stove back splash and the wall behind all the time along with the kitchen cabinets. It even takes tar off of your car bumpers ...
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- I would try some dawn dishsoap it sounds like grease. Good Luck
- D. ... "Goo Be Gone" is AWESOME!!! You can get it at WalMart, KMart, Lowe's, Menard's and Home Depot places. It will take whatever grime, goo-ey mess there is off ...
- We had to do the same exact project and used a product called KRUD KUTTER that we bought at home depot. We had a use a little elbow grease, but our cabinets look grea...
Babyproofing Drawers and Furniture
We close the bathroom and a couple of bedrooms doors cause baby makes a mess, but the kitchen cabinets....she loves to pull out all the tupperwares and ...
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- As much as we want them to - latches won't stop kids from getting into where they want to. However, Home Depot sells "stubby" screw drivers that are about 1 1/2" tall...
- Have you tried putting up baby gates? I never found any locks or latches that kept my son out of anything. I ended up just closing doors to the areas I didn't want h...
- Even though it can be a pain, the word, "no" has been our best solution at home. There are just some places if my son gets into (and he's smart enough to get through ...
Removing Cooking Grease Build up from Cabinets.
This might be too harsh for oak cabinets, but years ago we had painted cabinets in a kitchen with no hood and ammonia and water were the only thing that ...
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- This is a harsh chemical, but will work. I bought a repo house a couple of years ago and the cabinets were GROSS!! I used Tri Sodium Phosphate. You can get it reall...
- I have a roll of steel wool-it's rather fine. When my cabinets get nasty or when it's time to move again, I take my Lysol & hot water bucket, rubber gloves, rag & stee...
- Hi, G. - I have had great luck with Murphy's Oil Soap.
Staining Cabinets
I have a neighbor with off white cabinets in her kitchen and they are lovely. I recently saw a .... I painted my kitchen cabinets a dark green and loved it. ...
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- READ THIS FIRST... I am a contractor...Re-staining cabinets is a tough. Homeowners usually cannot do this on their own with good results. Painting is easier, but do ...
- R.: To stain the cabinets you need to strip them. That can be time consuming and then you might find the wood isn't very pretty (ie. pine). What you might want to c...
- Dark cabinets are in vogue. Just make sure your kitchen is large enough to carry it off. Dark yellows and greens go well with the Tuscan feel. Staining is a projest th...
Would You Paint Them?
Read all 8 responses: "My kitchen cabinets are old and outdated light oak. I would like to update them. What are some of the best ways to do that?
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- http://www.chattingatthesky.com/2009/03/26/painting-cabinets-a-follow-up/ Above is an excellent post about painting cabinets. The best color to paint them depend...
- Ideally you want to use lacquers for the best results, which would give you clarity. However you do have a few options still open. The most essential step in anyth...
- I personally do not care for painted cabinets. IF you are looking to sprice things up before selling the house....I would thoroughly clean them and add drawer pul...
Tiny Ants in Kitchen Around Sink Area
We have a few tiny ants that hang out around the kitchen sink. .... So we put that Ant Bait under our sink and cabinets and the ants were gone within a day ...
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- We had the same problem at one time. We bought something call Ant Bait from Raid. You put one under your sink or were ever you need it. I remember coming home one...
- We get these every once and a while around our kitchen window. I know it sounds silly but it seems to work everytime. I just spray Dawn liquid foaming soap where I s...
- Lowe's and True Value Hardware stores carry Terro Ant Bait traps that have clear liquid poison in them. Put these out where you find them, and you won't see them agai...
Experience with Direct Buy?
However, for me, shopping for faucets and kitchen cabinets and lighting and tile and all those hundreds of details and decisions was a total joy (I think I ...
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- Hi! We're members of Direct Buy and love it. I actually agree with K W to a certain extent. It's not for people who want their hand held through the design or building...
- RUN! Run far, far away! My parents are members of Direct Buy and have regretted it from day one. They give you all sorts of promises and once you have paid them the ...
- Don't do it! What a rip off! My friends did that, and I couldn't believe they were gullible enough to even fall for something so stupid, for the price you pay just t...
White Appliances in Kitchen Remodel
Jun 15, 2009 ... If you have a smaller kitchen white cabinets would make the space ..... Selling the House and Need Paint Advice for My Old Kitchen Cabinets ...
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- Hi A.! It looks like you have gotten some good advice and some I wouldn't recommend. :) My husband does kitchen and bath remodels for a living and we have designed & ...
- Just because the appliances are white, doesn't mean that they are dated. Stainless steel is more expensive, and also show so much more fingerprints, etc. I can never...
- What do you love? a kitchen remodel is for years to come right? so maybe in upcoming years you will replace your appliances--white matches everything as does stainless...
Stinky, Musky Smell Inside Unfinished Cabinets
The kitchen cupboards were particle board and they stank. I believed it was due to the moisture in the apartment and the particle board cabinets. ...
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- Hi! My husband insisted on using his old 70s bureau in our boys room, and it was smelly. I was pregnant and nesting and NOTHING could get rid of the smell. My mom c...
- I taped with masking tape (clear kind) the costco brand dryer sheets inside the door & around the walls inside of my cabinets that had a smell & now they just smell dr...
- I would try cleaning out the cabinets with a nontoxic cleaner, then replacing shelves with cedar boards that you can buy at any hardware store. Cedar is a natural way ...
