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Anyone Know of an Extra-wide Baby Gate???
Our house is 70 years old and has plaster walls, so I really want a tension gate so that I don't damage the plaster. Does anyone have any ideas? ...
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- wow. good luck with that. i get a catalog... i think its called safety first? they have various sizes of gates. try looking there. http://www.safety1st.com/
- My husband and I have a similar problem involving two sets of stairs and a propane heater on our main floor. We used a baby correll to just correll off the whole sect...
- There are metal baby gates that are "sectional", therefore, you can add to them. They come with a "gate" opening where you can step on a foot petal & the gate opens ea...
Need Painting & General Home Repair
Currently we need some walls skim coated to cover cracks in the plaster and then painted. But are looking to build a long term relationship with a quality ...
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- K & R Construction ###-###-#### His name is Kraig Neal and he is the owner, they do a great job they have done work on our house, very dependable, and honest.Tel...
- I would call "Art In Vision" They do absolute wonderful work. Mike Visser ###-###-#### www.artinvisioninc.com
- We've used Creative Painting and Decorating for plaster repair in our home and they painted the exterior of our home (included much repair of stucco, replaced wood, an...
Help with Hanging Curtains
we're stationed in Germany, but the walls here are made of cement brick. ... It should help hold the plaster if there is any over the cement. Good Luck ...
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- I would suggest calling DPW (or housing). In Germany we also have cement/concrete walls. We were told that we could call housing and they would send someone out to han...
- J., We are stationed in Germany and have the cement walls also. My husband uses a screw that has a sinker. He drills a hole in the wall and then put the sinker or t...
- I have no idea, but is there a self help store there? There usually is when there is base housing. I would just go and ask them what to do.
Removing? "Sand Paint"
When the wall has dried sand it down, just don't make any fuzzys on the drywall, After the plaster and the wall is clean and dusted off, you need to use a ...
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- Hi D.. My husband paints and does wallpaper. He said to use a wide putty knife and scrape the sand off and then sand the entire wall. I hope this helps. Thanks. C.
- My experience in paint, first of all, take a sanding block it is light brown. Square. Home depot and Lowes carries these in the painting department. Lightly sand th...
- The easiet would be to paint over it and use it in the new decor. Texture is always something to use in rooms anyways. It will become more subdued under more paint th...
Spots Bleeding Through While Painting
... has old wood paneling on it. we can't take that off because we can feel under it some of the plaster has broken and fallen. i washed the walls down last ...
Finding Unusual Stairway-ready Baby Gates
We also have a rounded banister, and plaster walls. There is no way a baby gate can be safely mounted at the top of those stairs. What I did was put the ...
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- yes, kidco is the brand you want. i think i bought mine through CSNbaby.com. check out their website, they had a lot of different gates. teh hardware is what mounts to...
- we have a gate in the hallway upstairs. It is easier to mount to the walls than it is to the bannister, and I find it easier to step over because it is on a flat surf...
- http://www.onestepahead.com/catalog/product.jsp?productId=1&parentCategoryId=85183&categoryId=85217 Don't know if that will work -- you can also call them or Evenfl...
Poop on the Carpet- Yuck
They BOTH do this except they plaster the walls too. I first use HOT HOT water and a cloth to soften it up if it has dried at all, then scrub it out. ...
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- my husband taught me a trick that he used back in his party days for cleaning carpets of mess. Use window cleaner, spray liberally, and scoop the cleaner back out of ...
- Hi V., I have heard that baking soda freshens. You may want to sprinkle some ont he stains and let it sit for awhile and then vaccuum it up.
- The pet stores have a product that gets rid of cat/dog bathroom odors. It's basically a natural enzyme product, I don't see why that wouldn't work. Maybe a medical s...
Aarrrgh!!dust!!
Does your home have plaster or drywall walls? I've lived in both and found the plaster house to be more dusty. We also lived on a busy street - thus more ...
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- Hi J., We have the same problem. I will say that when you do buy a new vacuum cleaner, check out consumer reports. They have endorsed as their "CR best buy" the E...
- J., Have you checked your clothes dryer vent? Our dryer vents out and up the wall to the second story of our home and I can tell it needs cleaned out whenever m...
- One thing you didn't mention is changing your furnace filter. That does help but, if you live in a never home it seems to have more dust. Which I had a great answer ...
Playful Dog & a Baby - Help!
Other distractions we give her are really big chewy bones and she can spend a couple of hours just chewing on those instead of our plaster walls and base ...
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- Dogs and babies can get on fine if you are willing to put the time in to work with them. You basically have to treat this as if you have two children. You have to esta...
- A couple things. Walking. and... More walking. My baby was always up early. I walked the dog and took her along, often in a back carrier. When it was too cold, I j...
- J., I understand your dilemma. However, take the advice from the other women that have responded, it's VERY GOOD advice (except the one about the Dog Whisperer, pleas...
I Need Help Decorating My Baby Boy's Room
... he's older to skateboard wheels or whatever he is into) don't plaster a bunch of things on the walls...let the room grow with your family. For curtains. ...
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- Classic, clean lines, clean colors. Krisp tans (stay away from tans with yellow or pinks), do a krisp kaki on the walls with a very light ice blue on the ceiling, tri...
- visit www.JacquelynReese.com for some great ideas, or to custom order.
- Look at restoration hardware for babies. They have simple styles and clean lines.
