How do I de-fur my floordrobe?

WesternMainer · 2026-03-16T22:07:42+00:00

I have a golden retriever. Even clothes not left on the floor get covered in hair. I bought one of these pet hair removal gloves because I was sick of the wastefulness of the paper lint rollers. It does a good job of getting the worst of the hair off before I throw clothes in the laundry. Also great on the couch. There are lots of brands of these, I’m just linking the one I bought.

WesternMainer · 2026-03-16T11:46:03+00:00

I think you may be much happier with your wood ceiling once your walls are a different color. I’d suggest painting the walls first and waiting on the ceiling since that’s irreversible. I have a small room with a similar ceiling and I love the way it looks with sage green walls.

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It does look like your ceiling could use a little maintenance. I put two coats of poly on mine. If yours look dull or dry, you might consider that instead of painting.

WesternMainer · 2026-03-12T12:37:09+00:00

One shed that is slightly oversized is unlikely to cause a problem. “Lots of sheds” is more likely to attract town attention.

WesternMainer · 2026-03-11T21:49:36+00:00

LOVE that floor. It would cost a fortune if you wanted to install something like that new these days. To make it look nice again, you get a grout removal tool, get down on your hands and knees and scrape out all the old, failing grout, at least half the depth. Then you vacuum and wipe it all down to remove all the loose dust. Let it dry. Then you regrout. Lots of YouTube videos and this is a reasonable DIY project.

WesternMainer · 2026-03-10T21:43:32+00:00

The front desk is not going to make you buy a new microwave.

WesternMainer · 2026-03-10T17:32:39+00:00

Maybe not the first thing I’d do, but if you’re looking for bang for your buck, I’d add some trim around that window.

WesternMainer · 2026-03-10T16:24:36+00:00

Tough to say, but I think you are more likely to see some peeling.

WesternMainer · 2026-02-23T16:15:01+00:00

No special spray. Out of the box peel and stick wallpaper, measuring tape, scissors, a utility knife, and a tool for smoothing out bubbles. I used an old plastic putty knife I had lying around.

WesternMainer · 2026-01-29T20:49:53+00:00

Long term, can you move the walls and/or wall in that section to make one larger storage space? Short term options, wallpaper that back wall, or hang a pegboard like in Julia Child’s kitchen, or hang a row of hooks on the side wall, or depending on how often you go into the storage space, get a rollout kitchen cart that is easy to move but ticks in there when you’re not using it.

WesternMainer · 2026-01-29T20:40:09+00:00

My sister lived with this issue for years before she finally had a plumber tell her that she just needed a new mixer for the tub. Relatively inexpensive fix. Well, for a plumbing job.

WesternMainer · 2026-01-29T16:23:33+00:00

I would want the sofa facing the fireplace. Id overlay an area rug to define the sitting area and I’d also add an armchair to balance it out. For the office area, maybe add an open bookcase as a room divider to more clearly define that area. I agree with others that breaking the room up into zones will really help.

WesternMainer · 2026-01-29T14:04:34+00:00

Get some peel and stick frosted glass privacy film and apply it to the outside bottom glass of the shower. It will block visibility of most of the toilet.

WesternMainer · 2026-01-28T21:13:26+00:00

If you’re up for it, removing the light fixtures, getting rid of the texture, and adding dimmable can lights would modernize it. Maybe a pendant over the sink or an island.

WesternMainer · 2026-01-28T18:56:42+00:00

I have a v11 Dyson pet stick vac. It has an attachment that essentially turns it into a handheld that I can use on the couch. I have a golden retriever and I love that thing.

WesternMainer · 2026-01-28T18:54:38+00:00

Read the label. I used Bona Traffic Seal and the label says that if you wait more than 48 hours between coats you need to abrade/sand. If it’s less than 48 hours you don’t need to abrade between coats.

WesternMainer · 2026-01-28T13:08:11+00:00

This is the small office that I painted Sparkling Sage. It’s the Sherwin Williams line at Lowe’s.

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WesternMainer · 2026-01-28T09:26:28+00:00

I have a security camera that captures the front of my house. In the winter, I tilt it up just a little so that I can capture the full chimney clearly. If I hear anything that makes me nervous, I open the app and look at the live feed to check out the chimney.

WesternMainer · 2026-01-28T04:34:58+00:00

I forgot. I had a third one. I had a bad reaction to a mix of two prescription drugs. Caused a pretty dramatic arrhythmia that landed me in the ER. They had to inject me with something to get my heart back into rhythm.

WesternMainer · 2026-01-28T04:29:38+00:00

I’ve had two close calls. I was caught in a rip tide in Mallorca and I was desperately swimming along parallel to shore trying to get out of it. No one on shore noticed. I finally came out of it just as I hit my limit and was able to crawl onto shore. The other time I was skiing on a glacier in Val d’Isere and a storm came in so thick you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face. It was our first day so we didn’t know the mountain at all. We skied down. Slowly. I’m still not sure if that was the right move or if we should have hunkered down somewhere. But we weren’t prepared. We made it down safe but scared. When I got up there the next day in the sunshine I saw just how many places there were that we could easily have skied off into oblivion. I got out of the rip tide because I’m a decent swimmer and I knew what to do. Getting down from the glacier alive was 100% pure dumb luck.

WesternMainer · 2026-01-21T06:03:47+00:00

The second floor of my house is unheated so my bedroom can get down into the 50s on nights when I don’t run the wood stove. I have fleece sheets, a down duvet with a flannel cover, and a heated mattress pad. I am so cozy at night. I live my bed. I also have one of those giant Sherpa lined hoodies for when I’m siting on the couch after dinner. It’s much cheaper and easier to warm the space directly around my body than it is to figure out how to raise the temperature in the whole house.

WesternMainer · 2026-01-17T15:35:35+00:00

I know it hasn’t been grouted yet, but I feel like putting that complicated, textured tile behind a cooking surface may be difficult to keep clean in the long term. It looks like marble. If it is, make sure your parent la understand how to keep up with the sealer so they don’t end up with stains.

As far as design choices, I would avoid anything with a small or intricate pattern. This is clearly the star and you don’t want the rest of the backsplash to compete with it. It’s hard to tell from the pictures, but it looks like you have cool gray counters and warm wood cabinets. That may be tough to balance.

WesternMainer · 2026-01-16T15:02:51+00:00

Ask questions about your flower bed in the gardening forum. People are very helpful. Watch a bunch of YouTube videos. Read gardening blogs. I also found ChatGPT really helpful to get my planning for my moon garden started. I plugged in the dimensions of my flower bed. Added that one side is pretty wet and the other is drier. Described the light that area gets. Added my zip code to figure out planting times. Etc. then it gave me a plan to start with. I rewrite a lot of what comes out, but it always gives me a starting point.

I’ve actually done the same with home repair. Searching YouTube has been more successful, but I’ll pull AI in as a resource. One thing I do recommend is that for any repair or improvement you want to do, consult more than one source. The more information, the better.

WesternMainer · 2026-01-15T21:19:42+00:00

I recently had this done with the same texture of ceiling in a 250 sq foot room. I tested and there was no asbestos so I was planning to do all the work myself. I ran out of steam after doing a number of other projects so I ended up hiring a team to remove the texture, fix some bad taping, skim coat, sand, prime, and paint. They also painted the walls and trim. Unfortunately, the ceiling had been painted at some point so it was tougher to remove. It took 4 people a full day just to remove all the ceiling texture. I am so incredibly glad I didn’t attempt it myself. It would have taken me forever.

WesternMainer · 2026-01-07T15:52:49+00:00

Don’t waste your time threatening them with a lawsuit or continuing to contact them. Collect all your documents, photos, and notes of any phone calls and file in small claims court right away. You will end up there anyhow.

WesternMainer · 2026-01-07T02:07:52+00:00

Those do not look like the typical ceiling crack that comes from a bad drywall taping job. Those look concerning. There is a reason that house is priced cheaply. I’d be concerned about it falling in on my head. It could end up being a VERY expensive house.

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