Comments on: On Being A Homeowner http://kapachino.info/2009/03/homeowner-woes/ The life and times of a nurse and wife Wed, 16 May 2012 04:00:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nikki http://kapachino.info/2009/03/homeowner-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-999 Nikki Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:10:25 +0000 http://kapachino.info/?p=906#comment-999 When Rusty was a puppy he chewed everything in site - I tried one night to rub hot sauce on our chair legs, which is a gross solution, and guess what - Rusty ATE the napkin I was using to rub the hot sauce on with - so obviously that wouldn't work with him. You can try bitter spray too - but if she's got tough taste buds I doubt it'll stop her. I read they do those things when they're bored / full of energy - maybe leave her with a Kong with frozen peanut butter inside or ... get up really early to take her for a run, but who really wants to do that? Maybe put double sided tape on the sill until she learns to stop, then you can take it off and repaint - they make double sided tape for couches, my mom used them against our cats and it worked and didn't mess up the couches. This is a long comment sorry! Your house sounds wonderful, and you sound so happy! When Rusty was a puppy he chewed everything in site – I tried one night to rub hot sauce on our chair legs, which is a gross solution, and guess what – Rusty ATE the napkin I was using to rub the hot sauce on with – so obviously that wouldn’t work with him. You can try bitter spray too – but if she’s got tough taste buds I doubt it’ll stop her. I read they do those things when they’re bored / full of energy – maybe leave her with a Kong with frozen peanut butter inside or … get up really early to take her for a run, but who really wants to do that? Maybe put double sided tape on the sill until she learns to stop, then you can take it off and repaint – they make double sided tape for couches, my mom used them against our cats and it worked and didn’t mess up the couches.
This is a long comment sorry!
Your house sounds wonderful, and you sound so happy!

]]> By: Rae http://kapachino.info/2009/03/homeowner-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-998 Rae Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:59:14 +0000 http://kapachino.info/?p=906#comment-998 Your house sounds great in general. I really look forward to living someplace that I can imagine staying for life. That said, it really does sound a pain to have to wait so long for your furniture! I have no advice on the paint thing (unless you are like my sister- she will like anything once she has spent hours staring at it!) but it shouldn't be too hard to get new doorknobs. That does sound like a fire hazard. Your house sounds great in general. I really look forward to living someplace that I can imagine staying for life.

That said, it really does sound a pain to have to wait so long for your furniture! I have no advice on the paint thing (unless you are like my sister- she will like anything once she has spent hours staring at it!) but it shouldn’t be too hard to get new doorknobs. That does sound like a fire hazard.

]]> By: Julienne http://kapachino.info/2009/03/homeowner-woes/comment-page-1/#comment-997 Julienne Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:34:47 +0000 http://kapachino.info/?p=906#comment-997 YES for garages! So useful for storing all of your stuff! And peg board? That's an organizer's dream right there! As far as picking out paint colours goes, This Young House (www.thisyounghouse.com) wrote about a paint selector tool from Behr yesterday - could be right up your alley! My onyl advice is to NEVER pick a colour in the store. Bring it home throw your samples up on the wall, check them out in different light. If you're still undecided then get actual sample bottles of the paint and throw a 2' x 2' square up on the wall and see what you think. And remember, paint is never permanent! You can always cover it! YES for garages! So useful for storing all of your stuff! And peg board? That’s an organizer’s dream right there! As far as picking out paint colours goes, This Young House (www.thisyounghouse.com) wrote about a paint selector tool from Behr yesterday – could be right up your alley! My onyl advice is to NEVER pick a colour in the store. Bring it home throw your samples up on the wall, check them out in different light. If you’re still undecided then get actual sample bottles of the paint and throw a 2′ x 2′ square up on the wall and see what you think. And remember, paint is never permanent! You can always cover it!

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