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we have two different colors of furniture on our patio. i want to change the white tables to black. the rest of my family does not. what do you think?

I can’t find any tags on my furniture set (green love seat, 2 seat sofa, 3 seat couch, ottoman) regarding cleaning. I bought the set used, and can’t get in contact with the original owner. The cushions have zippers that allow you to separate the covers from the soft part. Is it OK to put this in a washing machine with cold water? I assume I have to hang them to dry when they’re done…

I am not able to assemble furniture. I want to purchase a nice conversation set, and a table and chairs to match it for my lanai. I have checked everywhere and I cannot find "fully assembled sets".

Any ideas? I live in Florida

The neighbor is elderly and I am taking this as a project . This cannot be done in one day. She bought the materials I just have to clean strip and paint and make it look as new as possible. The furniture is like 50 yrs old so it means alot to her. Does 200.00 sound like too much?
I’ve called around and they would charge her more than 300.00

Have you ever heard or seen anyone do this and how did it look?

We have a very small livingroom and furniture had become so bulky. I thought that wicker would make the room a little bit more open.
What do you think?

I stained the furniture with Minwax oil based stain in a dark jacobean color. I haven’t finished it with poly…yet. Everything is covered in case it rains tonight…

My cats go wee wee on ribber back rugs, cushions , couches, chairs…we have three cats. It’s horrible. We can’t have any furniture. We’ve tried products like they advertize on tv and from the vet, nothing works. We put cat on paxil to mellow him out. some minor success, but an angry zombified cat was not fun to deal with.

I read a few question/answers about a lazy wife. But I can say none of them is as same lazy as mine. I really don’t know how to resolve this problem. We both work and have a preschool son (with light asthma). After work, almost everyday, I do home work with my son, play with him after that, read bedtime story, supervising his dinner. Also I buy toys for him, buy clothing, buy his friend’s birthday gifts….even shampoo, lotion…take him to library and outdoor activities. When he is sick, I make sure he take the medicine…At weekend, I cleaned up my son’s room with him, vacuum the house,cut gross, clean garage…buy home necessities-too paste, brush, shampoo…, purchase around furniture…
Did I claim doing too much? Do I love to do all of these? No, only some. Others I have to do as my wife is not doing! Does she knows? Yes, I talked to her many many times and even some argument. So What does she do? She does wash dishes after dinner. Of course she does some other things, like cooking, clean washroom. But virtually she does not do anything for the family except dish washing regularly. She cooks (plus only at weekend, as per my memory, she never cooked 2 days continuously. We have a relative help us cooking at weekday), but most of time, she will loose temper if I don’t help her something. But seldom I sit while she cooks as my preschool son cannot let me be still. A few times she did vacuum the family. Other things she only does under request – when I request to clean the kitchen, bring some water for my son, prepare some fruits… I can say in our 10years marriage, never a time she cleaned up the whole house, never think to buy home necessities (like replace pan if it wears out) initially. In our bedroom, she night table, phone and lamp always covered by dust. She is not cleaning the bathroom regularly… too much to mention. Let alone some "special" house work, like cleaning patio glass door. I believe in her life time, she will never clean it. I told many times, my attitude is: if you are tired, don’t do it or do a little. Do it when you are not tired and have time. Some housework shall do it regularly. You must have some time in an entire year to do some house work.
By the way, I don’t have any prejudice against house work which must be done by wife. Her parents also addressed her problem, but she only changes for a few days only.
Is there any way to change her or something is wrong? Help please.

Thanks for some answers. Well, she is not depressed as she always she was very satisfied at the current condition. I don’t mean only woman has to do house work. In the matter of fact, I am doing most house work as I like clean. I just requested her to step up to share some house work, which shall be normal for a family.
It seems she has no interest in anything. What she wants is "work, dinner and dish washing". But I think it is abnormal living like that. She has no interest to take pictures for my son or herself when we go out (unless you request her to do.) She converted to Christian a few years back, but only when to church a few times. One of our neighbor has bible reading every Saturday night and they call her to join. But she find all kinds of excuse not to go. At sale season, I bet most mom must squeeze around malls to look for clothing for her children in order to get quality clothing at a bargain price. But she not. I have to much example to say….

I purchased an outdoor resin wicker patio set and it is unravelling. It is just over 1 year old. I would like to know where to purchase binding to replace the cracking binding. I will not be able to use the furniture without repairing the binding. Please help. I spent a lot of money on this set and am very disappointed as the manufacturer will not honor the warranty saying it was only rusting and fabric that they cover.

For the last week or so, I’ve had a major problem with what I think are odorous house ants. They are literally everywhere. I have them in the main bathroom, kitchen and in my master bedroom. I even found some underneath the cushion of the chaise lounge in the living room. I spray and spray and they just don’y get the hint. I would appreciate any or all advice someone can give me. These things are driving me up a wall pretty quickly. Does anyone know of some type of treatment I can use that would be safe to use on furniture??? Also, what exactly attracts these things?? I keep a very clean and neat house and take out the garbage regularly. I also make sure the garbage is taken out on a regular basis. PLEASE HELP!!!!