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Comments (50)I haven't read all of the other comments, so forgive me if these suggestions have already been made. 1. Get the 2' rolls of self-adhesive plastic like a contractor uses to not trek dirt on your floor. Cover all main traffic areas and central areas of all rooms. It's worth $30 in protection to not be yelling at the movers about their wet shoes when it's raining. 2. Start packing out of season items & things you can just do without as soon you know you're moving. You don't have to do it all in a week, just as you have time. As you pack a box, number it and make a list in a notebook what is in that numbered box. 3. If you're having friends help you-be organized timewise the day of your move. If you have enough people, have some bringing the boxes in and others unpacking as you go. Last time we moved, my super-wife had been packing for the previous 8 months(while we were renting & looking for a house to buy) as she had time with 3 little kids. 90% of what we had was moved by me and my work's box truck with about 10 other guys in one day. We started loading about 8am, got the bulk of it to the other house by 10am, started unloading while her friends unpacked boxes and put stuff away in cabinets & dressers we brought in & set up. By noon we were nearly done & took a nice long social break to eat with all the nice people helping, and by 3pm we were 99% unpacked(except for the small incidentals we forgot about getting out earlier. The most relaxing moving experience I've had. I have helped many many friends move because of the truck & other equipment I have, and I have to agree with one comment I saw early on in the thread-I'm not there to pack up your stuff. I will load it on the truck and unload it at the other house, even help you unpack in an organized way-but you have to have a vision already in your head. I don't want to be in charge of your move. I'm just the muscle if it's not my house. ;) Oh-and if you think I'm going to spend an 8am-8pm day moving your stuff...I really would rather be home by at least 5pm with my kids!...See MoreDIY gone horribly wrong? - Share your stories!
Comments (115)OKDOKEGAL--- OMG!!!! Not only do we have the same wasps I think we have the same FLOOR!!!!!! Allegedly there are "Worse" places to get stung---one of them being the hands. Feet and face come next. I am not sure where the rear end ranks tho!!!!! I hope you have a plentiful supply of EPIPENS stashed everywhere. We now have the hubs and TWO kids allergic---our daughter is one of those scientific puzzlers--not allergic to honeybees but anaphylactic to "Mixed Vespids" ie wasps and hornets. White faced wasps are the worst offenders. She was actually included as a child in a Johns Hopkins study of adult reactions. Our younger son is also allergic but not so far as reactive. And we think the two grandkids have inherited this--AND the shrimp allergy. Makes for fun when people like great grandmother can't seem to UNDERSTAND this and try to grab food off their plates with a shrimp contaminated fork. Have to be ever so careful. These wasps in particular will and DO build EVERYWHERE. We have had them in the dog house; in the grill; in every container on our porch; and oh yeah--IN the house---we have a large double glass door that we don't use and that has a large hutch in front of it. I kept hearing some sort of buzzzzzing sound and finding bugs of the stinging variety in the kitchen. Finally managed to look behind the hutch and discovered that the casing was loose and a wind storm had apparently lifted a piece of outside alum siding--and there they were!!!!! Had to kick out daughter and tackle this=---the NON allergic people anyways! We spend most of our summers with a can of foam wasp killer close to hand. And everyone knows--you are ON CALL if you are not the allergy people to spray at any time any place! I also keep Benadryl handy at all times and in the car too. Can keep you alive til you get to the ER. Daughter had a soccer field sting and the ambulance took SO long to get there that I drove to the Squad building with the kid---apparently clutching the Epipen case the while time---got in the ambulance with it--got to the hospital waving it about--this has a HUGE needle after it is deployed!!!---and it had to be pried out of my now bloody hand. When we got done--many hours later----we went outside and I looked for my car and it was--gone!!!! Oh No!!! Stolen aged Honda! Went inside to call police and a nurse that knew us said--Did you forget--you came in the ambulance! Where is your car? OOps. Had to call for pick up and discovered car parked at a very strange angle with the doors still opened and blood on the stick shift where I had driven WITH that Epipen in hand---- Don't even get me started on the kid that needed rabies shots--and turned out ALLERGIC to them!!!!!!!...See MoreYour Best Organizing Tips - Tell us!
Comments (116)Actually Organized, NY & Miami Organization: what does that mean. simple definition: Everything has a place and a place for everything.....You are organized when you can find what you want when you want it. Many clients complain of the "Clutter". Clutter is actually decisions not made. You walk in your home you have an item in your hand you are not sure what to do with it you put it down on the counter.....this continues with all sorts of items in your home and eventually you have piles of stuff everywhere on every surface. Nothing has a designated home where it lives when not in use, so it remains where ever you put it....and when you can't find it you buy a new one. So designating a home for your belongings will save you money and duplicating your belongings. When starting an organizing project it can seem overwhelming. Break it down into smaller pieces. Instead of trying to organize the entire room, (you may not have enough time to do the whole room, you may not be able to focus long enough to do the entire room) pick one area. Maybe begin sorting through those items that are on the floor, or maybe organize one shelf, one drawer, one corner of the room at one time....See MoreCorrugated Wainscotting - Love it or Hate it?
Comments (16)The wainscoting is difficult because of the curved corners of your walls. You would have to have a master craftsman come in to do the work and my guess is that it will be very pricy. The anaglypta suggested by apple_pie_order is an excellent idea. Anayplypta is a 3-dimensional wall paper that will bend around the curved corners easily. Find one that is suitable for a period California Bungalow. Usuaslly a stylized floral motif like in the examples below. You will need to cap it with some chair rail that can bend as well...such as a vinyl chair rail....See Morebillr12
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