Painting a Wood Floor?
I have painted quite a few wood floors, with good results. It is an old-fashioned look that works well on pine or oak floors. Ive always used latex paint. Whenever it looks too chipped i put more paint on. I keep a gallon of white latex Floor Paint in the basement...
Grind Coffee Beans As You Need Them
We do this as well here in Flint, Michigan. I buy organic free trade beans from Sams Club. I inherited an electric grinder from my mom, but it never worked that well. The results would be part way too rough, and the grounds near the blade ultra fine. Too rough...
Inexpensive Drapery Material Ideas?
We had a large screened porch converted to a 3 season room a few years ago. That means 3 walls of sliding doors to cover as needed. My solution was to buy about 12 king-size white sheets from K-mart. They were about 6 or 7 dollars each. For curtain rods I bought...
Inexpensive, Removable, Wallpaper
But I saw a magazine article in Country Home that showed an entrance hall which had hidden toxic mold under the wall covering. It was old and had been put up with wheat paste, which being a food for the mold, was a bad outcome. The homeowner had to remove it...
