This is a guide about caring for your mattress. Your mattress is a critical part of getting a good night's sleep. Properly caring for your mattress will keep it comfortable and help it last longer.
What is the least intensive way to paint over varnish?
Can I buy new supports to hold the slats in place on my sofabed?
My Frugal Life: Furnish Your Home With Used Items
So you are young and getting ready to make your own home for the first time, whether an apartment or your first house. Of course, you want to decorate to impress as well as to express your taste.
Can I Change an Oval Table to a Round Table?
How to change oval dining room table to a round dining room table?
The Multiple Uses of a Dresser
Whether scouring tag sales or the attic, the find of a large wooden dresser is akin to finding buried treasure. It is an amazingly versatile piece of furniture, and it's a shame to see one unappreciated at the curbside.
Put Peg Board on Exposed Back of Shelves
I bought a bookcase really cheap off of craigslist, but you can watch your free cycle for one as well. The backing was just cardboard and I wanted to put the bookcase in so the side was against the wall to create more storage without blocking another shelf.
I need help decorating my family room. The dimensions are 17 x 15. We want to provide comfortable seating for 6 that is easy to maintain, i.e. low dusting maintenance and durable stain hiding colors/fabrics (we have 2 boys.)
Refinishing Mahogany Furniture
I have a damaged patch on an old mahogany table caused by the seller dropping a nail polish removal patch on to the table top. It has stripped the polished finish down to the bare wood about 3 inches x 1 inch, elliptical in shape.
Turn an Old Headboard into a Coat Rack
To turn an old decorative wooden headboard into a coat rack. Find the center of the board from side to side and top to bottom. This is the placement for your first knob. Use old dresser knobs and place as many as you choose on the header.
Preventing Furniture From Sliding
I would like some suggestions for stopping a heavy swivel reclining chair (with platform bottom) from sliding on carpet.
Make Your Mattress Last Longer
There are so many mattress ads on TV now and they are telling us how long we should keep our mattresses. I thought you could use a mattress for 20 years, but they are telling us 7-8.
Painting Over a Linseed Oil Finish on Furniture
My new custom made bed (pine) was treated with linseed oil. I was assured it's non-toxic. Well, it has been 2 weeks, and the bed still emits an odor. It gives me a sore throat and cough. Can I paint it over with a latex paint?
If you're not afraid of refinishing, repairing, or re-purposing battered antiques, then you have a gold mine awaiting you at the next swap meet.
Cleaning an Old Butcher Block Wood Table
What do I put on a butcher block table after I clean it?
Keeping a Butcher Block Outside
I have a very old and heavy butcher block. I would like to use it on the front porch of my old farmhouse. The floor of my kitchen wouldn't hold the weight. Will it hurt the butcher block to be outside?
Protectors for Outside Cushions
Want to leave those outside chair cushions outside but keep them protected? Make a "pillowcase" from heavy MM clear plastic, cut slits where the ties of your cushions are, bring the ties out through the plastic, and tie as you would secure your cushions.
When moving furniture on carpet, place a magazine with a glossy cover on all corners. This will make moving the furniture easy. When moving furniture on wood floors, place a wash clothes folded in fourths on all corners and move with ease.
To make custom furniture, take parts of cast off furniture and remake it to suit your needs. I took a short wide dresser and cut it down to just two drawers. I placed a cabinet on top, putting a drop down shelf in between to make a computer 'armoire'.
Hiding Furniture Imperfections and Upholstery Damage
I have very badly damaged (due to cats scratching) upholstered couches. I also have a two year old so I would be interested in an inexpensive solution that could make them look better. I don't care for slip-covers and the blankets that I have covering them look sloppy.
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My Frugal Life: Furnish Your Home With Used Items
So you are young and getting ready to make your own home for the first time, whether an apartment or your first house. Of course, you want to decorate to impress as well as to express your taste.
The Multiple Uses of a Dresser
Whether scouring tag sales or the attic, the find of a large wooden dresser is akin to finding buried treasure. It is an amazingly versatile piece of furniture, and it's a shame to see one unappreciated at the curbside.
If you're not afraid of refinishing, repairing, or re-purposing battered antiques, then you have a gold mine awaiting you at the next swap meet.
