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I recently moved to a new house and was told I need to finish the windows before Winter. [more inside]
posted by plant or animal at 10:11 AM - 6 answers

I bought this Ultimate Starter Garden with 440 bulbs. Do you have suggestions on how to plant them? [more inside]
posted by ShooBoo at 4:08 PM - 11 answers

I'm reading an English locked-room mystery and a character said that "The hasp... ripped through the frame of the door.” This door is locked with a key and can be locked / unlocked from either side of the door. In England, does that make sense? [more inside]
posted by The corpse in the library at 6:28 AM - 5 answers

My mom lives in New Mexico where her house has a big outdoor covered porch in the backyard that is quite high with wood beams. At certain times of year she started noticing staining and droppings under the porch and a wildlife guy said it was from bats. She has never actually seen the bats and it seems like they are roosting there at night, not during the day. [more inside]
posted by forkisbetter at 11:26 AM - 7 answers

I have two issues in my apartment that I was hoping I could ask for assistance here first, to see if those two issues are something I can resolve myself before putting in a maintenance ticket. [more inside]
posted by dubious_dude at 11:57 AM - 26 answers

I have a 9' x 30' area that I want to use as a parking spot for a car. Right now its just dirt. I want to use some sort of grass permeable system. What have you done? [more inside]
posted by falsedmitri at 10:47 AM - 10 answers

Pretty much what is says in the title -- I need a new garage door opener. Please help! [more inside]
posted by number9dream at 7:52 AM - 11 answers

I've had to replace the heating element in our Samsung clothes dryer 4 times in the last decade...does anyone have insight into what might be the underlying cause? [more inside]
posted by griffey at 8:42 AM - 4 answers

A cutter/snipper of some sort.
posted by falsedmitri at 1:00 PM - 10 answers

We have several dehumidifiers in our Oregon home. Two of them are just blowing out clouds of mold - you can tell by the smell. I've cleaned them with vinegar, with bleach, with everything I can think of and nothing is working. Is there anything else that can be done? I've never had this happen before. [more inside]
posted by mygothlaundry at 12:37 PM - 7 answers

To access the attic, I'm looking to install a loft ladder with a hatch. I've seen these in other people's houses but never used one regularly. If you regularly use a loft ladder, what do you like/dislike about yours? [more inside]
posted by Pallas Athena at 11:13 AM - 10 answers

Over the years my cats of shredded the upholstery of the arms on my Ikea Karlstad sofa. I'd love to be able to buy replacement covers for the arms in Isunda gray to match the rest of the sofa. Considering that this is a 10+ year old Ikea sofa I'm not going to spend more than the cost of a new sofa on a whole custom re-upholstery job. [more inside]
posted by forkisbetter at 8:58 AM - 9 answers

Have a ski condo in a mountain rental program. Trying to decide if I need heavyweight insurance for short term rentals or if I can go with a less expensive policy - what coverage do you have? [more inside]
posted by beyond_pink at 8:17 AM - 2 answers

I am tiling a rectangular table. I want to make an inner rectangle of 4x4 tiles and an outer rectangle of different sized tiles, but what should the dimensions be of that inner rectangle? What size/number of tiles should I use for the outer rectangle? [more inside]
posted by firemonkey at 4:12 PM - 9 answers

Looking for the best fire- and water-proof folder or small box for important documents. [more inside]
posted by greta simone at 1:16 PM - 5 answers

Mrs. Tomorrowful loves cute stuff, and we both cook a lot. I'd like to find more cute stuff for our kitchen - but also make sure it's highly functional. [more inside]
posted by Tomorrowful at 8:46 AM - 25 answers

As a present for my wife I am looking for a nice coffee table book about stunning gardens. She likes her garden a bit more on the wild side, so not the "english garden" style. Any ideas? Would be nice if there are not only pictures but also a somewhat substantial text about the gardens, or interviews with the creators.
posted by SweetLiesOfBokonon at 5:12 AM - 6 answers

Everyone talks about how bad the suburban lawn is for the environment. But HOAs still require "attractive" lawns or levy massive fines. Are any groups or individuals organizing around this? [more inside]
posted by corb at 7:17 PM - 7 answers

We have a downstairs half-bath with an empty wall that I want to add something to. What would you do with this? [more inside]
posted by rachaelfaith at 10:35 AM - 19 answers

I would really love to start properly learning how to sew, but I haven’t used a sewing machine since I was a kid. There are a lot of used sewing machines on Marketplace but I don’t know where to start! [more inside]
posted by caitcadieux at 5:58 AM - 14 answers