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Post by justcindy on Jul 30, 2014 18:27:02 GMT
UGH!!! We have a dark stained wooden bookshelf thing in our living room, near the front door. Our kitchen table is stained wood, and the dining chairs are distressed black. Between the two shedding yellow labs and my son going back and forth through the garage/kitchen door a gazillion times a day, I am so OVER this dark wood furniture. I've thought about building some kind of doors with glass for the bookshelf...it's pretty wide, and I don't' use it for books, it has framed family photos and a couple of vintage cameras on it.
I've thought about painting our kitchen table and chairs some version of white and distress them, but our kitchen cabinets are white, and not distressed...would that look weird? The way our kitchen is arranged, you pretty much walk around the table to go from the garage door to the back door leading to the patio. Can I just add in here WTH is the deal with cobwebs on table and chair legs, as well?!? Is it because of its location between the two doors? BLECH! I also get them constantly under...I guess you call it the kickplate? no...I don't know what it's called, but it's where your toes go when you are right up against the counter....that indention at the bottom of the cabinets.
I just can't stand how I can literally BE DUSTING and I watch more dust settle before I'm done. I sweep, mop, vacuum almost every day! (Ok I don't MOP almost every day. You have me there.) As far as the shelves, I LOVE my family photos, I have some really special ones, it's not like I have 953 little framed pictures crammed in, some shelves just have one or two larger frames on them. BUT I HATE DUSTING THEM!!!!!!
Any tips, suggestions, advice on painting everything dust color? Paint sample and names will be helpful.  |
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Post by doxielady on Jul 30, 2014 19:02:37 GMT
I sympathize. We live in a very dusty area and it I think the dust and spiders exist to make my life miserable!  I never thought about changing the color of the wood to "dust"!
We have 2 dogs and one of them sheds like crazy! I swear I Swiffer up an entire coat of fur daily.
I used to hate dusting, but I bought a huge box of those Swiffer dusters at Costco and now, it really isn't so bad. It's not that I love it, but they really do make dusting easier.
If anyone has any tips to make it easier - I would love them as well.
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Post by kelly316 on Jul 30, 2014 19:06:23 GMT
Have you tried wiping everything down with dryer sheets? It is supposed to keep the dust from sticking???
Also, I have only noticed the cobwebs on the legs of my furniture and kick plate thingy this year! What's the deal?
ETA: I just read that peppermint oil deters spiders. I'm going to try it. Hopefully peppermint oil won't attract something else!
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jul 30, 2014 19:09:27 GMT
You must be unfamiliar with my motto: A house is not a home unless you can write the word *love* in the dust. 
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Post by kimpossible on Jul 30, 2014 19:13:09 GMT
You must be unfamiliar with my motto: A house is not a home unless you can write the word *love* in the dust. Love this! We have dark furniture as well. The battle is ongoing with regards to dust - and I too live in a very dusty area. I also have a chocolate lab that likes to shed. So for me, its a constant maintenance of picking up fur and dusting. Do I love it - no way. Do I have a better solution? Nope. Hoping for some brilliant Pea to pop in and tell us all what to do! |
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jul 30, 2014 19:17:09 GMT
We have a ranch directly behind us and they have horses. One horse loves to stand near our back fence and kick up dust. He has a huge pasture area but he is bound and determined to kick up dust and we love to keep our windows open as much as possible. It's a battle that I just don't participate in. Lots of *love* in our house.
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Post by keknj on Jul 30, 2014 19:21:52 GMT
I live at the intersection of two major highways, can you just say dust bowl? Or maybe dustnado. We have the sound barriers, but this is the dustiest place I have ever lived. I think it has to be related to the highway situation. I use both the long handled and sort handled swiffer so I don't have to move everything every time I dust. I also started using my vacuum on the hardwood floors because it seems to do a better job at getting up the dog hair. I swear I could make a new dog every two days with how much I clean up off the floor. I have noticed more spider webs outside this year. Especially around my front door. Yuck!!!
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Post by cadoodlebug on Jul 30, 2014 19:32:53 GMT
I have noticed more spider webs outside this year. Especially around my front door. Yuck!!!  Did I mention trying to heat and cool those areas too? |
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Post by justcindy on Jul 30, 2014 19:42:03 GMT
You must be unfamiliar with my motto: A house is not a home unless you can write the word *love* in the dust. I must have the homiest home that's been called a home, sister! LOL!!! GAH it's so embarrassing though, since that stupid bookshelf is right as you walk in the living room. No other options for furniture placement, unfortunately. I haven't heard of the peppermint oil...I did hear that lemon oil works, I guess that's why so many cleaning products have lemon oil/scent? I did clean/dust the everliving crap out of my kitchen table and chairs before we had my son's grad party with lemon endust or something, hoping there was enough lemon OIL not just scent to keep the little devils away for awhile. Not sure if I'd say it really worked....  |
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Post by justcindy on Jul 30, 2014 19:42:47 GMT
Have you tried wiping everything down with dryer sheets? It is supposed to keep the dust from sticking??? Also, I have only noticed the cobwebs on the legs of my furniture and kick plate thingy this year! What's the deal? ETA: I just read that peppermint oil deters spiders. I'm going to try it. Hopefully peppermint oil won't attract something else! I'll try this, thanks for the idea! |
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Post by femalebusiness on Jul 30, 2014 20:08:37 GMT
I open all my windows and doors every day, rain or shine, so my house is always dusty. So worth it for the fresh air. When we refinished our hardwood floors I toyed with the idea of staining them dark brown/black, then thought better of it and left them the natural blonde. Every time I look at my floors and see the dust that really doesn't show much, I pat myself on the back for not doing them dark. I would have had to spend every day maintaining them and I just wouldn't do that. They would have always been dusty.
I have some black tables also and the best thing I have found is one of those yellow swifter dusters. A duster on a stick. If I dust every couple of days with that thing it just takes a couple of minutes. Of course I usually wait a week or two and then I have to get out the cleaner and a cloth.
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Post by scrappinmama on Jul 30, 2014 20:13:00 GMT
I have this problem too. I can dust in the morning, and have fresh dust in the afternoon. It drives me nutes. I will try the dryer sheet trick.
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Post by whipea on Jul 30, 2014 22:47:43 GMT
I have a dusty Cockatoo. Cockatoos produce powder down and not oil to keep their feathers healthy. When he flaps or shakes, it is like a cloud of baby powder. At the least between the powdery bird, dogs and general grunge it is a battle. Microfiber clothes with oil helps for about 12 seconds.
To top that I have high tongue and grove ceilings in several rooms and they are web and dust city. It is kind of rough wood so any cloth or or Swifter type substance gets stuck to the wood so you now have dust, webs and pieces of whatever you use to attempt cleaning stuck to the ceiling. I ended getting this fuzzy plastic fiber thing, I think it is called a "webber" and attach it to and a pole that extends up to twenty feet, it works great on the ceilings.
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