GIVE ADVICE ON HOUSE & HOME

Where can I find the magazine rack shown on page 35 of the Sept 2010 Good Housekeeping magazine?

Conflict error with an IP address?

Can someone tell me what this means, because it is appearing on my desktop. Thanks!

Any one here have an experience with rent to own homes? Good or bad? How did it pan out for you?

My boring family room in the basement needs a makeover badly-color and floor.

I have beautiful half walls from floor half up. they are a lite color woth dark knots it it. I want a homey, comfortable atmosphere but not sure what colors to add with the wood as well as flooring. I have a fire place with plain old brick around it. Also would like a really big sectional couch. It is a large room. -with a finished bathroom attached with two other rooms-one in the process of becoming a toy room-I do have two young children as well-so need to make it kid friendly too. it has three windows along with a door exiting outside-so it has a lot of potential. please help! Michelle

What should I get my friend for her house warming party?

I have a friend who's having a house warming party at her new apartment in the next two weeks. We hang out once a year, I've thought about getting her a bathroom set or a plant but not sure what to get her. What do you think she would like?

All suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thank you!

how do you get people to take their shoes off in your house without asking them every single time?

I have stairs that go up to our living room right when you come into our house, so i put a sign on a stair tred that says "SHOES OFF" but nobody listens to it anymore. i am sick of cleaning up vacuuming and mopping every other day. i don't want to hang out at the stairs all damn day to make sure people take the shoes off. what can i do ?

Update: September 07, 2010.
it's not me inviting these idiots over to our house, it's my boyfriend. the sign did not work. leaving shoes at the bottom of the stairs did not work. leaving a shoe rack at the bottom of the stairs did not work. hovering over the stairs like a freak and telling them 'can you please take your shoes off' is the only thing that works. some of them don't do it when im not there or in the shower, whatever - and it just makes me feel so disrespected. I asked my boyfriend to tell them to take their shoes off but i feel like he doesn't want to seem like womanly or whatever. it is making me mad to vacuum in all my spare time,

How can I remove hard water stains from my marble tub?

Is my nonstick saute pan still safe to use if it has light scratches?

The pan is a nonstick surface on hard-anodized aluminum. The scratches are light (yes, metal spatula), not gouges.

harrased by property managers and staff.

i recently moved into a new apartment.new city,new state.looked on the website and everything sounded great for the price.
three months after moving in,there have been one problem after another.security..not what they said it would be..mistakes on my rent,no ac in the apartments when they said we would have ac..everytime i call,they say that i should show them where i saw these provisions that they promised on their website,but they are not there anymore ofcourse..
i live on one of the top floors..22nd.no ac in the summer is like being in an oven.
there's one staff member that i just don't enjoy talking to cos she's not professional so i usually ask to speak to another person.this staff tells me that if i can't identify myself then i can't talk to anyone.
the property manager calls me back and tells me that i can never harass his staff any more or else they'll get their attorneys involved and i'll be kicked out..is this possible?i'm not doing anything wrong but complaining,..which i have a right to do...i feel like i don't have to speak to this person to avoid conflict so i ask for another staff member usually.am i wrong?

Cut wood or Carry water?

I was going to go cut some firewood for winter this morning, but mother nature has carried a lot of water and she's dumping it on my area. I'm all in favor of watering the trees and keeping the dust down, so I'll just postpone my work until tomorrow. I still need to harvest several more trees that were killed by the pine beetles. Cut and stacked before snow, that's the plan.

How about you? Have you gotten your winter supply of firewood in yet?