tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977598181264970040.post2937940850512138672..comments2024-03-27T16:49:48.828-05:00Comments on Flipping the Flip: The Library Chair. And a friendly reminder.Zerahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06526747223803591584noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977598181264970040.post-66872036417254391462015-11-30T09:07:56.005-06:002015-11-30T09:07:56.005-06:00Thank you! I do love the black!Thank you! I do love the black!Flipping the Fliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15227745256321418042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977598181264970040.post-76206808803627982862015-11-30T06:49:33.316-06:002015-11-30T06:49:33.316-06:00I love your dark library walls. The color is so so...I love your dark library walls. The color is so soothing and relaxing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108873088311177166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977598181264970040.post-31015695289981134392014-12-06T11:01:37.658-06:002014-12-06T11:01:37.658-06:00Tania! Thank you so much! That tip about the vin...Tania! Thank you so much! That tip about the vinegar, great idea! So far I haven't noticed the chair being stinky so I may be in the clear but if not, I will definitely try your idea.<br /><br />We do have fenced in dog parks here and we have talked about taking him to one. It makes me totally nervous, as you said, because he's ginormous and what would I do if something went awry. Mike would have to be with us. A friend did suggest maybe it was a leash thing and maybe off he'd be fine which is a possibility. But indeed, all the what-if's for a new-to-us dog who is a year and a half old coming from a crappy situation we know nothing about -- heh, it turns me into crazy protective Mommy! ;) We will keep trying though as I suspect he's actually ok with dogs. We do have a photo of him playing with another Shepherd at the rescue, soooo....But that was a stressful place for him too. As you can see, I'm a million ways topsy turvy! <br /><br />Thanks so much for taking the time to write!Flipping the Fliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15227745256321418042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8977598181264970040.post-29861840633923638712014-12-06T09:13:48.878-06:002014-12-06T09:13:48.878-06:00Hi Becky, the chair looks great in your library, I...Hi Becky, the chair looks great in your library, I can't wait to see what kind of rug you come up with. So the smell...did it go away?... it must have or you wouldn't have put it in the house. I have a velvet, tufted headboard that I bought from a friend who bought it from her friend who was a smoker. I'm planning on painting the headboard which I thought would eliminate the smell (it doesn't reek or anything, just smells a little). Anyway, I brought it inside yesterday and sprayed it down with undiluted vinegar (a suggestion I found online). And it seems to have worked! I just stuck my nose in the headboard and it smells semi fresh even! And it didn't damage the velvet at all. So I guess what I'm saying is that if you notice that your chair still smells a little after having it in the room for awhile try spraying it down with vinegar!<br /><br />I have a dog who always acted like she wanted to rip other dogs apart and she's small and wanted to take on dogs twice her size! Well, one day my daughter and I took my dog Roxanne and her dog Pongo to a local dog park where ALL the dogs are off-leash. I was so nervous that she was going to get in a fight so I kept her on leash and walked around with her. Finally someone came up (very nicely I might add... lucky for them!) and asked why she was still on-leash. I explained and she said that usually in a neutral territory where everyone is off-leash the dogs get along fine... so I very nervously took her off the leash to test out this theory and by golly it worked! I was so shocked. She ran around there like she was a puppy again! (she's 14 and a very pudgy English bulldog/scotty dog mix) And now she LOVES going to the dog park. I know where you walk Finn is neutral territory but maybe he reacted like he did because he was on-leash and the other dog was not. And I am NOT suggesting that you take Finn off too, not at all. I think people should have their dogs on leashes too when walking like that. But it is something to think about, if you have actual fenced in dog parks where you live, maybe one day give it a try... after you've gotten to "know" Finn better...although I'm not sure what I'd do if a big dog like him got in a fight so maybe not! lol!<br /><br />TaniaTania Pelletierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18388815619710848529noreply@blogger.com