Q:I'm working on decorating my apartment bit by bit and I've come to where I want to get a living room rug. The room is about 12x15ft so everything is rather close together. All the walls are beige/off-white and so is the couch in the middle of the room. Each of the pieces of furniture (desk, side table, coffee table, tv stand) are a dark wood, and so is the wood floor, and the main color accents in the room are red, orange, yellow, olive green, and blue-green, with some colorful art I've been making for the walls. Basically, every color that has red or yellow in it.

Texture is really important in a room that is developing a wonderful bohemian flair. You want your art to speak for the room do not confuse it with to much color elsewhere or you will limit your options on the wall.

Q:what is the best bug repellant that I can make at home to spray on my vegetable garden to keep bugs away from around and on my plants chewing them?

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Q:i am moving, i am looking to rent a condo - most of the condos i like are 1200 a month, but i am only looking to spend 1000 ... can i place an offer to the buyer for 1000? or does it not work that way when renting?

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Q:what kind of poisons would be found in remodeling homes in the 1950s that would cause neurologic problems?

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Q:when you grow onions in your own garden are they stronger then when you buy them at the store??? do they taste better coming right from you back yard? when coming from your own garden do they make your eyes water more??

Depends more on the onion variety than on whether it's store/homegrown. Red onions, and walla wallas I think are sweeter. (I think everything tastes better out of my own garden, but I've hardly tested them side by side)

Q:Looking for a company that sells country/rustic home decor it's not Home and garden, southern living at home or home interiors. please help!

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Q:i'm about to plant a garden this year but since i have a dog, i have to be sure the plants are non toxic to him. i would appreciate it if someone gave me a list of all the edible and safe plants for dogs.thanx!

As a fellow Boxer owner, I know you have your hands full. You can use the other methods described below, and they may help, but the real answer is excercise and then more exercise. You say she has plenty but how much is that? My Boxer is the same way when she does not get to run or go for a long walk. I come home to find she has taken things (like today was a package of curtains, the last time it was a picture frame) out into the yard to play with, even though she has a Cocker Spaniel as a playmate and can go in and out of the house into a large fenced in yard! She can run for an hour or go for a 4.5 mile walk and then run some more. I try to give her a run every day, but can't always do it now that it's getting darker earlier, so I play ball with her on the stairs. Boxers are high energy dogs, and it sounds like yours is finding ways to release some of it. She may also need mental stimulation - teach her the find it game. Hide small tidbits around the room while she is in another one. Bring her near the first one and say find it. Keep working with her a little each day until she knows what find it means. My dog can be told to find specific things, she knows how to find her basketball, soccer ball, bone, hoofie, Dad, etc. I'm planning next to teach her how to pull a cart - that should keep her busy, and a dog with a job is a happy one. Good luck - Boxers Rule!

Q:in my home garden, due to a lot of plants, there are a lot of mosquitoes, i know i could just use bug zapper at places but still it is a risk sleeping out in my garden or having dates in the garden and spending a lot of time in the garden, can i regularly spray Anti-Mosquito#92;Mosquito Killer Sprays on plants to get rid of mosquitoes? will it be bad for plants?will it also be bad for the vegetables those plants are producing?is there any other way to get rid of mosquitoes from garden?

Mat is correct as far as Roundup is concerned. It is safe to use on weeds in lawns because it clings to the leaves of the weeds and doesn't get deposited in the soil. Now if you need to kill an area again to get rid of stubborn weeds, don't use chemicals. Plain old white vinegar will do the job, but it requires a lot. Let the weeds curl up and die from the vinegar, then water the soil well 2 or 3 times over the course of a week. You can replant after that. White vinegar will also kill ant hills as well as gasoline does, but the soil recovers Use it to kill the weeds in your sidewalk, too.

Q:My city is experiencing Stage 2 water restrictions. Could you please explain the following?1. What the Aquifer level has to be for each stage to take affect.2. What each stage-limit entails.3. Do restrictions differ from state-to-state? 4. Is it a necessity to water your yard, other than it looking nice? Does it mess with foundation(or whatever)?5. How many stages are there?6. Can the aquifer run completely out of water? What would you do then? P.S: I posted this in HomeGarden, 1 person answered, not much info...didn't know where else to post. sorry...

I answered your other question (in HomeGarden), but thought that you might be interested in a recent news article as well. Althought the Bush Administration is reporting $800 million to help drought stricken farmers, this is money already earmarked for such projects and does nothing to help the individual families in these same areas. Check out the first site: