The leather report
May 19, 2012 | Never put the furniture in direct sunlight or close to a radiator or regularly used fireplace. Set aside a soft cloth to use just for leather furniture. Using a soft cloth, massage a few drops of the conditioner into the leather. Don’t use soap or heavily soak stains with water. One or two times a year: Wipe furniture down with a barely damp sponge (use distilled water. Leather furniture:. Each week or two: Dry-cloth dust and vacuum, cleaning in crevices and along the bottom. Then moisturize with a colorless conditioner made for the particular type of leather. it will dry out and discolor the leather. tap water can stain). Rub it off with a clean cloth. This may cause more damage than the stain. Take care that shoe buckles, belts and pets don’t damage the upholstery. First test the product on a part that will not be easily noticed.
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May 19, 2012 | There's no doubt this room presented several design challenges, among them a lack of usable wall space, which was broken up by windows, doors, radiators and a nonfunctioning fireplace. I definitely had my work cut out for me, but I do enjoy a challenge
May 19, 2012 | Never put the furniture in direct sunlight or close to a radiator or regularly used fireplace; that would dry out and discolor the leather. • Take care that shoe buckles, belts and household pets do not damage upholstery. • Each week or two: Dust with
May 19, 2012 | If they got really wet, a nice teacher might let us put them on top of the radiator after the principal finished announcements, prayers and the pledge over the intercom. I hope somewhere kids are happy Phil was right about more winter and they get to
May 19, 2012 | There's no doubt this room presented several design challenges — among them, a lack of usable wall space, which was broken up by windows, doors, radiators and a nonfunctioning fireplace. I definitely had my work cut out for me, but I do enjoy a
May 19, 2012 | set into a hand carved solid ash fireplace; the dining room has a deep walk-in square bay window. Throughout the house, solid ash internal woodwork has been used to great effect in much of the joinery including skirting, doors and radiator covers.
Do I need a blower or a radiator for my fireplace?
Aug 01, 2007 by kristine v
We just bought a house that has a fireplace, but the previous owner said it was more for looks and didn't put much heat into the house. We would like for it to help on heating costs this winter, what do we do and is it expensive??
A fan or blower will pay for itself in less than a year. They are a must if your really want heat from the fireplace. Get any information you can find on the fireplace. Measure it and then go to a fireplace shop. Mine cost $100 and was easy to install. We saved somewhere between $200 and $400 last year on propane with the new fireplace. And we enjoyed 78 degrees of nice heat rather than 72. Of course we have our own oak woods for the wood.
Can I use a fireplace cover as the screen in a radiator cover?
Feb 05, 2007 by gosolojacob
I am building rad covers as part of my childproofing, but am finding it impossible to find the decorative screens required. Can I use fireplace screens instead? Or, any other ideas?
You can purchase decorative screens at Home Depot. They are tucked away in a small corner near the insulation, but they do have them. I purchased mine there. I have also seen them at Rocky's(Ace). Other than that I suppose you could use a fireplace screen.
Good luck!