"Winterizer" fertilizers typically are a balanced blend with slow release nitrogen as well as readily available phosphorus and potassium with typical NPK ratings around 24-4-12. The claim is it helps prepare lawns for winter - promotes stronger root development, and quicker green-up in spring. With your newly seeded lawn, it's likely a good course of action to use this type or similar high nitrogen formula fertilizer twice more this year, in approximate 30 day intervals, with your next application being 30 days after your application of that starter fertilizer you already applied. Be careful not to get one with added weed control. I won't go into great detail other than to say to stay away from "weed-n-feed" products. Regarding lime, I wouldn't suggest applying lime without a soil test telling me that's what was needed. Good day, dan

I would go to a decorator's forum. A number of posters here would put a wood burning insert in the fireplace and load up the wood storage area with lots of... wood and enjoy the heat from the stove all winter!

I think I will go for the professional cleaning and look into the odaban for follow-up. Our kitchen floor is also wood, so cleaning it in there isn't an option and I am not sure I want to smell it wet in my living room. Olychick, no worries :) We tried pee pads several times, first after six months of "regular" housetraining had little effect--thinking maybe that is what she had been trained on in her original home. No go. She won't use them. She has gone a long way (from NEVER going potty outside under any circumstances to always asking to go out first and being "accident free" all day, every day when we are not at home. So, she clearly CAN hold it, but something about 4am when there is a full moon on a day with a T in it when her moon is in Aquarius (or some combination of events equally impossible for us to figure out) just makes her pee on the southwest corner of the rug.

I am not a designer, but I have been looking at rugs for my new sectional that was just ordered that is close to your color and style of sectional so I will post what I have found that I like. I am not very adventurous by the way! These are from Joss and Main and Build.com. I am having trouble uploading the pictures from my Chromebook, so I will post the links. https://www.jossandmain.com/rugs/pdp/shores-hand-tufted-silver-area-rug-wlao1497.html?piid=22857749&ds=140702 https://www.jossandmain.com/rugs/pdp/tadashi-hand-woven-wool-navy-bluelight-gray-area-rug-wlao1524.html?piid=24655384&ds=140702 https://www.jossandmain.com/rugs/pdp/beatrix-light-gray-area-rug-mrcr6711.html?piid=19346859 https://www.jossandmain.com/rugs/pdp/elson-grey-area-rug-mtna3393.html?piid=22734773 https://www.jossandmain.com/rugs/pdp/downtown-nolita-yellowgray-area-rug-jilz1039.html?piid=27419792 https://www.jossandmain.com/rugs/pdp/downtown-greenwich-village-bluegray-area-rug-jilz1038.html?piid=27419786 https://www.build.com/surya-pei1007-71110/s1360287?uid=3205444 https://www.build.com/surya-mrh2310-710103/s1359240?uid=3204397