"He said they'd turned the man in to the police because he was canvassing the entire part of town, and had no license or permit. So....was he canvassing for thievery? Possibly." very possibly. I used to do the licensing in a nearby town. those going door to door were considered 'peddlers' and needed licensed also. for them that involved a police background check - fingerprinting and they had to carry a photo ID badge. That I made for them. Surprise - one day when I went home for lunch - to find one at my neighbors painting house numbers on the curb. Imagine his surprise that I didn't believe he had a license... lol! If he did I'd recognize him - and he would have recognized me. I called the city PD to come check him out/run him off. our city was serious about keeping strangers/unknowns out of the neighborhoods-they encouraged people to report anyone suspicious in the area, including anyone going door to door who could not produce the photo ID card. privacy: at this point, my bedroom window faces my tv/computer room window... my front door faces my back door - lol! living in the country on over 2 acres, I don't worry a lot about who can see in. I usually sleep with a section of my bedroom curtains pulled back. I'd move into the new place with no window coverings except the bedroom - those windows I'd want covered while sleeping. my boy used to be cabled out front close to my window so no one could get near it w/o me knowing. temporarily he is penned in the back while work is being done. I'm sure i'll end up with something on every window but it's not a priority right off. It will be by June - to block the sun/heat tho. outside - I don't think too much about being seen when I'm on the land - there aren't that many people around me yet - and about half of those in close view are gone during the day. but I will be having new people to the west of me - I'll be planting numerous trees on that side very soon. probably 4 fast growing evergreens! it's more that I just don't want to see them than concern that they see me. The number of homes close to me (w/in 5-15 acres) has tripled in the past 12 yrs! on the back and west side I'll have to put up some sun blocking coverings for summer time. In the summer I'm closed up pretty much (from the sun/heat). Late Oct thru late May I like things pretty open- except on the very windy days when dirt is blowing everywhere.

I think of mildew as being more pinkish like what sometimes forms on our shower grout but is easy to clean up. I also think of smelly damp clothes as having mildewed from, say, having been left in the washing machine too long. But mold, I think of as being black or very dark greenish and also having a yucky musty odor. When we moved into our house many years ago, we had to clean a small area of mold that grew beneath wallpaper underneath a window and went all the way into the drywall and studs. We read on the internet the precautions that should be taken so that the mold spores don't get spread throughout the house as you remove it. It can be really scary to read about mold on the internet, I'll warn you! We did some things wrong having read about it too late. For instance, we bagged the wallpaper and drywall trash and carried it through the house and out the door to dispose of it rather than throw it out the window. That could have caused spores to spread througout the house potentially causing more problems than we started with. We haven't had any resulting problems to date, though. We had to treat all surfaces in the bathroom, and had to sand and bleach the studs because we could see and smell mold on them. We also read about borax being a safer way to treat mold than bleach, and it can also prevent mold growth, so we treated with borax as well. I wouldn't know how to treat carpet, but I would research it online first so you don't make the situation worse by either spreading the mold, or causing more to grow by wetting the carpet during cleanup. You might try calling the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)and ask them how to handle it. They advised us how to clean up the mold we found and gave us guidelines for when it could be cleaned up by the homeowner vs. a mold remediation company. (Ours was a small enough area that they said we could treat it ourselves). I found this number for EPA directory assistance on their site: (202) 272-0167. Good luck to you and your daughter. Mold is not fun!

aprilneverends, (Off topic-sorry OP), but I have another idea for a non-standard length for you whenever you eventually need it. I needed a 96" length one for my dd's bathroom-talk about a nightmare. I basically had just a few limited plain ones to purchase or bite the bullet for a custom one on etsy which would run close to $200. However, I saw the exact style I wanted at our Ballard Design outlet and purchased 2 for $30. Then I found a seamstress who sewed them together at the perfect place. Voila! A semi-custom shower curtain for $55 total.Obviously, your pattern has to work or it will look mismatched, but in my case it did.

Just FYI, bamboo shades, at night, when drawn and indoor lights are on, might as well not be there as far as being see-through. I know, I had them. Can be lined though. Although I loved the green, I have to say that the white walls since they don't compete, really bring out the beauty of the wallpaper. Does that print come in fabric? If not, I'd go with something in a solid, nice fabric maybe suede texture, that matches one of the neutral colors in the wallpaper. Beth H. had some FANTASTIC inspiration ideas. Let your art and cool mix of furniture and accessories be the star, not the drapes. Or find a gorgeous matching natural texture fabric and make some, but off-the-rack drapes are mostly pft. nowdays.