Duvet magnets, clips, or iron snaps?
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Comments (15)Well, I'm back... Thank you for your input guys, you're the bestest of the best! For the past week, I've been trying to get glass installers to come see the job. Some said flat no, too busy this time of year. Some made appointments they did not keep. (don't you just hate that!) And some quoted outrageous prices over the phone without bothering to even come see the job site or even know what I wanted. They just asked the dimension of the shower and quoted on the square footage, some as high as $125 per s.f. Puh-leaze!!! Frankly, I am a bit discouraged. This part of the project, I would rather not do by myself. Let alone handling large heavy panes of glass, I am nervous about drilling into my nice marble tiles to install clips. I would just crumble into a pile of dust if I were to snap one in the process... Maybe I'll go directly to plan B and install a circular rod and a curtain... (Now...where to find a nickel plated circular curtain rod...)...See MoreShower Curtain Liners and Magnets?
Comments (23)My last shower curtain contained ceramic magnets and those do work for me. (Made in China, what did I expect?) I have a iron based tub with enamel finish. Plastic insert style tubs and combination shower stall-tub are non-magnetic. Sintered magnets are more resistant to corrosion than a plain soft iron slugs. Weights are helpful if heavy enough. One needs small sizes bricks for this. I do advise a brick-like material because of corrosion concerns. Brass and bronze are alternatives. Iron based materials will rust, stain, and get ugly....See Moreweirdest or most useless notion
Comments (30)A darning egg? I thought that thing was just a weird looking needle or pin holder (the one I inherited had a handle you unscrewed to find a hollow space inside for just that). There are also several other items that I have slowly found out what they are by chance, things like the riveter, the rotary marker thingy (useless), and something like a weird shaped safety pin that I finally figured out was to help thread a tie or elastic through a long loop. what about all those tins of buttons I inherited? I think I've actually used three, so about 0.00001 percent...and counting.... In the kitchen, I, too, have those absolute essentials like like the never to be without appetizer cutter - you know the one that allows you to cut little tiny sandwiches into about 25 adorable shapes that would make them taste so much better (assuming I were ever to make little tiny sandwiches of anything?) You never know when you'll have a mini-heart shaped cucumber and ham salad sandwich emergency..I'm sure it'll come up the second I give the thing away...right after I find all the missing tupperware lids to those containers I refuse to throw out. My OH used to covet those at-home artsy kits and after 6 years of stockpiling silk screening, wood burning, painting, origami, and I don't remember what else kits, I pointed out that before we bought two more for Japanese fan painting and something else, perhaps he'd like to open up & use just one of the others. Turns out, that very week he'd already opened up (on the sly) the woodburning kit to make a plaque asking me to marry him! (I never harassed him about it again.)...See MoreNew bedding idea to bounce off you guys & Linen Source quality?
Comments (22)They make clips for duvets? I always just use safety pins through the seams. Honestly, and it works just fine. Typically use IKEA inserts. I heart duvets, both used as intended, and used empty as a bedspread. Tina - Is a duvet insert the same as a down comforter or down comforter alternative? A duvet cover is the outside. The insert is whatever you want. Some are down, some are down alternative, some are poly, etc. Think of a duvet cover as a slipcover for comforter guts, or an ugly comforter you would to give a facelift to. Now on to some stuff posted earlier... Bedding labeled as "machine washable" does not necessarily mean it is. Sure, you can toss it in and it will probably come out in one piece but I did that once upon a time with my first "real" bedding set (about $550) and ended up with a comforter that looked like a big sock full of melons. The filling balled up terribly, and I absolutely could not get it smooth again. Lumpsville! It wasn't unusable, but it was horribly unappealing. Which is how I happened upon duvets. I ripped the top seam, re-seamed the two layers separately, pulled out the stuffing, added snaps and shoved a cheapo comforter inside. And just in case someone out there doesn't know this, because of all the things the internet is not, phonetic ranks near the top... ...it's "doo-vAy" (rhymes with hooray) not "duv-it" (rhymes with covet)... as I smartly asked for once in a Pier 1 store. :(...See MoreUser
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