So my three dogs love to go bonkers four times a day when horse drawn carriages pass. I bought a plant sprayer and filled it with vinegar and water. It was pretty effective but I had to get within at least five feet to make contact. They hated it. I was onto something…Then came the water gun idea. Water guns have come a long way since my day. They can spray up to twenty-five feet and have backup cartriges. I ordered this pump model and the barking is slim to none once the gun comes out. It really douses ‘em good. Spray paint is one of my first go to solutions for anything and I wasn’t loving seeing the orange, navy and white gun on my desk everyday. The black spray paint really took it to a whole new level of urban assault. Maybe tomorrow, I’ll spray paint it hot pink. Either way, it’s getting the job done for sure!

So, I was faced with some ugly beige marbled brown tiles in one niche of my studio and bathroom.  I needed a way to make them look better without replacing them quite yet.  So…I consulted you tube and found a woman who was demonstrating how to paint vinyl tiles.  It was, actually, painfully easy.  You just buy this product called de-glosser from the hardware store.  Apply it with a cloth and let it dry–it really had no smell but I wore some glasses and gloves to be sure.  Then I applied a thin coat of floor paint and a top coat of polyurethane.  It hasn’t chipped at all yet.  Even my roller desk chair back and forth on it hasn’t even made a scuff.  One day real marble…! Today… green vinyl…!