poekie wants a new slipcover to sharpen its nails

i guess it had to come to this. poekie the cat sends me an entry.

"To Whom It May Concern:

First of all, allow me to introduce myself. My name is Poekie and I am a cat.

Yes, I'm sure you must find it most unusual to receive an e-mail written by a feline, however, desperate times call for desperate measures.

I live with 2 feline friends, Alice and Anita in a flat in Vila Nova de Gaia, a city on the outskirts of Porto, Portugal. There are 2 humans which I have allowed to share our space with us. They are generally good people, though I don't really like it when they interrupt my naps on the table when they want to eat, but hey, they bring home the bacon!!! I would also prefer it if they slept on the floor, sometimes it gets too tight for all 5 of us on the bed, but unfortunately, nails can only go so far...

Anyway, to cut to the chase... what is totally unacceptable is the fact that they realize that we badly need a new slipcover to sharpen our nails on (this one's definitely no fun anymore...) and do absolutely NOTHING about it!!! The cheapskate bastards!!! So this is our humble and desperate plea (or should I say MIAOW??) for a new slipcover... We may have to resort to drastic measures, like kicking our owners out, and you wouldn't want them to be homeless, would you??

To sum up, PLEASE SEND US A NEW SLIPCOVER TO DESTROY!!!


We would be extremely grateful...

Poekie.

PS: NOTE FROM OWNER (Sofia): I had to put food on the sofa for the photoshoot so I definitely deserve a new slipcover!!!!"



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bree's sofa and the jealous cat

bree from canada has a jealous cat. the kitty does look mighty upset.

"In the picture you'll see my cat, Ursula, my 11 year old tortoise shell kitty who is extremely jealous of the new addition to our family...our 3 month old son Linus. As you can see she has taken out her frustrations on our living room sofa."






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sandra's slipcover request

a short entry from sandra. and no pets!

"The picture speaks for itself! As you see, I really need this. Let me win, please." - Sandra.






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chelsea's chocolate brown wish

a new addition to the family meant the end of the pristine white covers for chelsea. she's gunning for a chocolate brown set now.

"My name is Chelsea and my boyfriend and I love dogs in fact they are our passion. So when a friend of a friend needed to get rid of their beautiful great dane, we were more than happy to adopt him! His name is Neko and is the best dog ever, so well behaved and lovable!

The only problem, he loves our couches as much as we do, therefore, they are ruined! There are numerous stains all over, on every piece of furniture, a rip on the loveseat, and dog hair everywhere!

At first, we wanted a modern look and decided to get the white covers, however, now that we have him, it just is no longer practical, so we would love to have the ektorp chocolate brown covers, because they would warm the place up and hide some of the dog hair.

Now, let me say that because of Neko we are short on cash because of the unexpected costs we had with him, so as a first resort I attempted to dye the covers myself to save money and to get us by for awhile. Well, two days later, the footstool looks peach, the loveseat has dye stains all over it, and the rest is still hidden under several blankets. It would be so nice to enjoy our living room again without worrying about the stains and dog hair when we have company. So please, please, please, help us, we desperately need it. Thank you!

1. This is Neko. Isn't he gorgeous!!!

2. An example of some the stains, the pictures do not show the stains well, but trust me they are there!

3. The peach mess

4. A close up of the peach mess

5. The dye disaster

6. The beautiful before

7. And the covers we would love to have.




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the music cube plays on

deborah from australia unearths this ancient hack. i have never seen the music cubes, so it's great seeing some thing from way back then.

"i took this pic (below) last year because i planned to sell them - that's why it looks so tidy. however i just cannot part with these cabinets because they are so useful and solid - none of that sagging plastic-coated cardboard you get today.

they were known as music cubes (right, a sketch of what it used to look like). the top could be removed and used as a shelf inside so they could stack. like the shelves, it didn't go right to the back, so cables would hang down inside the cabinet and not get dusty - which is why i love them. the back stops short of the floor, so you can get an electricity cable inside.

they are so old - i bought mine about 14 years ago in the annual sale as they were phased out - they came with an optional plastic cover for your turntable.

i used them as open cabinets for a few years to house my cpu, powerboards etc, but got sick of having to get down on the floor to wipe under them. you could easily see the dust because the vacuum cleaner couldn't get in. also i bought a new mac and the cpu was too deep to fit with all the peripheral cables sticking out.

so i went to a kitchen place and from one sheet of laminate 1200 x 2400 (4x8) they cut one single big top, four doors with cup holes drilled for the hinges (all edge banded) and two little plinths to infill the fronts.

the two cabinets are 1220 x 650mm or about 4 x 2 feet - and still used for electronics and powerboards."

deborah also shared this cute little tip, if you collect glass eggs. the fler candle holder is just right for displaying them!

save john from his purple karlanda sofa?

john and mia tried to save their karlanda but turned it into barney instead. can bemz save them?

"To make a long story short, someone at home accidentally knocked over a mug of coffee all over the sofa which made it look like if someone had, excuse my language, pissed all over it. So we tried to dye it dark-brown using a textile color that turned it into a purple monster with black spots, we have been to Ikea but they stopped selling Karlanda and the cover.


Me and my girlfriend deserve to win a new slipcover."




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amanda's dingy klippan to get new slipcover?

this is from amanda, who has to live with a dachshund and a dingy klippan.

"We have had our Klippan for 2 years now, but it looks like more like 20. We have a dachshund (wiener dog) and bought the black cover for our sofa when we first got it, the cover lasted a few months. We bought the cover and it was never fitting quite right which enticed the dog to constantly pull the excess fabric, this lead to torn seams. The dog also has an addiction to Dingo bones, which means our black slightly holey slipcover was always covered in �bone crud� when dried this is not pretty. After a few washes we could not even get the cover back on the sofa. We have been using the sofa as is with the natural color canvas and a blanket thrown over. The sofa itself is now dingy and has its bone crud issues, we have cleaned it numerous times but it never quite works. Please help!!"





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