May Zee's Profile

Wash all walls and surfaces with a TSP product (best). Paint if you can. Wash windows. Especially clean all around where the air uptake is on your air handler and put in a new filter.
Feminine douche product often works well in the carpet cleaner machine (lots) then go over a second time with Charlie's soap in the carpet cleaner machine... Let it set a few days and go over the carpet a third time with a small amount of Charlie's soap in the carpet cleaner machine.
Set up an attic exhaust fan to pull air through the house, or a box fan in a window. We lived in Georgia while in the military, moved on to Paris in 18 months. Wishing you well.

A little oriental garden out the window and an asian inspired kitchen i think. Lots of soft white and celadon colors. Maybe a LIGHT cork floor or a light wood floor. Something organic to walk barefoot on. I would paint the cabinets a light color with some great new hardware. i would spend some money on the hardware and new faucet. Something you like to touch. Think about creating texture with different kinds of paint. I would not rush to change the counter tops.
Is the kitchen hot with sun through the windows? If so blinds would allow you to shade the sun and still see out. A definition of art is form follows function so if you need a fan a fan is good.

I would try painting a white blind. A sample piece first. i painted one of the temporary blinds Malachite Genuine from Daniel smith Art supply. It is real malachite made into art paint in a tube. It is wonderfully transparent. I used a medium.

We are meeting at my 80 year old Mother's big house.
My mom is going to get the turkey. The fresh turkeys are arriving at The Trader Joe's in her neighborhood November 10. That seems an awful long time to keep a fresh turkey in the home refrigerator. I would love advice on this. Mom is leaning towards a frozen butterball from the safeway but she is willing to go to trader joe.
We have some family gluten free, some vegetarian, and some low carb.

Having a nine month old boy cruising around the kitchen i would appreciate any tips with babies and toddlers in mind. At this point I am only putting safe stuff in lower cabinets. It is working out OK. I have big plastic bins with the pet food in one and Paper towels in another. I have kept the trash under the sink and am hoping for the best. The Island lower cabinets are empty now. Wiped out and waiting for inspiration. Baby stuff? Muffin tins and saucepans?
We are a family of work at homers. and so I try to cook a healthy often hot homemade lunch every work day as it gives us a nice break.
I love the specific instructions you are giving on how to clean. I am not a great cleaner but I love things clean. Our lunches are our main meal of the day. It has got to be easier cleaning up after...

They have come a long way with wood floors. If you got an unfinished wood floor it would not be that hard to match up the finish and you could possibly put a transition strip between the two floors. Old houses always added on.