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Truenic, these natural deodorants are just that, de-odorizers. Most do little to actually control the wetness factor.
Although the terms are used interchangeably, I think what you're looking for is more in the anti-perspirant category, and so far at least, nobody's come up with a good "natural" solution for that. Most of the deodorants on the market carry the aluminum and other metal salts as their anti-perspirant ingredient. As a result, it's pretty hard to find a mass-market deodorant that is only for odor, and not to control perspiration, anymore (although I can remember in my teen years, both types of products being widely available).
If the wetness is more of your concern, I would just stick with the prescription stuff. Not fun, but it's your best bet for now.

The misspelling was originally the photographer's from the website.
But good for you for noticing! Did you happen to notice there were really cool pictures there too?

Funny you should ask! That's the plan for the kitchen cabinet fronts in our new house. Our 1980's-era remodeled kitchen is currently sporting acres of the ubiquitous white-laminate-with-oak-trim cabinetry (haaaate), and it is just begging to be played with. Rather than primary colors, I'm currently working on a palette of 3 or possibly 4 colors that are taken from a favorite teapot. They're all rather pastel-y, however. I'm trying to work out how to keep the colors I want while "pumping them up" a bit so the kitchen doesn't end up looking like the Easter bunny's new baby's nursery.
Thanks for this post-- looking at the layout others have used on similar projects is really helping me with mine.

Well, thank YOU for planting that particular brain worm! Here I was, in a new house, miserable with that stupid shower door (and missing having a fun shower curtain like crazy), but not even really thinking about it, because, hey-- what are you gonna do? Never mind the perpetually bruised elbows from accidentally trying to widen the space in there every day. One of those problems your brain just tells you to live with because it can't see that there is an easier alternative to ripping out the entire bathroom & starting over.
And now I know. Bless you!

My favorite Before & After of all. The finished house is gorgeous, but can I just say the dreaded words-- "I liked the Before better?" Not style-wise, obviously, but because it is such a great "Before" photo-- complete with demo rubble, drywall dust, and what even looks like exposed conduit in the back of the upper room! Haven't clicked through to see the other photos yet-- doing that now.
Love it.

Please tell me you're joking. I feel... lightheaded. I think I need to lie down...

I (used to) have a potted cactus that was the size of a side table, and about 4ft. high (I used to put in outside in the summer, and then one year... Winter came. Wayyy early. Bye-bye cactus! I am sorry for what I done! :-( ). I have a Dyson vacuum cleaner-- bagless is important here-- that worked beautifully for cleaning the cactus. I had an extra soft brush attachment (is that the drapery/upholstery attachment? I can never remember the right names for them) that was the exclusive attachment of plant vacuuming, so I didn't have to worry about stray needles hitching a ride onto the furnishings. As long as you kept it out of the inside of the pot, at the base of the plant, this was THE solution.
It worked pretty well on some of my more sturdy tropical plants,too, though it did tend to pull the leaves off my Brugmansia. Cactus loved a good hoovering though. I think it was lonely...it was the only contact it got, poor thing.

This. There are a couple different sites that have great downloadable & printable images of animals, and I've tried to post a link to my favorite, but I think the link is what keeps getting my comment deleted! So, I'm just gonna say.... what @lemonadefish said. Good luck!

Dang--lemonadefish beat me to it! Spoonflower is the way to go-- and dropcloths from the hardware store paint department are a good source of lots of cheap,printable fabric in any color you want (as long as you want "natural"). This is my go-to site for printable images: http://vintageprintable.com/wordpress/
Good luck. Please post pics of your finished work!

I think this is great! And yes, I can see the potty chair association, but truthfully, all these elevated feeding stations looked like that to me at first. I just had to get over it. My real problem here is those poor napkin...er... curtains hanging behind the feeding station. Ick!

Also, I had NO idea there was a seating shortage for the people of the world, and these beat up old things were still needed! How distressing... Knowing that, I would much rather these people had just gone to PetSmart and bought an overpriced, Chinese-made, toxic outgassing purpose-built feeding station for their dog. Now THAT's thinkin' green!