Dear Gail: We’ve just moved from Chicago as we’re so over the cold weather, snow storms and gearing up just to get to work. We know that the Las Vegas summers are hot, and not sure if we’re ready, but we don’t have to shovel heat. We have two dogs and are in the process of designing our backyard. Do you have any Las Vegas weather puppy tips? — Vini
You are probably thinking this rainy weather was a good thing. It is and it isn’t. Let’s talk about some of the problems this rain has created for us now and over the next month. Expect an explosion of disease problems.
Q: My kids have abused my dining room chairs for a long time. The fabric on the seats is stained and I would like to recover them. There is nothing fancy about the seats; they have some kind of foam as the stuffing. How do I go about this?
Friends and family prefer staying at your Vegas home, rather than one of the Strip’s large, luxurious hotels.
Whether or not you have school-aged children at home, we can all benefit from a continued effort to learn.
When it comes to using untapped space under your stairs, ideas are only limited by one’s imagination.
A good designer will be both sympathetic to your vision and empathetic to bringing out all of the finest qualities of the property.
Raised garden beds good, if you build and work with them correctly
Chairs have one main purpose, but they are made in multiple shapes, sizes and types of material. Pictures show chairs in ancient Egypt, but they were not in common use until the 16th century. A king or religious leader had a very large chair (throne), often with arms that had elaborate decoration. Other people sat on stools.
After a couple decades in the business, Ossi Ayala is used to these types of calls. A celebrity isn’t too happy with an interior designer’s work on her Las Vegas home and would like to know what Ayala can do to help.
The local landscape is dotted with homes that are a brilliant testament to the meteoric rise of desert contemporary architecture. Developments over the past 15 years, such as The Ridges, have given builders the chance to experiment with contemporary designs that are now characterized by clean and simple lines wherein sustainability and energy efficiency are paramount and tile roofs are absolutely verboten.
Q: We have a black mission fig tree, and a large green bug is eating the figs. At first, I thought it was the birds, so I covered the tree with netting. When I checked the tree today, I saw four or five large green bugs inside the netting eating the figs. What are these bugs, and how can they be controlled?
Last week I spent four days waiting standby for a flight from Tokyo to move back home to Las Vegas. Who knew summertime travel would equal overbooked flights, delays and crowds?
