We had Microseal applied. It did nothing to help that spot. The tech had no understanding of how to care for velvet and told me I should saturate it with water if anyone spills on it. I told him that is against what Robert Allen suggests for this particular velvet. The Microseal did nothing to ruin the pile/nap of the fabric but, since then (after the four day cure time), it seems to get crushed from sitting on it and these crush marks are permanent. Is this normal for velvet? I'll take a photo of one of these crush marks.

We just purchased our home 8 months ago and changed out all interior hardware to Schlage "Aged Bronze". (It had all Baldwin gold, yuk). Although Baldwin is an excellent product I couldn't live with the gold, and to redo the whole house with Baldwin was too pricey for our retirement budget. Although we did use Baldwin for our front entry handle set because of the quality and durability. We chose their "Venetian Bronze" which is almost an exact match to Schlage " Aged Bronze." My husband and I are pretty finicky with this type of stuff and were completely happy with our choices. (We used the same products in our last home and they held up well.) I am mainly writing this because matching the bronzes with different companies is daunting, and we pulled it off. Just thought this may be helpful to any one else doing a search trying to match bronze finishes for these two companies.

sjierin, I too have Ooma, pay $10 a month for premium service that includes blocking. I receive NO (ZERO!) unwanted calls. Never. Maybe you need to change the settings a bit. I uploaded contact lists (which I try to always keep current) from my cell phone and my wife's cell phone to Ooma. You need to download the Android or iPhone app (as applicable) to do that. I add new numbers through the My Ooma website from time to time, or if a call not in the list is received (see below). Then on My Ooma, under Preferences, Call Blocking, Select "Custom" and check the box at the bottom that says "Block all numbers not in my contacts". You have 4 choices what to do with such calls (which, no matter what is chosen, will not ring the phone when incoming). You can: -Send it to the Ooma system voicemail -Play "Call Blocked" message -Play "Number Disconnected" message -Ring continuously We use the first choice, sending any such calls to the Ooma voicemail system. Our Panasonic cordless phone shows a special message when the Ooma system has a message, different from the message shown when the Panasonic phone itself has recorded a message from a permitted caller. When you connect to My Ooma, the caller ID and length of message for calls that got bounced are shown and it's easy to just delete calls from bogus or unwanted sources without listening to the message. When the call is from a valid source, but someone not in the contact list, there's an icon to add it to let it in the next time. You can also see Ooma system voicemail messages in the app, without connecting to My Ooma. As above, it works 100% of the time. I hope you can try it. Feel free to message me if I might help you.

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