Attention to Detail, LLC Painting & Paperhanging

09/11/2026

Best place around!

08/27/2026

08/25/2026

View from this weeks " office"🥰 do what you love love what you do

08/03/2026

Beautiful Thibaut Wallcoverings! By Don Ebbett💗

08/03/2026

Best Trainer ever!

Sometimes you have to remind yourself that puppies and dogs are NOT inanimate, plushie toys!

Four-month-old Penny is a happy, healthy puppy with a wonderfully stable temperament. She is immediately friendly with new people and dogs, and she genuinely enjoys being around her family.

Penny's parents and 8-year-old sister were becoming frustrated with her puppy biting. They tried pushing her away and telling her "No," but nothing seemed to help.

There are a few important things to consider.
1. Puppies explore the world with their mouths.
At just four months old, Penny still has about another month before she loses her baby teeth. Chewing feels good right now. Some mouthing is a completely normal part of puppy development.

2. Even the sweetest dog doesn't want to be petted and handled all the time.
This is especially common in families with young children. Kids are excited about their new puppy and often shower them with constant attention. Most puppies tolerate a tremendous amount of touching, hugging, grabbing, and handling.

Eventually, however, many puppies begin using their mouths defensively as a way of saying, "Please give me some space." That appeared to be a big part of Penny's puppy biting.
The good news? Penny's mouthiness is very fixable—and much of it could have been prevented in the first place.

Here are my family rules:
Rule #1: Let the dog choose.
Call your dog to you. If it comes, it wants to interact. If it doesn't, respect its choice and leave it alone.

Rule #2: Never surprise a puppy by picking it up. Small dogs are often scooped off the floor without warning. Imagine how startling that feels from their perspective.

Instead, be selective about when you pick up your puppy and always give them a heads-up first. I like to say, "Up you go!" before reaching down so they know what's about to happen.

Finally, remember that puppies become mouthier when humans accidentally reward the behavior.
Many people unknowingly teach:
Biting = Attention. Instead, the instant your puppy's teeth touch your skin, quietly remove your hands, break eye contact, and completely disengage. No talking. No pushing. No scolding. Repeat this every single time. Your puppy quickly learns a much more valuable lesson: Biting = My human goes away.

Dogs are sentient beings with their own likes, dislikes, and emotions—not stuffed animals for our entertainment.

With just a few simple changes in how Penny's family interacted with her, her puppy biting was already decreasing dramatically after our first lesson. Sometimes the fastest way to change a puppy's behavior is to change our own.

08/03/2026

"The dining room is where a house learns the stories of the people who live in it."

A dining room is where a lake home truly comes to life—gathering family, lingering over meals, and framing the moments that become lasting memories. Here, the warmth of oak carries seamlessly throughout the space, creating a quiet connection to the surrounding landscape and bringing the beauty of the outdoors inside.


Featured Project I Woodland Cove
Architect I TMS Architects & Interiors
Photography I Rob Karosis Photography

07/13/2026

An evening poolside, where everything slows down.


Featured Project I Portside Elegance
Architect I Scott Brown Architects
Photography I Rob Karosis Photography

06/16/2026

Did a little experiment on our own home, a completely natural preservative for a weathered pressure treated deck surface, I must say it came out really well! It was Jerry's idea to make a mixture of equal parts turpentine boiled linseed oil and distilled white vinegar, mix well and put in garden sprayer and apply one coat and allow it to dry and then apply a second coat. The only slight downside is that it smells pretty strong with each coat for about a week, but once it's dry the wood becomes Supple and splinter free... the history of this product is from the early 1800s when they used to use this on ships that crossed the Atlantic Ocean. Works well!

06/16/2026

Pretty shimmer damask design York WallCoverings