Before realizing that they could live together as roommates, apartment dwellers satisfied their craving for company by chatting with their reflections and painting happy faces on their sofas. Cater to the distinct needs of your inanimate roomie with today's Groupon: for $19, you get your choice of home-care kit from F.A. Seeds' Co. (up to a $39.95 value).

For more than 125 years, F.A. Seeds' Co. has crafted quality furniture polish and other fine cleansers and conditioners, all wrapped in colorful, vintage packaging. With the Silver Vault kit, customers get two bottles of Merit silver polish to obliterate heavy tarnish, two pairs of cotton gloves, a polishing cloth, and antitarnish strips to prevent airborne elements from settling on beloved items (a $37.50 value). The Parlor Maids Helper unites four of the company's home-care essentials—wood dressing, silver polish, cooper and brass polish, and leather conditioner (a $39.95 value). Hard-working kitchen accouterments get proper TLC with four specialty cleaners in the Chef's Cookware and Cutlery kit (a $39.95 value).

Atlanta-based F.A. Seeds' Co. enjoys a renowned reputation for excellence among American companies and retail establishments. Their products have been used in the White House since the Taft administration, which explains why George Washington's wooden teeth continue to look as polished and sleek as the day they were reclaimed from the presidential taffy pull.