When you have to tighten a nut, bolt, or other standard fastener, you need a wrench. But what kind?
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Spring is a great time to sell your home. Houses tend to look their best this time of year, with fresh green lawns and colorful spring flowers. If you’re putting your house on the market this spring, here are a few tips for making it look picture-perfect for a quick sale at a great price.
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If you’re like a lot of people, you have a stack of old pots in your garage or shed just waiting for the next time you need a container for the house or garden. Before you pop in a plant, though, it’s important to clean those old pots.
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Warm weather is just around the corner, with its humming air conditioners and skyrocketing electric bills. You may be able to cut both the heat and the expense with a whole-house fan, which cools your home at a fraction of an air conditioner’s cost.
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This is a busy time of year in the garden, what with planting and mulching, weeding and feeding. All that heavy lifting is why many gardeners invest in a wheelbarrow or a garden cart, either of which can make hauling a little easier on your back.
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Do you want to make sure that shelf you’re putting up is really on the level? Then you need… well, a level. Levels are indespensable for keeping projects horizontally true and vertically plumb.
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The demand for fresh water continues to grow, and the easiest way to meet that demand is simply to waste less of it. Here are three easy ways to save water in your home.
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Outdoor lighting looks great along a walkway or in the garden, but it can be a pain to install the wiring for it. Solar-powered garden lights are a simple, earth-friendly way to add accent light to your lawn and garden, with no wiring required.
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There’s probably no simpler, less expensive way to give your home a quick facelift than to repaint the front door. A new color can make your home look more welcoming, more dramatic, more quirky, or more cozy—all for the cost of a quart of paint and half a day’s work.
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There are lots of options available in driveway materials, including asphalt, gravel, brick and pavers. In addition to variables like the cost, the look, and the durability of each, there’s another factor you may not have thought about, but which is important. That’s drainage.
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