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12 Tips from Suburban Homeowners Who Have Started Raising Chickens
Nothing boosts self-sufficiency quite like raising your own chickens. Not only do chicken owners claim that their home-raised eggs taste better than store-bought eggs, chickens eat a variety of unwanted insects, ...
How To: Install a Smoke Detector
Your home’s first line of defense against fires and smoke should be a trusty set of smoke detectors. These devices pick up on smoke in the air and alert you to its presence. The idea is that the alarm will activa...
Top Tips for Keeping Countertops Like New
Maintaining your countertops may require more than a simple cleaning. Here are top tips for maintaining every material.
5 Tips for Building a Strong Shed Foundation
A shed can be a great place to store yard tools and equipment, or it can serve as a useful area for completing projects like woodworking or fixing up a car. But a shed is only as useful as its construction. Poorl...
3 Ways to Cut PVC Pipe
PVC (polyvinyl chloride) pipe is a type of plastic tubing commonly used for drains. These are the white pipes with purple primer often seen in residential basements. Ambitious DIYers attempting a kitchen or bathr...
8 Top Tips for How to Use Compost
Composting is great for your garden and the environment. Instead of dumping vegetable scraps, coffee grounds, grass clippings, and fallen leaves in the trash, you can recycle them into a useful soil amendment. Re...
15 Cleaning Mistakes Everyone Makes
Believe it or not, there are right and wrong ways to clean the house. Check out what cleaning mistakes you might be making and how to fix them.
7 Types of Wall Texture and the Techniques Behind Them
Modern trends have tended toward flat, blank walls and a focus on color to bring a room together, but adding a unique wall texture to a room, or even to a single accent wall, can bring a personality to your home ...
5 Fixes for Mold in Hiding in Your Washing Machine
Over time, the moisture inside the washing machine can get trapped in hard to reach places and can easily become a great place for mold to grow. Seals, gaskets, and dispensers are just a few areas that you likely...
7 Things to Know When Painting Kitchen Cabinets
If your kitchen needs a makeover, but you lack the funds or time for a costly renovation, consider simply painting kitchen cabinets to transform the look and feel of the area. Cabinets often cover the bulk of the...
