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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 ...
Buyer's Guide: The Best Chainsaws
As much as chainsaws hold appeal for tool geeks and aspiring lumberjacks, they are also quite handy for average homeowners, particularly those who like to do landscaping or heat the home with a wood fire. These t...
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...
The Best Tips for Selling Your Stuff Online
Selling your old stuff online can be a great way to make a few bucks, but a word of caution: It takes a lot more initiative, planning, and follow-through than operating a run-of-the-mill yard sale.
The Best Lawn Edgers for the Yard
Whether your yard is large or small, minimally landscaped or filled with flower beds, one of the easiest ways to keep it looking sharp is to invest in a quality lawn edger to tame unruly edges. Much like framing ...
6 Things to Know Before Cutting Metal
Around the home, you won’t frequently run into situations that require you to cut metal, but there are a few DIY projects that will have you facing this obstacle, and you need to know what to expect. Metal work c...
How To: Remove a Broken Bolt
In theory, metal bolts—headed fasteners with external threads that fit into suitable non-tapered nuts—can be removed and even reattached as needed. Unfortunately, when over-tightened or otherwise forced, bolts ca...
