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4 Ways to Live Greener
Things move quickly in the world of sustainable living, but the benefits of staying across the changes are great. From planning your meals to prevent food waste to replacing all the lights in your home with energy-efficient LED globes, these small changes can go a long way! Here, House and Garden features writer Sarah Pickette lists five…
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Try This Genius DIY Halloween Hack to Make Spider Web Decorations for Cheap
Halloween isn’t just about the tricks and the treats. One of the best parts of the spooky holiday is seeing how creative people get with their decorations. Making spider webs out of the garbage bags you have under your sink might just be the Halloween DIY hack that takes your display to the next level…
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5 Common Kitchen Design Mistakes — And How to Avoid Them
The kitchen is the undisputed heart of the home that brings the whole house together like no other space does. But mistakes made in the planning and designing phase when renovating can end up dramatically affecting the way people use and enjoy the kitchen, so it’s important to make sure that your kitchen design process…
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It Turns Out We’ve All Been Filling Our Ice Cube Trays Wrong
Of all the little chores in life that we might worry about messing up, filling ice cube trays with water before popping them into the freezer probably wouldn’t even rank on our lists. It’s one of those mindless tasks that we just assume is impossible to get wrong. Well, you can imagine our shock when…
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9 Professional Cleaner Tips That’ll Get Your Home Sparkling in an Hour
Sometimes, it’s well worth spending money on professional cleaners. We get it: you’d rather not spend your downtime cleaning. And let’s face it, the professionals often do a better job, anyway. But if you want to tackle the cleaning yourself, and you want to learn some of the tricks of the trade, we have them. Here’s how…
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7 Ways to Redecorate Your Home With the Things You Already Have
Is your home looking more cluttered than curated? Then it may be time to take control of your stuff and display it in a way that brings joy to both you and your visitors. Start dusting off the knickknacks you picked up during your last vacation and dig through that pile of books haphazardly stacked…
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Homeowners Resurfaced Kitchen Cabinet For Less Than $200, But It Looks Like a Million Bucks
Kitchen cabinet resurfacing is a project that nearly every homeowner thinks about from time to time when their cabinets look a little rusty. However, not everyone gets around to doing this type of remodeling, as badly needed as it might be. If that’s you, allow Reddit user ‘ILivedThe_StarWars’ to inspire you for your new kitchen…
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10 Things You Should Be Cleaning With Hydrogen Peroxide
Cheap, powerful, and (when used correctly) non-toxic, hydrogen peroxide could be the hardest working cleaner in your arsenal — if you used it correctly. A lot of people are put off (understandably) by the scary-sounding name, but there’s nothing to fear. As a cleaning product, it’s perfect — and here are 10 things you should…
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Why You Should Clean Your Dishwasher Right Now — and How to Do It
When was the last time you gave your dishwasher itself a good rinse? This week? A few months ago? Never? You might be thinking to yourself, Why do I need to clean my dishwasher if the whole point of it is to, you know, wash my dishes? But believe it or not, despite being a…
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10 Ways to Turn Your Bedroom Into The Ultimate Sanctuary
A bedroom is more than just a place to sleep, it’s the space you wake up to each morning and the room you go to retreat and unwind after a long day. Considering it’s the part of your home you frequent the most, your bedroom needs to be comfortable, stylish, and sanctuary-like, and in order…