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How to Disinfect the Most-Touched Areas of Your Home
If you know you need to step up your home cleaning game during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, but aren’t sure where to start, Becky Rapinchuk, owner of the Clean Mama blog and product line has some advice for you. “Take shoes off at the door and wash hands immediately upon entering the home, after shoes…
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Marie Kondo’s ‘File Folding’ Method Will Make Your Drawers Look Immaculate
By now, you’ve likely heard about the Konmari method that took the world by storm after the release of the book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo ($9.69, Amazon). Kondo’s uplifting yet structured method of home organizing has inspired Instagram accounts and Pinterest boards worldwide, and in particular, her method of folding…
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10 Ways to Add Color to Your Home Without Painting the Walls
Looking to give your home a fresh update but don’t know where to start? Color can completely transform any room — it can enhance, lift, and complement your chosen interior design style. To help get you started, we’ve rounded up 10 creative ways to introduce color into your home without painting the walls. 1. Feature…
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7 Non-Committal Ideas for Decorating with Color
If you want to inject some color into your home interior but you’re not ready to start painting the walls in a vibrant hue, it’s time to invest in some colorful decor or soft furnishings that can be mixed and matched or swapped out for something new as your style or color preference changes. Let…
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Japan’s Colorful Washi Tape Is the Budget-Friendly Alternative to Repainting Your Space
When it comes to switching up your home decor, there’s no easier way to do it than with a few rolls of washi tape. In case you haven’t heard of the craft craze, washi tape is a decorative Japanese paper that, like tape, has an adhesive back. But unlike the tape you’re thinking of, it’s…
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10 Ways You Can Use Ordinary Salt to Help Around the House
We all know salt can come in handy while whipping up something in the kitchen or adding a little extra seasoning to dishes once they hit the table. But it turns out, the simple ingredient most of us only use at meal time, can also be a big help in other areas of your home.…
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The Best Blackout Curtains to Help You Get Some Much-Deserved Sleep
Given a choice, most of us would probably sleep when it’s dark out and rise with the sun. It’s rooted in biology: Our brains are wired to be more alert during the day and get sleepy at night. But sometimes life doesn’t afford us the luxury of following our circadian rhythms — that is, our…
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How to Use Hydrogen Peroxide for Dishes With Stuck-On Food and Grime
If you’re like me, you hate doing the dishes. I often dream about the day I will have a dishwasher and never have to do the tedious chore by hand again. But even when you have a dishwasher, sometimes there’s some dishes that need to be washed by hand and some food residue that just…
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Couple Converts Old Church Into the Charming House of Their Dreams
For most couples, having three children under the age of four tends to put the brakes on personal projects for a while. Michelle May admits that converting a church into a home wasn’t at the top of her and husband Dave’s to-do list, but after a chance drive past the retro brick church in the…
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Popular Pinterest Garden Trends That Will Make You Excited to Spend the Spring Outdoors
Garden trends tend to be little harder to navigate than interior or fashion trends. A quick scroll through Pinterest and you’ll see a lot of whitewashed, Scandinavian-inspired rooms accented with pale pink, while the finer details of plants and garden trends fly under the radar. You aren’t alone in the quest to find beautiful garden…