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Monthly DIY Projects

Anne — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:17:04 +0000

Most of us have stretched budgets these days. When you’ve spent money on the rising costs for food, taken care of your family’s needs and kids’ extra-curricular activities, paid your mortgage, travel expenses and bills, there’s hardly anything left over for spending money on the home. This is why it’s become crucial to plan your [...]

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Make Your Home More Sustainable & Energy Efficient

Anne — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:25:46 +0000

Do you know how to make your home more sustainable and energy efficient? One of the biggest trends in the home market right now is making your home “green” or energy-efficient. Energy-efficiency can benefit you in several ways. For one, you will be using less electricity, which can save you money. Two, greening your home [...]

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How To Use UPS For DIY Projects

Anne — Wed, 01 May 2013 17:09:04 +0000

Do you know how to use UPS for DIY projects? UPS stands for ‘Uninterruptible Power Supply’. UPS systems are useful tools to have when performing any type of project whereby an uninterrupted source of power is a necessity. UPS systems are a type of generator. Usually run on diesel (and sometimes from a renewable power [...]

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Make Your Own Head Board

Anne — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:27:00 +0000

One of the things that make a bedroom look finished is a headboard for your bed. It doesn’t have to be expensive at all. It just needs to be the right kind of headboard to go with your bed and your room. As you can see in the picture below, this room looked sort of [...]

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How To Paint Wood

Anne — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:18:42 +0000

When it comes to painting wood and wooden furniture, time, effort and know-how all play key roles in what the finished job looks like. Care has to be taken when you remove paint from the old paint job in preparation for your project. This tutorial will show you exactly what you need to know, and [...]

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How To Paint A Room

Anne — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:26:22 +0000

Diy projects brings you a step-by-step article on how to paint a room. Any proficient painter will tell you that the most important thing to a perfect paint finish is the preparations. We’ve already shown you in this do-it-yourself tutorial, how to prepare your walls for painting the right way. Please study that article before you read [...]

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Affordable Weekend DIY Projects

Anne — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 09:25:21 +0000

The bathroom and kitchen are obviously expensive rooms to completely makeover. However, you don’t have to replace any of your units to give your bathroom a face lift. You’ll be surprised at how removing your old sealant (caulk) and replacing it with new will make your entire bathroom look brand new. It’s not your tub [...]

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Uses For Baby Oil In Housekeeping

Anne — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:47:29 +0000

Before we look at uses for baby oil in housekeeping, answer this question: If Olive oil is made from olives, coconut oil – from coconuts, crude oil – from crude (you’ve got to know I’m kidding right?), and corn oil is made from corn, what is Baby Oil made from? We’ve taken a short break [...]

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Face Lift For Your Front Door

Anne — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:03:16 +0000

Here’s an easy face lift for your front door! Spring-cleaning is a fabulous way to celebrate the end of winter. But no matter how clean the inside of your home is, the first thing people see is your front door. Peeling varnish, faded paint and tarnished or rusted hardware do not give the fresh and [...]

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Uses For Salt In Housekeeping

Anne — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 08:56:29 +0000

Do you know that there are several non-cooking uses for salt in housekeeping? We’ve already looked at the uses of Vaseline and saw that there’s no need to buy expensive items to do DIY work, cleaning, repairing etc around the home. Salt works in the same way too and can be a cheap alternative to a [...]

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