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 Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Tip of the Day Categories » General Household Tips

Tip of the Day


Tip of the Day Articles: General Household Tips
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"Fall back" to do list
When it's time to inspect, alarms aren't all you should check.
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50 Uses for Baking Soda
You can even use it for baking!
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A "Slick" Idea
How Vaseline petroleum jelly lubes, protects, seals and cleans.
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A Key Clue
How to end fumbling for the right key.
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Airing Out Vinyl Fumes
When vinyl fumes are overpowering you with pungent odors that can last for days, take the source outside and lay it out in the warm sunshine.
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Allen screw stuck – quick fix
Read our "hex" to unstick your stuck Allen screw.
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Always Losing Small Parts?
How not to lose small parts using free stick-to-it refigerator magnets.
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Anti-bacterial Hand Soap
Does your anti-flu bag of tricks include anti-bacterial soap? Will it help?
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Anti-static freshener
Keep carpets clean, fresh and like new... and prevent static shock in autos too!
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Appliance Floor Protector
How to protect your floor when kitchen appliances go in and out the door.
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Baking Soda ? It's not Just for Baking Anymore
Baking soda can be your No. 1 household defense because it's got at least 50 different uses around the home.
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Better Seal For Paint Cans
The next time you paint, stretch a heavy-duty rubber band across the open top from side to side anchoring each end where the handle attaches to the can.
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Bicycle Tune-up and Safety
Bike safety measures can help avoid injury!
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Bid Grease Stains Adieu
How to remove a grease spot with a brown paper bag and something hot.
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Bird Bath Mosquito Control
How to prevent bird bath mosquitoes when you're out and about!
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Broken Plate Breakin' Your Heart?
Too often we're too quick to throw away a broken piece of china before attempting a professional-quality repair.
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Broken Plate Breakin' Your Heart?
Too often we're too quick to throw away a broken piece of china before attempting a professional-quality repair.
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Buckle Up, Buckaroos
Tired of getting down from the ladder to get tools or paint brushes? Here's how to buckle up for big-time convenience.
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Button-down Tape-end Finder
Tape: Handy to have (if you can find it -- then find the end so you can use it).
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Buying a Ladder?
If so, remember these uplifting words when you go.
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Cabinet Door Hinges
How to tighten-up screws... so cabinet doors look and work as good as new!
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Candle-wax Removal
How to handle a wax-y "mess"... when it drips anything made of "glass!"
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Candlelight Helper
A cool trick to extend the time you bask in the glow of candlelight!
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Candles and Bright Ideas
Screws and nails with wax applied to them are driven into wood more easily.
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Candles and Bright Ideas
Screws and nails with wax applied to them are driven into wood more easily.
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Carbon-Monoxide Poisoning
To be on the safe side, install a carbon-monxide detector in every bedroom in your home.
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CDs "Blowin' in the breeze"
A few CDs "Blowin' in the breeze" saves plants and trees.
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Cellphone Protector
How to keep your phone clean from paint splatters, water, sawdust and grease.
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Changing a Lock-set
Changing a lock-set to a shiny new, safe-and-secure late model is one of the most cost-effective and user-friendly projects you can undertake.
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Cheap (Tape) Tricks
Getting out of a sticky situation--learn how to organize your Tape.
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Closet organization
Organize your closet (and clothes) with a place and space where everything goes.
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Closet rod U
What you should do when telescoping closet rods become a "U?"
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Coffee Grinder Minder
How to brew a gentler and kinder cup of gourmet Joe!
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Colds vs. Flu/Which Has You?
What is bugging you? Is it just a cold or a nasty bout of flu?
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Column Collars
Collaring a support post.
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Crayon Quick Fixes
How your kid's crayon set... is a "quick-fix" solution... you shouldn't forget!
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Cutting Wood ? "Sco-o-o-ore!"
How the competitors score!
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Damaged Screens Got You Bugged?
It might be time to change to fiberglass screens!
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Daytime Soap Superstars
Soaps are not just for washing anymore!
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Decoding Fruits And Veggies
Those little stickers... are they for ads, for pricing, or is there a hidden message there?
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Designing the Modern Kitchen
The most efficient kitchens contain a work triangle with a total length of not less than 23 feet and not more than 26 feet.
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Dishwashing Liquid vs. Detergent
There is a difference, and never the twain shall meet.
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DIY Dripless Candles
How to make any candle dripless, and eliminate candle wax mess.
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Double-duty Shower Caddies
Double your pleasure, double your fun with two shower caddies -- instead of just one.
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Doubling -- The Rule of 72
If you’re wondering how long it’ll take to double your money at various rates of interest, you don’t have to hire someone like Barnaby Jones.
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Drains vs. Brains
A simple smart precaution...keeps small parts from going "down the drain!"
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Dropped A Small Part?
Learn how to find itty-bitty parts... that are tiny and small... after they fall!
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Duct tape "New and Improved"
Think it couldn't possibly get any better? Well, duct tape has gone and done it again!
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E-cycling
While pursuing all that's new, remember: old electronics are a growing problem too.
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Electric dryer no-no
What happened to make it not go?It's an electric dryer no-no.
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Entry Organization
Here's how to bring new order to your family's "loading and unloading zone"!
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Extension-ladder Extension
Here's how to extend each rung... to take everything you need right along!
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Exterior Check-up
Winter's come and gone...and Summer's here at last! Time to check your house!
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Fall cleaning 1: Selling stuff
A new trend for wallet ‘greening’? yard and garage sale ‘fall’ cleaning?
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Fall cleaning 2: Buying stuff
Yard and garage sale shopping? Pre-plan and start early to save the most.
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Fall-proof your Home
Avoid nasty falls and trips…with simple stairway safety tips.
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Faucets and Pipes that "Sing"
How to be the only shower singer.
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Fire "Smarts" for Children
How a few precautions and education can lower the risk.
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Instruction hang-ups
Free up counter space, avoid stains from spills, and read with ease too.
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Fixing a Crook
Rejecting usable lumber because it is warped along one edge is a crime.
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Fog, steam and shaving cream
Mirror and glasses fogged up after a shower? Clear up your image and your vision?
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Food Storage/Vacuum-sealed
How to vacuum-seal almost anything without a vacuum-seal machine.
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Forget to Remember?
Here's how NOT to forget to remember... when it comes time to assemble.
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Friday the 13th Appliances
A few things you can do when appliances act up and trouble you!
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Fridge Factoids And Insights
How to keep veggies fresh, crisp and bright (and other useful "cool" insights!)
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Garage Gear / What's New?
How (and why) the Freezerator turned the old garage fridge upside down!
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Garage Goodies
How to have a state-of-the-art, high-tech, and beautiful place to park!
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Get on a "Home Makeover" Show
How to improve your odds, and why some homeowners get the "nods."
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Glass -- Score, Cut, Run
Glass-cutting is an art!
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Good Day for a Re-hanging
Screws in door hinges tend to loosen after years of opening and closing. It's a reality you can't escape.
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Good Ideas for Golden ?Years?
Make things better at your house with good ideas for the "Golden Years"...
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Got Lipstick Stains? Remove ?Em!
How to save any white cotton upon which lipstick you've gotten!
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Got Solar (Yet)?
Home solar products are good...and getting better every day!
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Grease Stained Wallpaper?
Remove a greasy spot... with a brown paper bag... and something hot...!
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Grout and Cault Stop Water Damage
Prevent water damage by checking bathroom seams and joints — immediately!
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Gutter Clean-out
How to clear gutters with ease…when they’re all clogged up with leaves.
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Hands free - extra lite where you need it
An empty soup can can shed light where it's needed.
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Handy(Man) Hand Cleaner
There's an endless supply in your workshop that's always close at hand!
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Hardware Communicator
Yellow Pages "let fingers do the walkin'" ? Digital cameras let pictures do the talkin'!
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Heavy load: top or bottom?
How "load weight" shifts when stairs and ramps are part of your lift.
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Hole-free Picture Hanging
How to hang 'em high without a telltale leave-behind sign.
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Home "Clean" Home
Got kids, pets and a handyman? Trim down dust, dirt, pollen, mildew, germs, etc.!
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Home "owners manuals"
Lost the operating manual? How to get yourself a new one.
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Home Insurance Savers
Ways ti reduce premium costs...without reducing your coverage!
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Home Insurance: Get a CLUE.
How insurance companies keep track of you (and why you should get a CLUE).
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Home Pre-Inspection
What to do before you call in an expensive professional home inspector!
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Home Repair Scams
Some of the oldest tricks in the book...and some new ones (for which to look)!
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Home Repair Smarts
Pull the plug on unscrupulous repairmen that are scam artists and rip-offs?
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Home Value Boosters
Here's the perceived value of some things and what experts say they bring!
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House Plants Bring the Beauty of the Outdoors, Indoors
Makeshift filters will prevent a mess.
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Housewarming Gift Ideas
Instead of plants (or something mundane), they'll more enjoy something you made!
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How Long Will it Last?
A guide to the lasting quality of some home products.
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How Measurements Measure Up
Two dollar bills end-to-end measure one foot in length.
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How to Find Wall Studs ? 1
Six ways to find wall studs: Hi-tech; low-tech; and even no-tech!
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How to Find Wall Studs ? 2
Still another way to locate wall studs? that s(h)aves guesswork!
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Interior Redesign
Get a whole new "look" for Spring... without "buying" a single thing..!
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It's a "Bounce" World
Insect repellant? Cleaner-upper? An all-purpose answer is in your laundry room!
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It's A Ring-a-Ding-Thing
The old soap-and-dental-floss ring-removal trick!
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Jeanetics/Denim Science
Wash the stiffness out of new jeans without washing out the color.
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Jetson Lifestyle?
Here's what experts say is coming to homes of the (near) Future.
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Keep Attics Cold!
Water runoff (from warm attics) causes roof leaks... from "ice-dam" buildup.
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Keys Connect the Dots
Key clues in color!
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Laundry Dots For Kids Clothes
Hand-me-downs and who-wears-what-now a problem? Dots make it easy.
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Let There Be (Candle) Light
A simple birthday candle can burn big and bright for hours!
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Like Old Decor?
Old stuff that's real just might be your very best deal!
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Lint (and other stuff) removal
Pick up lint (and all sorts of stuff)'that's making life messy or rough?
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Lipstick Stain Remoooooval
How to save any white cotton on which lipstick you have gotten!
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Literature and the order
It's important to make manuals part of your contractor's order?
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Loosening stuck fasteners
How to free-up tough stuff, whether a stripped or frozen screw, bolt or nut.
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Lost Ring? No Big Thing...
A simple measure to recover a lost trasure.
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Lost-luggage Land
There's a special place in Alabama where your lost luggage may have landed.
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Low Ink (It's Not What You Think)
Low-ink indicator flashing? Read on before you put in a replacement.
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Lumber-buying Basics
Every type of wood has features that eliminate it for some uses, while making it the right choice for others.
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Lumens / See the Light
Fluorescents... halogen... regular bulbs... what's best (and why)? How to compare...
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Magnetic Personality
The solution to picking up little metal doo-dads is in the bag!
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Mailinator.Com
How to keep your e-mail address out of the hands of others.
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Make a Grand Entrance
A beautiful door with gleaming hardware is a warming sight, and a top-quality doormat really says “welcome.”
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Mattress Police
Don't buy a mattress without checking custom mattresses first.
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Mattress Police
Don't buy a mattress without checking custom mattresses first.
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Mayonnaise and pecans are not just for eating!
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Measure Once, Cut Once
Hit the nail on the head!
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Measuring Cup H2O Helper
Getting the measure of butter.
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Metric Mayhem/Easy Answers
Metric conversion rules of thumb.
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Microwave Popcorn Update
To pop or not to pop? that is the question. Heard about dangerous chemicals?
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Mind Your Gutters!
April showers bring trouble -- if you've got clutter in your gutter!
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Mini-paper Towels
How to double your "measure"...to double whats done!
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Mirror Mirror — Repair Tricks
Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the cleverest of all?
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Misleading Advertising
Learn to spot "bait and switch" -- a sneaky advertising sales pitch.
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Mission: Ice Check
Power off? Was it off long enough to thaw frozen foods? Here's how to tell.
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More home “gym”-provement
Who says you have to “work out” to get exercise? Work-out by “working in”…
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Move Plywood and Paneling
It can be frustrating when you want to move a 4x8 sheet of plywood or paneling and you have no helpers.
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Multiple Uses for Baking Soda
Baking soda is one of the most versatile and helpful household items.
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Nail polish removal
A nasty spill on fine furniture? Wiping it up could remove the surface too?
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NASA Brings It Home
Wonder what things you and I get out of the space program? Tang? Velcro?
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Natural Air Filters
A surprising way to "clear the air"...with a natural filter you'll love having there!
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New Sink For One-piece Lav Tops
What to do when your sink develops a major crack or a serious ding.
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New Year's Resolution (Take 2)
It’s day four of the New Year, and by now you’ve probably broken all your resolutions. So much for losing weight, exercise, quitting smoking, getting organized and bringing about world peace.
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New Year's Resolutions (Take 2)
Have you broken your New Year's resoutions? Some alternative solutions we call ?second chance? resolutions?
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Nonstick No-nos
How to keep nonstick pans from going to pot.
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Nostalgia design trends
Nostalgia has taken hold with products that are inside now and outside old.
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Odor removing lite bulbs!
Can a lightbulb really remove odor? These can...
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Oh what a relief it is…!
“Plop, plop, fizz, fizz.” You know what it is… and what it does (or do you?)….
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Oh, Tannenbaum... (Christmas Tree)
Putting up a Christmas tree this weekend? Here's our annual advice on doing so!
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Old PC Disposal
Got an old computer? How to get your money's worth and help save the planet!
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Paper Towels
How to get two towels from one!
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Part I – Reality Hits Home
Do reality shows reflect remodelling realities?
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Part II – Reality hits home
More reality show realities.
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Patterns: This side up
How to avoid a common goof just by knowing what side to use.
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Peanut Recycling Hotline
Too many styrofoam peanuts? Handle 'em all... with just one call...
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Peanut Recycling Hotline
Plastic foam peanuts wind up in land fills where they last for about a million trillion years.
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Peel and Stick-to-it-ive-ness
How to improve your "stick"...and how to get a better "grip."
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Phone Splitters
How to get what you want when -- like Austin Powers -- you say "Let's split!"
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Phone Tips Saves Money
Keep "Information" in it's place.
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Picking Good 2x4s
Give rounded ?wane? boards a try.
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Picture perfect hanging
Hanging a large picture or mirror?but can't get the wire over the tiny little hook?
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Picture-perfect Repairs
Use a Polaroid and skip guessing and fussing and sketching and cussing.
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Pillow Talk
Got a fluffy pillow and a tight slipcover? How to get it back inside again with ease.
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Plastic Bag Helpers
How to make plastic bags fit right all nice, snug, and tight!
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Plastic Diffuser Panels
Old plastic ceiling light panels have other uses around the house.
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Plastic zip-lock bag protectors
They hold 'soup to nuts'-'bolts and nuts'-and (now) your electronics too?!
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Plywood Scant-Sizing
If half-inch plywood isn't exactly half-inch... why not? And... is that good?
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Pointing -- Caring For Bricks
Brick pointing is the process wherein you remove and replace any damaged or missing mortar between the bricks.
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Positioning Sticky Stuff
End decal frustration with a slip-and-slide application.
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Preserve Newspaper Clippings
How to make a special brew that will keep clippings looking like new.
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Pressure-treated Wood
When used and handled properly, pressure-treated lumber is hard to beat -- just employ caution.
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Product Recall Listings
Something doesn't work? If it has been recalled...it'll be replaced or fixed for free!
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Purifying Emergency Water
How to make water safe for drinking when caught in an emergency...
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Quick-Fix Tread Tricks
When elegance is not an issue, nail or glue a roof shingle onto each step of a staircase. The granules provide slip-resistance, and they wear surprisingly well.
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Raising Cane
Got a cane seat that's sagging?
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Re-Roof Or Re-Paint 50%?
Got "half a mind" to re-roof or re-paint? This time, you just may be right!
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Re-use Options for Stuff
Things that are second hand get a second chance in the right hands.
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Record Home Improvements
Want to lower taxes? Good records and receipts for all work done can help!
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Recycling deja vu (all over again)
What goes in your recycling bin?just may be deja vu all over again.
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Recycling Electronics
Getting rid of old electronics? Proper disposal is a must!
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Remove tub/shower decals
How to clear a tub or shower when stubborn decals need extra power.
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Replacing a Cutting Board
Cutting a new cutting board (nothing lasts forever).
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Reverse Osmosis Water Purification
Looking for the creme de la creme of filtered drinking water? Try reverse osmosis!
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Rubber Glove Switcheroo
Got two lefts? Two rights? How to "re-pair" to create another pair.
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Sagging Closet Rod "Pick-Me-Up"
What you should do when telescoping metal closet rods become a "U"?
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Salt “to taste” / home-wise
A low salt diet may be what we need, but there are many places around the home where more salt is better.
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Salt to Taste
Salt peps ups lots of things -- from laundry to carpeting.
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Sanding Made A Mini-Blind Mess?
Save cleanup time -- when faced with cleaning dusty mini-blinds!
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Satellite Dish TV ? For You?
How it works, what it costs, and some pros and cons!
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Scary Furniture Scratches
How to settle your nerves...and restore the beauty your furniture deserves!
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Scratch repair: Coffee, tea or?
To make scratches go away?just remember what flight attendants say?
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Screen Door Re-Screening
Re-screen with a "bend and a bow"...just like a screening pro!
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Screening Replacement
How to rescreen like a pro by making a minor bow!
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Self-Leveling Feet
Flower pot bottom isn't quite flat? Does it rock back and forth? Level it...easy and neat!
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Self-Mover Truck Tips
How to properly pack and load? to successfully hit the open road!
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Shim Uses
Driving a wedge--sometimes it's a good thing.
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Shim-y, Shimmy Shake
For centuries, shims have been essential in all areas of construction and everyday life.
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Shock Treatment For Carpets
Reduce static electricity's "juice" with household laundry fabric softener.
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Shoelaces / Knot Nice
How to be "shoelace safe" and "knot nice" at the same time!
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Shop medicine: Duct tape
How another workshop favorite is racking up points in the world of medicine?
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Shopping for an Area Rug?
How to rustle up a good one...it's the Carey Brothers rug round-up!
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Short-sighted? It's time for reflection!
Top-shelf advice.
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Silver Tarnish Remover
When tarnish on silver is a nuisance, impart simple science.
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Simple home face-lifts
Simple household face-lifts are a remodeling quick-fix.
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Simple Home Upgrades
Home looking worse for wear? Make simple and easy upgrades.
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Slick Ideas: WD-40/3-In-One Oil
Two old stand-bys have added new tricks that make 'em both even more slick!
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Slip 'N Slide Application
Decals sorta crooked? Can't straighten 'em out? How to end decal frustration!
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Snow-Shoveling "Smarts"
Snow removal can be good exercise when done smartly and correctly.
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Soap Superstars
Got a zipper that won’t open smoothly? It will if you rub it with a bar of soap.
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Soap Superstars
Got a zipper that won’t open smoothly? It will if you rub it with a bar of soap.
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Soda Savvy
Some eye-opening soda facts that may have you switching six-packs!
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Soda Tab Picture Hangers
Make a picture hanger as quick as a wink by opening up a soft drink.
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Softer denim
How to soften up new blue jeans for some "southern comfort."
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Solid Sound Technology
How new "out of sight" speakers deliver "outta sight" sound!
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Solving Home-repair Problems
When repairing things, concentrate on the donut instead of the hole.
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Some Assembly Required
Assembling some pre-fab furniture this week-end? Be smart and prepared!
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Southern Comfort
Want an up-to-the-minute bathroom? Check out the latest in high-end toilet seats!
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Splinter Ender
How to remove pesky wood splinters!
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Spray Sock Head Gear
This pro painter trick does more than just keep spray off your head and out of your hair.
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Stop Airborne Sanding Mess
Turn your stapler into a "temporary tacker" -- to put up and remove plastic faster!
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Stubborn labels?
Is removing labels a gooey mess? Here's the easy answer.
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Super glue / stuck on you
Band-Aids always falling off? It's "Krazy Glue" to the rescue!
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Tarnish-free Mother's Day
When tarnish is a real nuisance all you need is simple science.
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Telemarketers? -- Tele-zap 'em!
A new electronic twist gets you, and your number, off their list! -? and for good!
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Telephone Problems?
No dial tone? Don't panic. Here's how to trouble-shoot a phone!
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The Big Picture
From roof to foundation and all your ground, it pays to always look around!
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The Keys to Keys
Key Clues.
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The Keys to Keys
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The Thermos: How Do It Know?
In addition to keeping foods and beverages hot or cold, a thermos bottle has other uses.
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The Thermos: How Do It Know?
In addition to keeping foods and beverages hot or cold, a thermos bottle has other uses.
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This Old House Noises
Houses can make multiple noises -- 24 hours a day.
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Time For A New Mattress?
When you "spring" forward, check smoke detector batteries -- and bed springs too!
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Time for Batteries Too
Remember to open th smoke detector box...when you set back your clocks!
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Time for Nonslip Strips to Go?
Remove nonslip strips... without tearing, swearing, rips or chips !
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Time-change Checklist
When "fall back" says it's time to inspect smoke detectors -- there's still more to do!
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Toll Free Numbers
Information and Assistance...Just a Free phone call away.
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Tool-up festival day
May Day celebrates "Workers of the World." Join the celebration with basic tools.
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Toughen up sand paper
Paper was invented in China in 105 A.D. and it remained pretty much the same for almost two thousand years, until on this day in 1834, Isaac Fisher Jr. of Springfield, VT made it “tougher” by inventing “Sand Paper”!
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Trash Can Helper
When plastic trash bags break or leak... here's how to better manage the mess!
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Trash Can Upgrades
Life can be easier every day with make-sense trash can upgrades.
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Trashing an old computer
When you trade old for new, don't trade personal information too !
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TV Wall Mount Brackets
Need more space? Here's a television accessory that's really taking off!
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Typing Insulators
You can make an inexpensive pad that will quiet a typewriter or keyboard and keep it from scooting around your desktop using a foam-backed carpet remnant.
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Un-Stick Stuck Photos
Updating your photo collection? Converting regular prints to digital? Un-stick old pics!
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Unfurl the Red, White and Blue
Here's the inside story... on raising your own "Old Glory"!
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Up-lifting illumination
A hidden part (if not right) can keep you "in the dark."
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Using Pressure-treated Wood
Pressure-treated lumber on your deck keeps pests away, while you and your loved ones relax and play.
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Vacuum sealed storage
How to vacuum seal anything without a vacuum seal machine.
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Valuable Measures
A "foot" got its name from the length of King Charlemagne's tootsie.
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Versatile uses for drinking straws
Sometimes when people are in a pinch, they think – Quick – and grasp at straws!  Today you’ll learn why it’s a Good thing when it’s Drinking Straws!
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Wagon Strain Reliever
Junior's little red wagon can save you stress and strain.
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Waking Up Easier
Having trouble waking up in the morning? We have a few suggestions to help you start your day.
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Water Damage Insurance
How to be sure your home is dry upon your return.
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Waterproofing Matches
Has the rain washed away your hopes of starting a campfire? Here's how to waterproof your matches.
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Waterproofing Matches
Matches that light even when wet!
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Ways to Use Coffee Cans
What do fertilzer and bubble-bath powder have in common?
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Week "Homeowner Survivor" Series: After A Break-In
Don't use your own phone to call police after a break-in.
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Week "Homeowner Survivor" Series: After A Fire
What to do after a fire
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Week "Homeowner Survivor" Series: After A Plumbing Leak
The first thing to do after discovering water entering your home is to cut off the flow by turning off the line feeding the leak.
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Welcome Home, Baby
New baby at your house? More expenses -- some expected, and some not.
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Well Water Testing
Wells need special care...to be sure no harmful things are lurking there!
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What Do Garbage Bag Ties Have in Common With Easier Vacuuming?
A tie can be a winner!
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Whole-house Deodorizer
Make home air nicer with an easy whole-house deodorizer.
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Wicker Furniture Tune-Up
How to tighten up sagging wicker seats...and to make wobbles disappear!
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Wind-chill Factor
When you go out ? don't freeze...('cause wind and moisture drops degrees)!
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Wireless TV Cuts The Cord
High-tech TV joins telephones, power drills and laptops in the cordless revolution.
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Woodpecker Problems?
How to skillfully disarm this breed by co-existing in peaceful harmony!
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Working Outdoors In The Cold
How to use your head and warm up (like Mom said!)
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X-Man / On a Roll
Making an X-tra effort.
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