Home & Garden

How To Make Perfume

People spend hundreds of dollars per year on perfumes and colognes, but what if you could create your own custom scent?  You do not have to be a celebrity to have your own customized fragrance, you can make it at home.  Perfume is not nearly as difficult to make as you probably think.  Handmade fragrances [...]

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How To Remove Grass Stains From Clothing

Grass stains are some of the most difficult to get out of clothing.  Some of the following tips may greatly assist you in getting out those set-in grass stains, prior to washing the garments as instructed on the garments’ labels: For Washable Items: 1. Begin by dabbing the area with a water soaked sponge.  After [...]

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How To Remove Wax from Carpet

For people who love to burn candles, there is a fairly good potential that melted wax will eventually get dripped or spilled on the carpet at some point.  Wax in the carpet looks like a permanent mess that you will have to hide with furniture.  However, there is a way to get the spilled wax [...]

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How To Stage A Home For Sale

A potential buyer makes the decision to purchase a home within the first minute of entering.  A great first impression is the key to selling a home quickly and for top line pricing.  Staging a home gives the buyers ideas about ways that they could use the space, as well as creating a warm and [...]

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How To Decorate A Small Space So It Seems Larger

Many people live in small apartments, or little houses.  Some people live in small spaces because that is what they can afford, while others choose to live in small homes because they no longer want to care for a larger home, or simply because they like the cozy feeling of a smaller dwelling.  Regardless of [...]

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Ways To Conserve Electricity

With the growing focus on green living, and rising energy costs, it’s becoming more and more important to conserve electricity as much as possible.  This will not only shrink the size of a family’s carbon foot print, it will save money as well.  The following steps will help you to conserve electricity: 1. Turn off [...]

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Non-Toxic Repellents To Keep Animals Out Of Your Garden

Deer Control An average deer can eat 5 pounds of greenery per day.  Once they find a spot where they like to graze, they will return often.  This could mean that a heard of deer could decide to graze in your flower or vegetable garden a few times per week.  For most people, the damage [...]

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How To Naturally Control Garden Pests

Natural pest control is far less expensive than purchasing and spraying your garden with pesticides.  It is also better for the environment, and safer for the plants and the people who will be eating the plants to control pests naturally. One of the best ways to prevent insect damage to the garden is to deter [...]

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How To Decorate On A Budget

Home decorating on a budget can be a challenge, but it can also be very rewarding.  It requires creativity and planning, but can be even more rewarding than just purchasing anything you want, regardless of price.  If you follow these tips, you can have a home that looks like a page from your favorite decorator [...]

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How To Add Curb Appeal To Your Home

There are dozens of quick, low-cost home improvements that you can do to your home to dramatically increase the curb appeal.  Adding curb appeal to your home not only makes it easier to sell, it creates a beautiful, finished look that you can be proud of. When deciding what home improvements to make to increase [...]

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