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Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Furniture Polish
Ditch the chemical cleaners and your favorite feather duster. There are more effective (and healthier) alternatives.
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Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Laundry Detergent
Start thinking green when it comes to your whites, darks, and lights!
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Remove a Stuck Screw
Stubborn screws can actually be extracted with very little force. Just use heat.
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DIY Warrior: Swap Out a Professionally Framed Picture
Hate the art, love the frame? Reuse a pricey frame by retrofitting a new piece of art.
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Hurricane-Proof Your Home
Brace yourself with these important disaster preparedeness tasks.
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5 Not-So-Scary Plumbing Fixes
What is it about a little water that makes us so nervous anyway?
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Rooftop Knowledge: All About Asphalt Shingles
Learn everything under the sun about this go-to rooftop material.
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Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite!
An infestation can happen to anyone. Here's how to identify and get rid of bedbugs.
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The Right Way to Stack Firewood
Yes, there's a art to storing firewood so it burns brilliantly come fall.
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5 Shortcuts for Removing Wallpaper
Just because your wallpaper is from another decade doesn't mean your technique has to be.
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Readers' Wise Tips for Using Borax
We thought we knew everything about this "miracle mineral" -- until our readers schooled us!
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