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Cover switch plates with fabric
Every day when I turn on my lights or plug something into an outlet, I often think I really should makeover the plastic switch plates. The switch plates are just normal, but for me, normal is boring, and I despise being bored. To liven up plastic switch ...
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Insulate light switches and electrical outlets
Air infiltration into your house is the number one enemy of your home heating and cooling efficiency. Wall switches and electrical outlets which are located on the exterior walls of your home can serve as ports of entry for outside air. Insulating these ...
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Daily DIY: 5 Creative Ways to Use an Old License Plate
Summer is the season of road trips, and with road trips come plenty of souvenir memorabilia. One of my favorite souvenirs is gathering a vintage license plate for that state I've traveled to, and since I've been road tripping since I was 16 ... well, you ...
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Get rid of loose pipes
Recently I had occasion, courtesy of my spouse, to change out the trim on the shower valve in our kids' bathroom. The project went very smoothly until I pulled the trim plate from around the single handle valve control. For some reason it had been caulked ...
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Three Creative DIY Kitchen Backsplashes
I can't tell you how disappointed I am when I visit a friend that oozes with creativity and see that their backsplash is the same brown granite as anyone else's. Kitchen backsplashes are so often overlooked as something mundane, unnoticed or unnecessary. ...
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New life for old CDs
CDs and DVDs get scratched, and CD-Rs sometimes burn incorrectly and become useless, yet it seems so wasteful to just throw these shiny silver circles into the trash. You might try fixing them first, but if that doesn't work... what then? Surely something ...
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