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Posted on 04/21/2019

Move With Less: How To Plan Meals That Use Up Your Pantry

Moving groceries is not the most ideal of situations. You’re left worrying about spoilage, spillage and, let’s be honest, having another thing to move. Lighten your moving day load by planning ahead of time so that you have little to nothing left in your fridge and pantry to take with you. To do this well it’s important to start...

Moving Tips

Moving

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Posted on 04/14/2019

Simplify Your Cleaning Closet By Using Just This One Cleaning Tool

Microfiber cloths have become incredibly popular in recent years. Especially within the “green clean” crowd. And with good reason, while they might look like just another cleaning cloth they are actually in a class of their own.In fact, you could think of them as the heavyweight champions of the cleaning cloth world. Because of the “micro” in microfiber, these...

Natural Cleaners

Cleaning Tips

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Posted on 04/07/2019

Using Shiplap in Your Home

If you’ve spent any time watching home shows over the last few seasons, you’ll have heard the term “shiplap” to describe a wall feature. But what is shiplap, and why is it a coveted wallcovering? Historic shiplap By definition, “shiplap” is lumber planking milled with a rabbeted joint along the length of the top and bottom horizontal-edges designed...

DIY

Design Tips

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Posted on 03/31/2019

Are You Prepared to Sell a House?

When it comes to selling a house, it is important to prepare as much as you can. That way, you can identify potential home selling hurdles and overcome these issues before they escalate. Now, let's take a look at three tips to help you prep for the house selling journey. 1. Analyze All Areas of Your Home You might...

Tips On Selling

Selling Your Home

Posted on 03/24/2019

How to Clean Your Oven

Baking sounds like a lot of fun, especially when you see the outcome of your culinary creation. The hard part is when you have to deal with the spills, dirt and other remnants of your gastronomic exercise as you figure out how to clean the oven. The high temperature of the oven doesn't even make the job easier...

Cleaning Tips

Homemade Oven Cleaner

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Posted on 03/22/2019

Tips on How to Stage your House for Sale

Home staging is essential because it makes your house look beautiful to potential buyers. That is, the house will look its absolute best for homebuyers who care to check it out. Home staging helps you to improve the appearance of your home by highlighting the most impressive assets of your home to draw the attention of prospective buyers....

Staging Your Home

Open House

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Posted on 03/18/2019

Tips for Buyers: Plan for a Property Showing

A home showing is a key part of the property buying journey. As such, it helps to plan ahead for a house showing as much as possible. Because if you enter a home showing with a plan in place, you can use this event to help you determine whether a residence is right for you. Now, let's take a...

Buyer Tips

Buying A Home

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Posted on 03/11/2019

The Best Grasses for Landscaping

Xeriscaping, or dry-scaping, is a method of gardening intended to minimize the need for irrigation and ongoing watering. You can develop a xeriscape in any climate, using the right plants, but it most commonly appears in drought-prevalent areas with more mild winters and hot summers. If you live in a desert or southern climate, this might be the...

Ornamental Grass

Landscaping

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