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  What You Need to Know Before Selling Your Home

  A house provides protection from the elements and a certain level of security. But, for a house to become a home there must be more. A home is a place where sticks and stones combine with heart...

  • Posted September 2, 2015
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  Using Wallpaper to Decorate Your Home

  We went to a web site on wallpaper and the first page included this quote. “Since the earliest recorded times people have been decorating the walls of their homes. Recently, wallpaper has enjoyed a renaissance. People are...

  • Posted September 2, 2015
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  Give Yourself A Hand Shower

  There aren’t very many projects that you can undertake in your home that will cost you less than $30 that can offer as much convenience as adding a hand-held shower. Yes, you can spend more – easily...

  • Posted September 1, 2015
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  They Key To Drilling Perfect Holes: Drill Bits

  Installing a lockset, running sheathed electrical wire in wall framing, bolting a gate latch, installing an expansion anchor in concrete, mortising a cabinet door hinge, hanging a plant from the ceiling, installing a towel bar in a...

  • Posted September 1, 2015
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  Winterizing Your Pool

  For many people with swimming pools the Labor Day Holiday marks the end of the swim season. This is especially true for people living in cooler climates. Alternatively, those living in warmer climates may have a good...

  • Posted September 1, 2015
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  Compact Fluorescents & Halogen Bulbs

  Our trip to the National Hardware Show in Chicago proved to be a very “enlightening” experience. We got to see, first hand, the latest revolutions in artificial lighting – compact fluorescents and halogen bulbs. What we learned was...

  • Posted September 1, 2015
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  Caulking: How & When To Do It

  In the movie The Sting Paul Newman and Robert Redford played the worlds smoothest con artists. They fooled the cops, beat the bad guys and ended up with all of the money. Fortunately, you don’t have to...

  • Posted September 1, 2015
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  Uncle Sam Wants (To Pay) You for Energy Efficient Appliances

  Have high utility bills have been busting your monthly budget? Heating your water and heating and cooling your home are now more affordable thanks to the enacted Energy Bill. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT), signed by President Bush...

  • Posted September 1, 2015
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  Winterizing Your Home

  Is your humble dwelling ready to do battle with Old Man Winter? There are a few simple and inexpensive tasks which will help you fight the battle and hopefully win the war! These “home winterizing” items will...

  • Posted August 31, 2015
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  On Matching Keys

  Q. The lock on my front door needs changing. Rather than having yet another key on my chain, is there some way to alter the lock so the key I use for all my other door locks...

  • Posted August 31, 2015
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