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Organization in Your Garage

Organizing Your Garage How do you organize your garage? The key to good organization is using the right storage container for what you need stored. As you continue with your spring cleaning this May, challenge yourself to enter that dark corner of the garage that hasn't seen light since last year and organize it. But…
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DIY Brick Patio

DIY Brick Patio Looking to redo your patio this summer? This DIY brick patio could be the kind you've been looking for. Just follow these straightforward steps so you can have a nice place to sit in the summer sun. Determine the desired size and area of the patio. Remove seven inches of dirt from…
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Making Your Yard a Wildlife Park

Making Your Yard a Wildlife Park Many people try to keep the local wildlife out of your yard, but having animals to watch while you're out on the patio can be kind of like being at a more comfortable, natural zoo. Also, certain animals can bring wonderful benefits to your garden; bees, for instance, can…
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3 Tips to Properly Prep for Painting

3 Tips to Properly Prep for Painting We all know the basics to preparing a room to be painted, and oftentimes that will be enough to get us by. But accidents happen, and the pros know that with some extra preparation beforehand, you prevent your furniture and room from getting ruined by paint. Here are…
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5 Ways to Improvise Woodworking Tools

Through this blog, we've advocated for several DIY woodworking projects. If you're planning on undertaking any of those or other woodworking projects this summer, you have to know these tips. Most people don't have a complete wood shop in their garage, so if you're new to woodworking or have a particularly sorry shop, keep reading…
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5 Starter Garden Crops

If you're just starting a garden, it's best to begin with as easy crops as possible. This way, you can see the results of your hard work without less chance of failure, then work your way to harder-to-grow plants. Here are 5 easy plants to begin with: Radishes - a fast growing vegetable that needs…
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DIY Living Wall for Your Backyard

Ever wish you could have a garden in your backyard but just didn't have the room? Building a vertical garden may be right for you! This project is a bit more difficult than those that we typically post about, but it is absolutely worth it to get the results. Vertical gardens are perfect for small…
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Cheap and Effective Garage Storage Idea

The garage is a place that easily becomes cluttered. Perhaps what you need to keep it clean is this simple storage idea: mounting bins to the ceiling. You may have thought to hang your boat or bicycles this way, but with this system, you can also put plastic bins full of your rarely used items…
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Make Your Own Cleaning Products

Making your own cleaning products isn't as difficult as it might seem. If you look at a bottle of cleaner, you might see a long list of chemicals it uses to do the job. But the thing is, items in your kitchen can often do just as good of a job! Let's go over the…
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Steps to Organizing Your Garage

It's time for spring cleaning, so let's tackle that messy garage you keep forgetting about. This post, we have a step-by-step action plan to help you reorganize your garage. Follow these steps and you'll actually be able to fit your car in it again! Group things by categories - this ensures that you know where to…
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4 Ways to Fix a Running Toilet

If you have a toilet that won't stop running, you've got to fix it now! Not only does it make it unusable, it can also make for a hefty water bill at the end of the month. Here are 4 solutions to common causes of running toilets: Replace the flapper. Trim the flapper chain so it…
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Checking for Deck Safety

With summer well on its way, you'll want to make sure your deck is in safe condition for you and your family to sit out and enjoy the warm weather. Did you know that you can do some preliminary checks on its safety all by yourself? While these tests and recommendations are not necessarily replacements for…
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How To Edge Your Garden Bed

How To Edge Your Garden Bed Does your garden bed use black plastic to keep roots from growing in the yard? There's not need anymore! All you need to do is create some space between the garden and yard. This space will dry out the roots as they attempt bridge the gap. All you'll need to…
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DIY Tips for Beginners

DIY Tips for Beginners Going out and building Do-It-Yourself projects can be a great way to save money. There are, however, some serious drawbacks to not hiring professionals. As we'll address in a future post, DIY projects are the cause of major and minor injuries, including falling from ladders and cutting hands with knives. Additionally, since…
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Garden Bed Idea

Garden Bed Idea If you don't have space in your soil but still want a garden, we have one great idea that will let you do that: bathtub garden beds! Not is this the perfect way to get more use out of an old tub, it works very well for growing vegetables and saves you…
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