When it comes to home maintenance, you should abide by the one to four percent rule. This rule states you should spend between one and four percent of your home’s value each year on repairs and maintenance. You may wonder…
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Get ready to celebrate summer in the comfort of your home! Entertaining is as essential to summer as popsicles, trips to the beach, and firefly-filled nights. In a busy world, it’s important to take time to slow down and reconnect,…
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Getting Control of Your Stuff Is Good for Your Health, and Science Can Prove It Frankly, clutter makes us feel crappy. That’s why, every year, after the ball drops, oodles of us vow this year we will get organized. But,…
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Reduce Your Heating Bills Without Sacrificing Comfort Winter weather is here. January and February tend to be the coldest months of the year in Pennsylvania and New York. If your ill-prepared house causes you to consume more than conserve this…
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Simplify Your Stuff and Organize Your Home’s Clutter Hot Spots Imagine you walk in the door with an armload of groceries and trip over several shoes. Red-faced, you vow, “That’s it! I’m going to get organized!” It’s the same promise…
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Learn Ways to Keep Pipes from Freezing and Ways to Thaw Them If They Do Freeze You wake up early on a cold winter’s morning and reach for the kitchen faucet, but there’s no water. Now what? Frozen pipes are…
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So Long 2017, Here’s to a Clutter-Free Home in 2018 Are your countertops covered in piles of papers? Does the thought of opening your closets make you nervous? You’re not alone. Most of us have a lot more “stuff” in…
Read moreDave Toht has written or edited over 60 books on home repair and remodeling for The Home Depot, Lowe’s, Better Homes & Gardens, Sunset, and Reader’s Digest. He’s a former contractor with decades of hands-on experience. Here’s how to plan a…
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