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Quick Weekend Home Makeover Ideas
As a homeowner, you’re probably always on the lookout for inexpensive ways to improve, update or enhance your investment. Every homeowner will tell you that there are lots of little things you can do to make-over your living space and many of them require very little money. Here are some quick weekend home makeover ideas…
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Outdoor Furniture Fabric 101
Outdoor cushions – for your patio set, Adirondack chairs, and benches – never seem to last much more than a single season. Despite your best intentions, they get left outside and fade in the sun or get soaked in the rain and mildew. It seems like every year we have to shop for replacements. Here’s…
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6 Tips on How to Bartend Like a Pro
Just because you are the host of the most awesome party ever doesn’t mean you know how to whip up everyone’s favorite mixed drink. By the time you get behind the bar, all those bottles and tools can look daunting. Fear not! The biggest trick to bartending is acting the part of to suave bartender.…
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How to Plan Your First Deck
There’s nothing like a great deck in the summertime. It’s a great gathering place for friends and family and you can casually entertain and enjoy the great outdoors. Deck designs can be simple and functional or elaborate structural wonders. Whatever design appeals to you, the basics of deck planning, design and construction are essentially the…
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5 Stress Free Entertaining Ideas
Entertaining is meant to be fun. It’s a chance to slow down, be with friends and family, enjoy one another’s company and hopefully eat some awesome food. Yet after the invitations, the cleaning, the shopping and the decorating, the joy of entertaining can get sucked out of the process real quick. Get back to the…
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Our Favorite Things to Make in Our Crockpot
Winter is right around the corner, and it’s time to get into your cooking frenzy! However, when you just don’t have enough time to really wait for your dinner to cook, planning ahead can really help you out. Use your crockpot to make various meals and desserts, without having to wait after a long day…
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7 Easy Ways to Keep Kids Entertained
When you’re planning a party, you’ve got plenty on your mind to begin with. In between sending invitations, organizing decorations, and planning your menu, it’s easy to neglect your child’s entertainment. After all, this party should be fun for everyone, not just for those of us over the age of 18. While you’re scrambling to…
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Definitive Guide to Planting Seeds
Grocery store produce is sometimes the most expensive thing you can find in the store per pound. Not only that, you have no idea where these fruits and vegetables come from or how they are grown. Unless you buy organic, you could be serving up pesticides and God only knows what else. Growing your own…
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How to Set Your Gardening Goals
Much like a New Year’s Resolution, many enter Spring hoping that this year will finally be the year their garden takes shape, unlike past years when the desire was there, but the follow-thru was missing. Maybe the only thing stopping you is that you didn’t know where to start. If that is the case, let…
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How to Prevent Freezer Burn
Storing food in the freezer is one of the easiest things ever. Your food is kept fresh and safe until you’re ready to eat it. When freezer burn occurs, it can ruin your food. So, what can you do to prevent it? No one wants to eat dry food! So we decided to give you…
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