Does your wall look plain and boring? Has it been of the same solid color ever since? No need to call a handyman because you can install chair rails all by yourself! It’s just basic carpentry. So get your toolbox and start learning.
16 Aug
Posted by Alex as Home and Garden, Money and Finance, Vacation and Travel
Going away for two weeks? The bad thing about going on vacation is that you will be spending some of your hard-earned money. Well, that’s a given but should it always be like that? How about earning an income while you’re away.
You can rent out your home for those two weeks that you’re out. Income [...]
Your dark attic is a real attractive place for bats to roost and create into a colony. Nah. Don’t think Batman. Batman’s bats roosted in a cave beneath his mansion, not in an attic of a three bedroom home in the suburbia.
A garden that can grow everything you need in your kitchen. Why not? That would save you a great deal while giving you a great hobby. You can grow your favorite plants which you use for your own home-cooking. How great is it to have all your ingredients in your backyard all fresh and clean [...]
Sometimes you have just way too much ideas on how to turn your house into a home but you don’t know exactly where to start or how to go about your decoration. A space, no matter how big, will look wasted if not decorated properly with the right accents. How do you make your home [...]
With all the different food items inside the refrigerator, it is usually inevitable to get some really funky odors. Wrapping everything in plastic wrap or zip locks or resealables would do something to keep odors out. But there will always be some items that would give off odors and those you may not be able [...]
Some people really have a thing against a glass/cup without a coaster under them. Those liquid stain circles are enough to drive them crazy. Well admit it, your beer can often leaves sticky stuff on your mom’s table (if you’re a bum still plaguing your folks). Instead of having to clean and scrub off dirt [...]
Say you’re capable enough to have a swimming pool in your own backyard. It’s summer and you probably want to get more mileage from your investment. Hey, nothing beats the heat with a good dip in a cool pool. However, there had been a tad too many accidents in private pools so better be on [...]
Probably belonging to the more expensive tools in your kitchen are your glass and ceramic cookware. While they will be one of the best cookware items you have, they need extra case in handling and cleaning. This extra care would give you a lot of extra mileage from your classy glass and ceramic kitchen items.
04 Aug
Posted by Alex as Crafts and Hobbies, Home and Garden, Pets
Here’s a nifty trick to save up on carpeting especially for those carpeting jobs for small areas.
Visit carpet stores if they have some old carpet samples to discard. Many carpet stores use a lot of material in their showrooms that get discarded after some time. These can be perfect in cars as added matting or [...]
04 Aug
Posted by Alex as Crafts and Hobbies, Home and Garden
If you’ve got a collection of old books in the basement or attic which have gone musty over time, you may want to try this trick in removing their musty odor.
Wipe the dust and mildew of the book covers and pages. Using some day to week old newspaper (be careful not to use old and [...]
Transform your house into a home instantly without spending anything. Taking time to clean and decorate the place where you live can make your life less messy, too. Admit it, you have always had the urge to do some general cleaning, but the problem is, you don’t know where to start so you only end [...]
Last time, we wrote about prepping your house just in case someone raids your home all of a sudden. Having your living room clean and orderly pays off when the bell rings and you find an unexpected company waiting to be invited inside the house. Where do you expect him to sit if your paperwork [...]
Some people think that the kitchen is the most important room in your house. And why not? However, you have there all sorts of greasy things lying around. It is always the dirtiest room in the house. But you can’t leave it like that because the thing is, the kitchen is where you prepare your [...]
It’s a must-know skill for most of us. You have all these ideas and plans on how to decorate your home, but how can you hang your self-made photo frame if you don’t have a lovely hook on that perfect spot in your living room? You don’t need Mr. Handyman to do the work because [...]