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Practical, cost-effective tips to become the best homeowner ever! Home maintenance, cleaning, organization, safety and emergency preparedness – you name it, I’m tackling it!

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Categories Organize & Clean

How to Clean a Wood Lazy Susan [5 Steps]

Remove years of grime and spilled food from your neglected “turntable of awesomeness” with these 5 simple steps to clean a wood Lazy Susan.

January 17, 2023December 12, 2025
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Categories Maintenance

11 Best Places to Keep Spare House Keys

Keep your home safe and secure with these ingenious ways to store spare house keys, from planters with secret compartments to clever thermometers!

December 2, 2022September 30, 2026
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Categories DIY, Gardening

How to Build a Simple DIY Strawberry Plant Cage

Protect your strawberry plants from birds and other pests with this inexpensive, easy to build DIY strawberry plant cage tutorial.

November 21, 2022January 4, 2024
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Categories Gardening

14 Best Ways to Protect Strawberry Plants from Birds

Tired of animals devouring your strawberry plants? Enjoy your harvest with these 14 best ways to protect strawberry plants from birds.

November 12, 2022May 16, 2024
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Categories Maintenance, Old Houses

5 Reasons Why Old Houses Are More Likely to Catch Fire [And What to Do About It]

Own an old house? Learn these 5 reasons why old houses are more likely to catch fire AND what you can do to protect it.

October 23, 2022September 30, 2026
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Categories Maintenance

9 Tips to Prep for a Home Energy Audit

Don’t prep for a home energy audit without these 9 tips! A little homework goes a long way to get maximum energy-efficient savings.

September 28, 2022September 16, 2026
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Categories DIY

How to Restore Dull Tiger Oak Furniture: 4 Lessons Learned

Restoring dull tiger oak furniture with a little TLC was easier than expected with some help from the experts – here’s how.

August 1, 2022July 20, 2026
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Categories Gardening

9 Places to Buy Rain Barrels for Cheap

Where to buy rain barrels for cheap (i.e. “ready to install” rain barrels) as well as barrels that you can “DIY” with converter kits.

July 21, 2022September 30, 2026
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Categories Gardening

Why Does My Rain Barrel Smell? [10 Ways to Fix]

Rain barrel water smell like rotten eggs or sweaty gym socks? Ours did – and here’s 10 ways to fix to tame that putrid odor.

June 25, 2022July 26, 2025
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Categories Maintenance

11 Benefits of Home Maintenance (and Why It’s Worth Every Penny)

Motivate yourself off the couch and take care of your home with these 11 financial, mental, physical and environmental benefits of home maintenance.

May 29, 2022September 30, 2026

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