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Get Organized! Start With Your Home Office

Cathy Sevier — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:41:45 +0000

Yoga helps put my mind and body in tune with my world and balances my life equilibrium. Organized rooms and spaces provide me with a sense of balance, too. What disrupts your equilibrium? Could it be restoring a historic home, remodeling an outdated kitchen, or replacing your carpet with hardwood floors? As a professional organizer, [...]

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Get Organized! Start With Your Home Office

How-To: Install a Wall Mounted Exhaust Fan

Staff Writer — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:15:35 +0000

For this how-to we are using limited installation guidelines and photos for a Laurelhurst Fan. If installing a Laurelhurst Fan, a more custom installation brochure comes with the fan. We would like to thank the owners of the Laurelhurst Fan Company for providing this information. This basic overview should work with many wall mounted exhaust [...]

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How-To: Install a Wall Mounted Exhaust Fan

Replacing a Front Entry Door

Paul Olson — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 02:29:20 +0000

Installing a pre-hung door is one of those things that a carpenter learns by doing. It becomes instinctual and automatic after a while, but the steps involved can be analyzed and explained so that almost anyone can understand the basic process. If you want to do it yourself, I advise you to try a few inexpensive doors first (such as interior doors), so you can get a feel for the job and learn to trouble-shoot some of the surprises that may come up.

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Replacing a Front Entry Door

Remove Rust off Hardware

Staff Writer — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 22:22:02 +0000

Bradford Derusit offers a biodegradable metal cleaner that does not require a neutralizing agent for disposal, eliminating the water pollution often encountered with other cleaners. B-P Metal Cleaner is harmless to skin, metal, and other materials. It is virtually odorless and gives off no toxic fumes. Northwest Renovation puts it to the test in this [...]

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Remove Rust off Hardware

Make a Raised Vegetable Bed

Staff Writer — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:13:31 +0000

If you are attracted to the idea of vegetable or herb gardening, a raised bed is a great way to start. This is a great project to get the kids involved. They can choose the herbs, vegetables, or even strawberries to have a garden of their own. Your family can choose a theme such as [...]

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Make a Raised Vegetable Bed

Create a Rain Barrel Collection System

Alisa Kane — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 14:25:20 +0000

Collecting the rain that rolls off your roof to use in the garden preserves natural resources and saves money on your water bill. One affordable way to capture hundreds of gallons of rainwater every year is to make and install rain barrels from simple plumbing fixtures and recycled food grade containers. Instructions Depending on the [...]

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Create a Rain Barrel Collection System

Make Your Own Futon Chair Mattress

Staff Writer — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 19:19:59 +0000

Futons are here to stay. People have been sleeping on cotton-filled mattress for thousands of years. The ancient Babylonians, Mesopotamian, and Egyptians used cotton as a bedding material because it is comfortable — it has good loft or springiness to support the body; it breathes, which helps control temperature and it’s easy to produce. The [...]

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Make Your Own Futon Chair Mattress

How-T0: Create a Living Patio

Staff Writer — Mon, 15 Aug 2005 07:37:55 +0000

Many older homes have concrete slabs that are broken and outdated and do not fit in with the new backyard design. The homeowners profiled here had to come to terms with what they had. They tried to plant sod around the existing concrete patio and that lasted a year or so. They tried seeding to [...]

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How-T0: Create a Living Patio