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Do-it-yourself household green cleaning tips are cost-saving and planet-saving
Heloise, the "Queen of Cleaning," is feeling especially "green conscious" this week.
Design your own chic, comfy bedding
You don't need to be a professional designer, or even much of a sewer, to create one-of-a-kind bedding that looks as nice as the stuff of dreams.
Woodworkers praise the many faces of plywood
It's not that fast or dirt-cheap, but it can be that easy, according to woodworking experts who speak fondly of plywood's many merits.
January 24, 2013 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Ask a Designer: maximize seating for entertaining
The joy of home entertaining at the holidays often comes with a challenge: How do you provide enough seating for a roomful of holiday revelers with just a sofa and a few chairs?
December 12, 2012 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Getting started on your fall DIY projects
Fall is the perfect time to complete home projects you put off during the dog days of summer. There are a number of basic changes you can do right now that are easy and inexpensive.
At Home: Talking with the editor of Do It Yourself magazine
Deep down everyone wants to create. The smallest kids want to create a mess. Men have a particular need to create something tangible, often big, like skyscrapers, because they have so much catching up to do compared to women.
At Home: Giving courage to timid DIYers
Those snobs who say there's no reason not to have a good-looking, pulled-together home are just plain wrong — and irritating. I know plenty of reasons.
At Home: What's a girl to do?
"Are you guys splitting up or are you living the dream?" It's a question only a good friend can ask. When a spouse moves to another state for a job, while her mate stays behind, it gives people, as singer Bonnie Raitt puts it, "something to talk about."
January 18, 2012 8:00 pm PhotosPhotos
At Home: Design for a new generation
Don't be mistaken. Despite what rumors may be out there, I am not Cathy Crafty. I don't sew, or scrapbook, or distress my own furniture, or make silk purses from sows' ears.
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