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Val L

Henderson, NV
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Made From Pinterest El Dorado Hills, CA
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Stockpilingmoms Independence, KY
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Dryer Duct Cleaning: Dust Bunnies are Pyromaniacs

We all clean our dryer's lint trap but when is the last time you vacuumed the dryer ducts or around the heating element? ...»
Home Repair Tutor
Home Repair Tutor Pittsburgh, PA
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    Mine goes through the roof of my house and the cover is welded on. Any suggestions?
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Cleaning Your HE Washer with Household Products

I did an experiment and it worked! No more expensive tablets to clean our HE washing machine! Visit our blog to see what I'm using now...it only cost pennies using the household products!
Clover House, DeeDee
Clover House, DeeDee Decatur, TX
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Cleaning & Organization: How to get sticky grease off of glass?

Any tips on how to get greasy residue off of glass? I just bought some delicate glass "shades" for some wall sconces I have. They are covered in something really tough to get off. I tried ...»
Jeanine Wester
Jeanine Wester Peoria, IL
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Design & Décor: Chevron Wood Wall- What should we do with it?

We have a chevron wood wall in our family room. I have no idea what to do with it. Right now it is stained an orangeish brown color.... very dated and dark. Same thing with the fireplace, ...»
Jennifer Pacheco
Jennifer Pacheco Abilene, TX
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Tomato Ripening

Early July starts tomato ripening time. We've all heard of 'vine ripe' flavor but does a tomato have to remain on the vine until it is completely ripe? The answer is no. When a tomato ...»
Walter Reeves
Walter Reeves Decatur, GA
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    Not like the commercial "vine ripe" junk you get in the grocery stores which are picked way to ...»
    green, gassed with something to stop the real ripening process so they can be shipped but still turn red. Home grown tomatoes can be picked when the go from green to a white almost pink, brought into the home away from those pesky critters who love to take nibbles out of them and be allowed to finish turning red. The flavor is no different than if you took the chance and left them on the vine until red.

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Ugly Goodwill sign to Family Bucket List

I found this old, perpetual calendar at Goodwill. It was missing the numbers, and it was ugly, so I upcycled it into a Family Bucket List. All it took was a couple of coats of paint, some ...»
Atta Girl Amy
Atta Girl Amy Greensboro, NC
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Kitchen Backsplash- it's not tile it's a DECAL!

We do our best to make home improvements on a budget. Sprucing up the kitchen was on our list, but adding a tile backsplash was not within our reach. I give you our vinyl decal ...»
The Lovely Residence
The Lovely Residence Duluth, MN
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    How scrub-able is it? I'm one of those who gets lots on the wall where the backsplash should ...»
    be. Waiting until I can't get the wall clean before I put up a back splash, looking at glass tile but if that stuff can look like glass tile and be scrubbed, I'm there

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