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11 Easy-Up, Easy-Down Decor Hacks for Stress-Free Holidays
Start saving those egg cartons! Give or take a Scrooge or two, everybody loves the holidays: Decorating the tree, hanging lights, hanging holly … all those things! But you know what nobody loves? Taking all those things down. Because, ...
5 Hot Home Design Trends to Watch in 2019
Looking for a refresh? Steal these ideas for your next staging consultation. Many sellers look to their listing agent for ideas on how to stage their homes for maximum impact. That’s why it’s important to stay ahead of design trends in hom...
6 Near-Genius Ways to Fool Burglars Into Thinking You’re Home
Like telling your lights to turn on and off when you’re miles away. Your home: You love it, but sometimes you have to leave it. Whether it’s the eight hours a day or eight days on a dreamy beach, allowing your biggest investment to fen...
5 Tips That Will Protect You from This (Expensive) DIY Mistake
DIY home remodeling is great — until it isn’t. Here’s how to keep it great. It was their first plumbing project. “It was just a small crack in a pipe,” says Karah Bunde. She and her husband, Joel, had just purchased a fixer-upper the...
7 Painting Hacks to Get the Look of a Pro — Without the Pro Price
How to use fabric softener for softer bristles and plastic wrap to avoid messes. A DIY painting job doesn’t have to equal crooked lines, besmirched floors, and ceramic sinks speckled with robin’s egg blue. Use these simple painting tip...
3 Brilliant Hacks to Make Snow Shoveling Less Miserable
Don’t break your back. Try a de-icing cocktail instead. If you’re a homeowner in a snowy climate, chances are good you rue the winter: All that snow has to go somewhere, and it’s not getting there itself. Cue the snow shovel. Bar...
The 16 Incredibly Useful Rules Every Organized House Follows
Homes don’t clean themselves. But these easy-peasy rules (wake and make!) will make you feel like they do. Here’s the thing you may have noticed about houses: They don’t clean themselves. Which is unfortunate, because if houses cleane...
Cleaning Your House for Guests: A Checklist
Countdown to a perfectly clean guest-ready home no matter how much — or little — time you have. It feels great to have a clean, organized, well-functioning home when you’ve got guests coming. Especially around the holidays. It’s...