Your home's blinds provide you with protection from sunlight and UV rays and also help you maintain your privacy and the temperature within your home. However, like all parts of your home, age and use can cause them to become worn, less effective, and less aesthetically pleasing. Knowing the signs of damaged or worn blinds can help you have them replaced once they begin to near the end of their lifespan.
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If you're a homeowner, you likely spend at least a little time every month doing maintenance tasks around the house. That said, one part of your home that you might not think about often is your heating and cooling system. An HVAC system can often be out of sight and out of mind until something goes wrong. But if you don't want to have to call a home-heating repair specialist, you'll want to take steps to make sure you stay on top of things.
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Fall brings with it a lot of garden chores. Leaves have to be raked, flower beds have to be turned and the grass has to be cut. Once those final chores are complete, it's time to put the garden tools away before those first snowflakes fall. Read on for tips on how to properly prepare garden tools and put them in storage so that when spring starts to wake up the earth again, they'll be ready for action.
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When you are looking to create a new landscaping design for your home, you may be looking for something that looks great but also does not require a great deal of constant work and maintenance. However, you may not be sure of how to go about creating a landscaping design for yourself that is both aesthetically pleasing and easy to keep up with and maintain. Get to know some of the ways that you can revamp your landscaping to make it look great and require very little maintenance.
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Make a set of homemade wind chimes to hang from your porch by completing the steps below. Wind chimes will add beauty to your home's exterior, and you can enjoy watching the materials that were used to make the chimes blow around on windy days.
Materials
newspaper wooden beads (various sizes) craft paint artist's paintbrush acrylic craft spray wooden dowel standard paintbrush varnish power drill ruler thin pieces of twine scissors hooks Paint Wooden Beads
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