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Energy Savings: Windows
Filed under: Living Rooms, Bedrooms, Dining Rooms, Home Offices, Living Spaces John Giustina, Getty Images One week into summer -- are you feeling it yet? Last week we kicked off our Energy Savings...
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The Daily Fix: Brighten Faded Carpets and Rugs
Filed under: Living Rooms, Bedrooms, Dining Rooms, Home Offices, Essential Skills, Know-How, Living Spaces Martin LaBar, Flickr Sunlight is notorious for fading carpet and rug fibers. Here's a natural...
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Inspired By HGTV's Design Star: Rug-Covered Ottoman
Filed under: Crafts, Living Rooms, Dining Rooms, Living Spaces, Crafts & Celebrations Contestant Casey Noble sizes up her flat-weave rug. Photo: HGTV.com Recently on HGTV's Design Star, contestants...
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Don't Let the Bedbugs Bite!
Filed under: Living Rooms, Bedrooms, Dining Rooms, Home Offices, Small Spaces, Essential Skills, Know-How, Living Spaces An immature bedbug (left) and an adult bedbug. Photo: Tim McCoy, AP Just the...
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DIY Diary: What We Learned From Our Energy Audit
Filed under: Living Rooms, Bedrooms, Dining Rooms, Home Offices, Small Spaces, Essential Skills, Know-How, Living SpacesOur writer was curious about energy audits, so she invited a professional energy...
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Last-Minute Home Fixes for the Holidays
Filed under: Kitchen & Bath, Small Projects, Living Rooms, Bedrooms, Dining Rooms, Holidays, Living SpacesThe stress of cleaning and preparing your house for guests can sometimes damper your...
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DIY Centerpieces for Thanksgiving
Filed under: Dining Rooms, Holidays, Living Spaces, Crafts & CelebrationsCraft a festive Thanksgiving centerpiece in no time with these stress-free projects. A maize-and-candle Thanksgiving...
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Refinishing Furniture with Martha Stewart Living's Kevin Sharkey
Filed under: Crafts, Kitchen & Bath, Big Projects, Makeovers & Inspiration, Living Rooms, Bedrooms, Dining Rooms, Essential Skills, Know-How, Living Spaces, Crafts & CelebrationsMartha...
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DIY Links: Easy, Low-Cost Weekend Projects
Filed under: Crafts, Living Rooms, Dining Rooms, Small Spaces, Living Spaces, Crafts & CelebrationsIs your bank account drained from holiday spending? This week, we're spotlighting DIY crafts and...
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Fireplace Heating Myths Debunked
Filed under: Living Rooms, Bedrooms, Dining Rooms, Living SpacesWill an open fire leave your home more cold and frosty than warm and toasty? Get the true facts on fireplaces before lighting those logs...
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Clean Soot from Marble Fireplaces - Reader Tip
Filed under: Living Rooms, Bedrooms, Dining Rooms, Essential Skills, Know-How, Living Spaces Your fireplace is probably getting a workout this winter, leading to soot buildup on your mantel and...
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Painting Techniques: Painting Behind a Radiator
Filed under: Living Rooms, Bedrooms, Dining Rooms, Home Offices, Small Spaces, Essential Skills, Know-How, Living SpacesPainting the walls? Don't let a cumbersome radiator get you hot under the collar....
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Filed under: Living Rooms, Bedrooms, Dining Rooms, Home Offices, Small Spaces, Living SpacesIs there a better way to heat your home? Radiant floor heating is a very viable option: it's clean, evenly...
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Hollow-Core Door Makeover
Filed under: Living Rooms, Bedrooms, Dining Rooms, Home Offices, Small Spaces, Living SpacesSee this drab hollow-core door transform into a black and white showstopper, complete with fancy knocker!...
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Prince Charles' Eco-Friendly House (Hint: It's Not the Palace)
Filed under: Bedrooms, Dining Rooms, Living SpacesThe heir to the British throne is a champion of environmental conservation. And HRH's latest venture has taught us a thing or two about eco-living. The...
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How to Paint Trim? First, Swallow Your Fear
Filed under: home decor, painting, Living Rooms, Dining Rooms, Living SpacesWhen it comes to beautiful old trim, it's hard to cover it in paint. But sometimes it makes sense. You bought an older house....
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How to Affordably Frame Large Prints
Filed under: Living Rooms, Bedrooms, Dining Rooms, Home Offices, Living SpacesDon't limit your art options to what can fit inside a standard frame -- you can go beyond the 8"x10" without going broke....
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DIY Lighting: Umbrella Pendant Lamp
Filed under: Crafts, Dining Rooms, Living Spaces, OutdoorsTwo umbrellas plus a hanging socket make for statement-making DIY lighting in this project from ReadyMade. Cameron Sadeghpour, ReadyMade...
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Curbspotting: Vintage Chair
Filed under: Crafts, Living Rooms, Dining Rooms, Home Offices, Small Spaces, Essential Skills, Know-HowA vintage chair with "good bones" (but not much else going for it) becomes a knockout with a fresh...
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Curbspotting: Vintage Chair
Filed under: Dining Rooms, Essential Skills, Know-How, Living SpacesThere's only one thought we had when we saw this vintage chair and it was: "Yikes!" See how it went from beyond hope to beautifully...
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