In my ongoing mission to conserve energy (and thereby lower my electricity bill), I’m always looking for ways to tweak my energy efficiency. Some of these cost money initially, but my favorites are the ones that are nearly free. Check that one out.

My garage/wood shop is of the attached-to-th…

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One of my pet peeves is wrinkled clothing. I really despise going into the dryer and finding my shirts and skirts a wrinkled mess. It always happens to me at the worst possible moment too, like when I have somewhere to go. I really don’t have day to drag out the iron to invent the shirt look per…

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The heavier (but no less fantastic) counterweight to the Cloud Lamp is the Tresor coin chandelier.

Designed by Terzani, another luxury lighting company from Italy, the Tresor is made from 3,900 metal coins.

Each little Doubloon is individually hand-welded together and finished in e…

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Continuing to recraft finds from the game closet (last week was Monopoly wine charms) here is another easy project that uses old dominoes to produce a bracelet.

A separate domino could be used as a pendant on a necklace as a gift for someone with a favorite number or a birthday present by usi…

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With thanks to Kelly Smith (DIY Life’s Perpetual Remodeling Syndrome expert), I’m going to do a follow-up to his excellent post on floor tile, but change directions a bit, vertically to be exact. Let’s look at the procedure for installing tile on a wall; in that case it was for a dorm bathroom, …

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There are many places in the home that could use a little additional light. These areas include anywhere work is done; think about the places where you prepare food, do all that additional work that the boss shamed you into bringing home, or your workshop bench. A great solution for these situat…

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I would be lost without my camera. I have hundreds of pictures of my daughters, and love to look at them every once in a while to see how they have grown. I wish I could be able to take my camera with me on rainy or snowy days, but I am so afraid of water damage, I miss special moments that shou…

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When I look forward, I see shapes, forms, textures, and a blending of styles, often leaning toward nature. I feel it. Just recently, Blink Decor talked about it. Here’s what was famous on their blog, as they looked forward to design trends in 2008: Sticks and Stones: biological, eco-conscious elemen…

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Because we’re concerned about indoor air quality, my husband and I have significantly reduced the number of chemicals we use in our home. I have asthma, which has expanded made it difficult for me to use strong cleaners. We have small children, and we want to protect their health. And we’re conc…

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with Greenheck Fan, has announced a voluntary recall of about 1,500 Indirect gas fired furnaces, due to the fact that the ignition control module can fail, preventing the unit from shutting down in high temperature conditions and posing…

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I really enjoy going to estate sales, carport sales; pretty much any kind of sale. What one person deems junk, I just might have the light bulb go off and think that junk could be turned into something useful and new-to-me.

Soda crates form gorgeous picture frames. All you need to do is glue …

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The Bad Dog Biter would have been sufficient pay dirt for one booth at the worldly Builders’ Show, but we thought the company’s flexible drill bits deserved a mention as well.

Take a look at the shimmying shank of the bit in the video above. It’s poor, dog.

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