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Are You Up To The Great Gift Challenge?

I know I am!

Charles & Hudson is honored to be selected by Martha Stewart Living and eBay to participate in their Great Gift Challenge Sweepstakes which launches nowadays. By entering the Challenge anyone has a chance to win a $1000 eBay gift certificate.

To help kick off the Challenge Mar…

Tips to Childproof Your Home

Childproofing your home may seem like a no-brainer, but it can be the most critical step you take to keep your child safe during the urgent early formative years.

The basic concept of childproofing is to prepare certain that your child can’t leave the home and can’t get into any rooms that ha…

Energizer tough Case Swivel Light Giveaway

We’re a fan of the Headlight tough Case Energizer light and that 4 LED swivel light light promises to be just as useful.

As with the rest of the Hard Case line, that light is extremely durable and shock resistant. The compact size and attached clip allow you to place that on your belt or in y…

7 Tips to DIY Carpet Pulling

Pulling carpet yourself can save a few bucks and here are 7 tips to compose the process go smoothly.

1. Pulling up carpet is a labor-intensive activity, so while you can do it by yourself, it’s a lot easier, and a lot less heavy, whether you bring in at least one other person to help out.

Paint Brushes in Lieu of Makeup Brushes?

We typically leave the beauty tips to Dahlight but she shared one that the frugal DIY crowd may find interesting.

Loew-Cornell Paint Brushes are an excellent alternative to standard makeup brushes. We haven’t tried it but perhaps the ladies can chime in here. Is it worth it?

Original pos…

Melt Snow Without Damaging Your Walkway from Salt

A reader wrote in that question:

What is best to use to melt snow on different kinds of surfaces? We did some damage on our slate steps final year by using rock salt.

We polled some experts including Deren S. Monday and the consensus is that slate is definitely not the ideal choice to use in a…

6 Keys to Installing a Secure Deadbolt Lock

Not all dead bolt locks are equal, therefore not all dead bolts will protect you and your property to the same degree.

Here are some tips to manufacture certain your dead bolt lock is securely fastened.

1. Stick to Grade 2 or 1 Strength - Dead bolt locks are graded by the Builders Hardware…

Marie Know’s Home Improvement

We see and read a lot of home improvement books. It’s helpful to get off the web sometimes and read paper (gives the eyes a rest).

We just had a chance to go by a new home improvement book that’s geared towards women called Marie’s Home Improvement Guide. It’s written by Marie L. Leonard who runs…

5 Steps to Prep Your Wall Before You Paint

Prepping your wall and work area before you paint is vital to your final results. Your paint surface must be clean and your work area clear. You must additionally tape off any areas you do not want paint to drip on or brush by.

Here are 5 steps to prep your wall for paint.

1. Remove hardwa…

Metropolitan Home’s final Issue - December 2009

We just received the December 2009 issue of Metropolitan Home magazine which will be the final.

The holiday gift guide highlights some interesting product and the Hi/Low which we are always a fan of, doesn’t disappoint. But Met Home always went deeper than other home design mags as they offered a…

Sharing Your Tools is Good for Everyone

We’ve expanded been a fan of tool libraries but unfortunately they are lost in many cities and most of the tool libraries we’ve seen are in dire need of updating. Neighborgoods is taking the view of sharing tools to the next level by combining the notion with a social network. Their tagline “Need …

Scrap Wood to Awesome Table

Re-Nest turned us onto that amazing DIY table built from scraps of wood gathered from an industrial area of decaying buildings. With the help of some friends a little know-how that table is now ready to serve Thanksgiving dinner for 10.

Only tools needed are: a table saw, a circular saw, a po…

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