Articles on home improvement tips, garden, decoration, design

Get the grime off your car in 10 minutes

Is your car the one in the parking lot with "Wash Me" written into the dirt across the back window? In just 10 minutes you can lose the grime and gain the shine.

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Got 10 minutes? Get the house (somewhat) clean

Who says you need to spend an entire Saturday cleaning the house? If you can spare 10 minutes once or twice a day, you can spruce up the house without breaking a sweat.

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Training what comes naturally in a pet

If you can't get a pet to behave, try this tip to harness its natural behaviours

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For well-behaved pet, take tips from zoo trainers

You'll never have to teach a panda to walk on a leash. But if any kind of animal lives in your house, trainers at the zoo have some useful lessons for you.

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Look down: Floors are a key part of a stylish room

The options for fashionable flooring are endless these days, says designer Brian Patrick Flynn, and even the most cutting-edge styles don't have to break your budget.

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Designers find common cause with global artisans

In Africa, Asia and Latin America, gifted craftspeople who can express age-old traditions in beautiful ways often lack access to raw materials and distribution venues. And they may have no expertise in getting their goods to a wider marketplace.

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Some flowers are self-planting

Are you tired of playing nursemaid to baby flowers, seedlings that each year you plant in containers, carefully nurture, then plant out in the garden once the weather settles?

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Give me light: candle making as craft

Candle making can be a rewarding hobby; Here are some tips on getting started.

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Need extra cash? Try doing it yourself

So you're skipping the fancy coffees, brown bagging to work and going longer between haircuts. But here's another way to save: do things yourself rather than paying someone else to do them.

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