Homeowners often find more water in their basements in winter due to melting snow and ice, or freezing pipes leaking. And while there’s plenty you can do to prevent such occurrences, sometimes things go wrong no matter how well you’ve prepared.  Are you in the middle of such a watery mess?  Then here are some […]

There are lots of ways to encourage your children to have good clean-up behavior, and the best way is to inject some fun into the process.  Remember:  grown-ups, by and large, don’t think much of house cleaning either, but when you make it a community project you can all talk, laugh, and make progress together. […]

The U.S. has the highest per capita water use on the planet.  And yet, we’re far behind other countries – especially Australia and most European nations – in energy and water conservation. If, for example, you haven’t already heard of rain water and grey water capture systems, it’s just a matter of time before they […]

When thinking about redecorating or remodeling your bathroom, it’s nice to your eye on the prize (i.e., the end result), but not at the expense of carefully thinking the project through before getting underway.  Here’s one approach we think you’ll find useful:  it’s called STENT, which stands for Size, Time, Environment, Need, and Technology.  Keep […]

Once the holidays are behind us, most peoples’ thoughts leap ahead to spring.  And with spring comes renewal in any number of forms, including updating the look and feel of your house.  If that bug has bitten you but you have yet to feel the spark of creativity, allow us to suggest a few out-of-the […]

If your refrigerator is determined to spring a leak, at least it can do the decent thing and deposit the water in front of itself where you can’t possibly miss it.  Then you can take immediate action and get it fixed before any real damage is done. But then there’s the sneaky kind – the […]

If you’re tired of washing dishes with a sink sprayer that only dribbles or fires erratically like a machine gun, you don’t have to put up with such nonsense any longer. Chances are, you also don’t need to be a handy man or plumber to get your sprayer working properly again. So before hitting the […]

Your home water supply doesn’t care for the winter cold any more than you do.  If it could talk, it would tell you so.  And yet when you think about, water has its own way of protesting frigid temperatures.  You know, like expanding and bursting through pipes and forming puddles anywhere and everywhere as it […]

Not all home maintenance issues have the same level of priority – not by a long shot.  That’s especially true when it comes to cosmetic issues like removing scuff marks, purging and donating clothes you no longer wear, or changing a paint color because you’re tired of the current one.  Doesn’t mean such tasks aren’t […]

Every product should be this affordable and versatile.  Let alone you can clean just about anything with it while it’s perfectly safe to ingest, too.  That sort of makes vinegar a freak of nature, right?  And yet one that no one on the planet complains about. Well, if you’ve been putting it to effective use […]