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Easy Ways To Keep Your House Warm This Winter
My Southern bones weren’t made for cold, cold winters. Thankfully I’ve learned a few ways over the years to make our house more comfortable on the inside without driving up our energy bills! Spending a little money upfront (and I’m talking about a little!) could save you big monies on heating your home this winter! But really all year long too! My first summer in my first house with old windows, I installed The Duck Brand’s window film on all of my windows. I literally saw my cooling bill drop each month they were installed. Like the cost of cooling my home was melting off the page! **I partnered with…
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How to Clean Curtains
‘Tis the season to have a revolving door of guests over and deep clean your living spaces. Or at least that’s the case for my home. Putting up the Christmas tree in my living room required a little rearranging of the furniture that’s in there year round. And moving furniture around brought my attention to how dusty my new curtains are already. They were just put up in August! Sometimes you just don’t notice how dirty something is until you clean it, though. Even if you prefer to wash or dry clean your curtains, it certainly helps them get their best clean by vacuuming dust and dirt first. Of course,…
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Cleaning Up Yard for Winter
Being pregnant has lots of perks. People holding doors open for you and offering to do your heavy-lifting, etc. But one thing I’m not digging (pardon the pun…) is not being able to be out in my yard during the high heat of summer. Here in Mobile, most days during the months of July, August, September and half of October get into the 90s with humidity at 85%+ giving a heat index of over 100!! It’s no joke to be playing outside in the middle of the day. So I had to turn a blind eye to the mess my yard was becoming. It was painful since I’d worked so…
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Budget Ways to Improve Energy Efficiency
I've got an easy way to improve the energy efficiency of older windows, DIY no-sew curtain valances, and how to block the draft from outlets and light switches in this episode of my web series!
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Newspaper Method for Preparing Soil for Planting Beds in Spring
Step-by-step of preparing beds for planting using the newspaper method in your yard or lawn.
