Tag: ideas
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How to Line a Cedar Closet
The natural aroma of cedar keeps moths away and clothes smelling fresh. Lining your closet with cedar is relatively easy when you use tongue-and-groove boards
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Are You Ready for an Induction Cooktop?
This new technology is fast, efficient, and safety-minded.
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A New Year’s Worth of Clever Home Solutions
Turn a downed tree stump into a planter, make a Mason jar chandelier, perfect your compost pile, and more smart ideas from TOH ‘s Home Solutions column
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Standout Bar Stools
These eye-catching and space-saving pub classics provide style and an easy on-and-off perch at a countertop eating area, a homework station, even your own basement bar
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Five No-Fail Palettes for Colorful Kitchens
Drenching a cook space in color can be tricky, but that’s no reason to hold back.
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Jigsaw 101: How to Use the Orbital-Action Setting
From our Tool School series: Pro tips on setting the blade to cut through different materials
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Editors’ Picks: 99 Amazingly Crafted Gingerbread Houses
See all the best cookie abodes This Old House readers have impressed us with over the years—and steal ideas for your own holiday construction project
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Clean A Paint Brush
Rinse a brush with the correct solvent, clean the bristles, and store it right.
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All About Gas Fireplaces
A chimney sweep should inspect the structure for cracks, loose bricks, or missing mortar.— Clean Sweeps for Fireplaces
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fishing line disaster kit essentials
Use fishing line (a super-strong, waterproof filament) to tie a flapping door closed or secure a tarp over a broken car window. — 6 Surprise Disaster-Kit Essentials