Tag: prevention
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Save This Old House: Texas Frontier Farmhouse
The City of Garland is also giving away its oldest home, this 1870s farmhouse from the Texas frontier
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Vintage Cottage, Timeless Appeal
A classic redo brings a simple 1910 house up-to-date with an attic hangout for kids and an expansive kitchen ready to welcome family and friends
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10 Ways to Build a Better Chicken Coop
To safeguard your flock, make sure their permanent shelter is up to snuff
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How to Build a Cedar Ice Chest
Make a handsome cooler enclosure to update a backyard essential
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Beat the Heat Outdoors
Enjoy your yard—despite soaring temperatures—with this cooling technology
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Cheapskate Hall of Fame VI
From pilfering pine needles to faking flagstone, these masterful misers can teach us all a thing or two about cost-shaving shortcuts
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A Sitting Room Sacrificed for a Bigger Bath
Reshuffled rooms solve a poorly remodeled master bath and crowded kids’ bath
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Get Your Backyard Ready for an Outdoor Party
Summer means fun al fresco, so make sure your landscape is picture perfect and tricked out before the guests arrive
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Paint-Color Ideas for Ornate Victorian Houses
Earthy and subdued or vivid and energetic, there’s a palette to suit your Queen Anne, Italianate, or Second Empire house’s architecture—and your personality
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Best Built-Ins Before and Afters 2013
You showed us the clever and artful craftsmanship of your storage spaces. Now see which ones were finalists in our annual Reader Remodel Contest