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How to Pack for a Move

By sugaredup

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Packing up every single item you own and preparing to move is a huge task. This list of tips will make the job of packing and moving a little less stressful... more »

How to Pack To Move

By Sondrac

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Start collecting boxes a few months prior to the actual move date. Get varied size boxes to use for different rooms. Each time you go shopping pick up a few and save them in your garage or in a separate room. Blankets and sheets will make a good ... more »

How to Price Items for a Garage Sale

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Organizing a garage sale is a huge task that includes knowing what to sell, creating space for the sale items and pricing the items so they sell for a profit. Learn to price items at a garage sale for optimum results... more »

How to Run Errands Efficiently

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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You look forward to the weekend for so many reasons--to relax, reflect and play. But if your downtime gets eaten up by trips to the supermarket, the library, the cleaners and every other spot on the map except your couch, then you need to retune ... more »

How to Save the planet and your wallet

By JayWolfx

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Several practical tips on saving the environment and adding a little green to your wallet... more »

How to Sort Your Sock Drawer

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Argyles mixing with stockings? Bobby socks colluding with trouser socks? It's just not right. Take control of the situation and sort things out with a simple system. You'll save time each morning by skipping the missing-sock tango... more »

How to Store Anything

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Unless you're a practitioner of near-monastic minimalism, it's likely you have a lot of stuff. And much of that stuff needs storage--preferably organized storage. Crammed closets, jumbled drawers, overflowing bookshelves and other storage ... more »

How to Store Out-of-Season Clothes

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Storing out-of-season clothes properly should protect them from dust, heat, humidity and the biggest threat of all: chomping, chewing, egglaying bugs. Clothes moths and carpet beetles are the chief villains, the latter being especially evil since ... more »

How to Store Ski Gear

By eHow Sports & Fitness Editor

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Modern ski gear is extremely durable. It will put up with heaps of abuse before you actually ruin it--but that doesn't mean you can't. Skis slide better, bindings are safer and boots more comfortable when given a few minutes of attention at the ... more »

How to Write a Clear Grocery List

By ravenbroom

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Most people write out a grocery list before going shopping, but when they get home they realize they still forgot something on the list. Below is a quick fix on how to change that... more »

How to Avoid Changing the Cat Litter Box

By evadgorf

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It is unnecessary to change a cat litter box every day. Changing the cat litter box every five days is all that is necessary. The urine from a cat will clump and needs to be stirred into the dry litter to be absorbed but changing ALL the litter ... more »

How to become organized

By meemee67

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Here are a few sugesstions on how to organize... more »

How to Buy a Better Mousetrap

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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If you have mice or rats, get rid of them fast. Peanut butter, grains and cereals or cooked bacon make appetizing bait for traps. Some animals will outsmart any trap. The best approach is to constantly look for rodent activity, seal up entry ... more »

How to Buy Firewood for a Fireplace

By Bob Strauss

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Winter’s almost here, which means homeowners the nation over are eager to find ways to reduce their heating bills. If you have a working fireplace, using it in the afternoons or evenings (and turning down your thermostat in the meantime) can save ... more »

How to Clean Your Apartment When You Move

By iwuvstaylin

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When the time comes where you have to pick up your things and go, make sure that you leave the place as clean as it possibly can be. Especially if you live in an apartment. Not only will this be courteous to the people who move in after you do ... more »

How to Create a Home Filing System

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Setting up a home filing system allows you to quickly retrieve important papers and information. Setting it up is easy. Follow these steps... more »

How to Create a Home Work Area

By Ruby Bayan

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A designated work area is essential for anyone who does any kind of creative activity at home. Crafters, artists, do-it-yourselfers and all work-at-home types know that they have to lay claim over a certain amount of space in the house for their ... more »

How to Create Effective Shopping Lists

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Do you dart around the grocery store like a chicken with its head cut off? Invest the time to organize your shopping list, and every trip to come will be a breeze. The most effective lists are based on the layout of your supermarket... more »

How to Expand the Capacity of a Small Room

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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A small space requires a creative approach to storage. Experiment and have some fun before committing to a layout: You can always move furniture pieces back if they overwhelm rather than improve the space, banish table skirts if they create ... more »

How to Find Missing Keys

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Nothing is more frustrating than lost keys. You're all set to go, the clock is ticking--and yet, you're stuck. You can feel your bad mood sink in as your curse yourself for being disorganized. Missing keys will send most people into a panic, but ... more »

How to Find Storage Solutions for Any Room

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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The amount of stuff in your attic, closets and garage may seem overwhelming now. Organize it well and you'll be able to put your hands on whatever you need when you need it... more »

How to Fix up your Place for Holiday Guests

By pianistic

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The holidays are coming and you are expecting family and friends. Here are some tips on how to fix up your house for very little money, so that your house looks like you spent a lot... more »

How to get more organized in your daily life

By mamie52

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Learn how to manage your time more effectively.. more »

How to Get Organized

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Getting organized is basically a matter of developing good habits. Organize your time, home and work space for more productive living... more »

How to Get Rid of What You Don't Want

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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You did it. You sorted your stuff. So, now what do you do with those toss and give-away piles? There still may be use and life left in your discards, and with a little effort, you may even convert some castoffs into cold, hard cash as well as ... more »

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