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Make housekeeping easier with tips on cleaning and organizing virtually anything in your home. Candle wax on the carpet? Soap scum in your tub? eHow’s experts are here to help, with cleaning advice alongside tips on everything from ridding your home of cockroaches to getting the kids to help with chores. Learn to care for furniture, clean appliances and remove any sort of stain. eHow can even help you organize a junk closet, clean the stove or, if all else fails, hire a housekeeper or cleaning service.

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How to Move Without Misplacing Your Stuff

By Camille Platt

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Moving your family to a new community and a new home is an exciting transition, but the frustrations of staying structured during the process can be unbearable. And when you start unpacking, you don't want to start wondering where everything ... more »

How to Organize & Maintain Grocery Coupons For Shopping Days

By fossilflower

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Coupons really cut costs. Getting & staying organized for shopping days will save you time and cash. Coupons do not have to be a time consuming hassle... more »

How to Organize a Neighborhood Garage Sale

By favefive

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Organizing a garage sale in your neighborhood is one way to promote camaraderie with your neighbors. It is a good way to make money out of items that you and your neighbors may not have any use for, but will be useful to others. Better yet, it ... more »

How to organize a playroom

By loizousmith

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Organizing your children's play area may be on of the most difficult tasks a parent has to do... more »

How to Organize Bathrooms

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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The bathroom may not be the biggest room in your house, but it's one of the most important. In addition to handling bathing and grooming chores, the bathroom is sometimes the only room where you can escape for a moment's peace. Get yours spiffed ... more »

How to Organize Grocery Store Trips

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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There are two types of supermarket shoppers: Those with a game plan and those who meander from the produce department to the freezer aisle and back again for that forgotten bunch of celery. Efficient shopping all starts with a foolproof list, ... more »

How to Organize Scarves

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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If only accessories looked as good carelessly strewn about the house as they did when we wore them. When not stylishly tied around our necks, fashion accoutrements like scarves are all but forgotten. Finding a method of organization for such ... more »

How to Organize Your House and Keep it Organized

By Colette French

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A house can easily become in disarray when you are a busy person. Before you know it, what once was in order is now all out of order. There are some simple things a person can do to get his house in order and keep it in order... more »

How to Organize Your Thoughts

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Lightbulb! A brilliant idea suddenly strikes. But how do you maximize that creative thought before it disappears? Try mind mapping, a technique of organizing ideas visually created by Tony Buzan in The Mind Map Book: How to Use Radiant Thinking ... more »

How to Organize Your Wine Collection

By eHow Food & Drink Editor

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Cheaper by the dozen doesn't just apply to doughnuts. If you buy wine by the case, you need to store it--and if you do it right you'll have fine-tasting wines to enjoy for years to come. Many white wines can be stored from two to five years, ... more »

How to Outsource Your Life

By Simon Thomas

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If you'd like to live the life of your dreams, then you'll learn how to outsource your life, so that others can do the busy work, and you can do what you love... more »

How to Plan a Successful Estate Sale

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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You don't need to own an estate to have an estate sale. But you do need to know that estate sales differ significantly from garage sales. In an estate sale, you pay a company a fee to manage the event and sell every single item in the home. This ... more »

How to press a shirt - dress sharp!

By knarf

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Pressing a dress shirt is easy if you know the simple steps I use. By using steps dry cleaners use, you can press your shirt while your coffee is being made in the morning!.. more »

How to Print Photos for 12 Cents Each!

By CCrock

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A picture is not a photo until you can hold it in your hand! It's time to get hard copies of those great pictures you have stored on your computer. But you don't want to pay $0.29 each? Find out how you can pay only 12 cents per photo!.. more »

How to Really Clean Your Bathtub and Surrounding Area

By Sheila Wilkinson

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What could be nastier than your company seeing a dirty bathtub? Only one thing--a bathtub that's been scrubbed till you drop around it still looks dirty. Lots of stubborn things tend to cling to tubs and the walls around it, making it look dingy ... more »

How to Recycle Coffee Grounds

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Coffee drinkers who brew their own java know that a week's worth of grounds adds up to a sizable quantity. Since coffee is organic matter, there is no need for it to go into the garbage to the landfill. Instead, try one of these methods to ... more »

How to Reduce Chaos and Simplify Your Life

By Doodlebugs

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Here are a few tips to reduce the some of the things causing stress in your life. This is a work in progress so check back often for updates... more »

How to remove candle wax from carpet, clothing or other fabric

By joanimal

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This is a quick and easy way to remove spilled candle wax from carpets and other fabric without damaging the material... more »

How to Remove Chewing Gum

By L1onherd

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Removing gum is easier than 1-2-3 but with so many methods of removing gum, how do you know which one to use?.. more »

How to remove dirt and stains from filthy denim jeans and overalls

By morgana46

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Have you given up on your children and husband ever having a decent looking pair of jeans to wear "out", meaning where people will actually see them? Does your husband take the pair of brand new jeans you bought him and go out and plant ... more »

How to Remove Gravy Stains From a Tablecloth

By Sprice

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A beautiful table setting can really set the mood for a dinner party especially on holidays such as Thanksgiving. Beautiful table linens, the best china and tasty food lets all your guests be in a great mood. Eyeing a big turkey with gravy can ... more »

How to remove odors from laundry organically

By Sensei

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This is a good way to remove odor from laundry, particularly if you have an athlete or two in the house... more »

How to Remove Oil Stains from Carpeting

By Sprice

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Oil stains can be tricky to remove, especially on carpeting. The oil soaks into the carpet and adheres to the fibers. If not treated properly, the oil can become a permanent stain. Thankfully there is a very easy solution to oil stains that you ... more »

How to remove refrigerator odors

By Natalie Hernandez

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We all know that baking soda is a great way to eliminate odors from the refrigerator. You can either choose the original box and open the top or they have special ones these days that actually stick to the inside of your refrigerator... more »

How to Remove Remove Mildew

By Janet Ford

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It's commonly thought that if you have mildew on something, the only thing it would be fit for is your garbage can. That doesn't have to be the case with this easy home recipe for your own mildew remover... more »