The Purple Passion plant (Gynura aurantiaca) is an easy-to-grow, low-maintenance houseplant with eye-catching purple leaves. Unfortunately, it's also susceptible to a number of insect pests. Here's what you can do about them.
Vinegar is an effective window and glass cleaner because its natural acids cut through hard-water buildup. This is especially helpful for sliding glass doors that are exposed to sprinkler water. Hard water has a high concentration of minerals, such as calcium and magnesium.
When regular cleaning products don’t do enough to remove odors on various household surfaces or appliances, lemons come in handy. Lemons are natural deodorizers that can be used in many ways throughout your home. In addition to using them alone, you can mix lemon juice with vinegar as a nontoxic, "green"
When you drink a lot of soda from aluminum cans, you usually toss the empty cans into the garbage or recycling bin. However, you can salvage the soda can tabs off of the cans and use them as a crafting material to create interesting projects.
The Cub Scouts are all about homemade crafts and natural preservation, so it makes sense to adorn the Cub Scout hall with a handmade flag. The flag can be simple and still look professional. If you don’t have embroidery skills, use fabric paint for finer details such as the troop mascot and lettering.
Don’t spend money on new clothes or tailoring if your weight gain is a short-term condition. Whether you're trying to lose a little holiday weight or waiting on your baby bump to become full-grown, temporarily expand your waistline with a short strip of buttonhole elastic.
Water is often the cause of damage to wood furniture. The wood swells and creates a raised area, which will need to be sanded down so that it's flush with the rest of the surface. The repair job will take at least a few hours to complete and another day for materials to dry.
When you're remodeling your home, building an interior wall allows you to divide a larger room into two smaller rooms, which can meet your changing needs. If the room where you're building the wall has carpeted floors, you must first remove the carpet where the wall is being installed.
If all houses were single-level homes without stairways, skylights or lofts, floor and ceiling joists could run from one end to the other without interruption.
Pinched pleats offer an elegant, upscale alternative to ordinary curtains. The pleats add texture and formality to the design and also act, in most cases, to conceal the hooks or pins that secure the curtains to the rod.