It's Yard Sale season again - Yay! My favorite time of year. I love going out early on Saturday mornings and visiting local yard sales. It's interesting, fun, the homeowners are always friendly, and you never know what treasure you're going to find.
During my many trips around town hunting for yard sales and as an experience yard sale host myself, I've seen the mistakes others have made and learned exactly how to successfully advertise a yard sale.
When it's time to ...
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School Bake Sale Fundraiser
School bake sales are one of the original school fundraisers from which all other fundraisers were born. They're easy to plan, profitable, and fun for the kids. So let's start with the most basic of all school fundraisers...
Planning a School Bake Sale Fundraiser
Bake sales are one of the most reliable school fundraisers. They are easy to plan, require little investment, and can raise several hundred dollars in a single day.
PRE-EVENT PLANNING
Assign a ...
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Things You Should Not Clean With Vinegar
Vinegar is a great natural cleaner and alternative to many other harsh chemicals. About eight years ago, we switched to using vinegar in our home for cleaning just about everything. From kitchen countertops, bathrooms, and windows to the insides of our washing machine, metal furniture, and car dashboards.
There are, however, several areas where you shouldn't use vinegar to clean. Vinegar is very acidic and can damage things like rugs and grout if used incorrectly. Here's a list of things ...
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Petite 9-Drawer Dresser With Dual Finishes & Many Uses
Happy Labor Day everyone! Today, I'm revealing a petite 9-drawer dresser. It looks like a pretty simple furniture makeover, but there are actually some key features I want to point out to you.
I picked up this small dresser for just a few dollars at the local thrift store. It was a typical 1970's brown-stained pine dresser with brass hardware; but notice the shape - clean, simple lines. There are no embellishments, which means I could update this to a more modern look without a ...
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Fall Bucket List
Did you know that if you write something down you're significantly more likely to do it? Setting goals you can work toward is critical to moving forward in life rather than remaining stagnant. Your future goals may be as simple as planting a garden, planning a vacation, or cleaning out the garage or they can be much more lofty - starting and growing your own business, acheiving better health, or saving to build your dream home.
I'm going to keep some immediate goals rather simple today with ...
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China White Credenza With Hand-Painted Pine Trees
Take a very plain piece of office furniture and turn it into something amazing this week. Here's my own creation that is now a China White credenza with hand-painted pine trees. See furniture differently. This is exactly what I've learned to do since I began refinishing furniture several years ago. Taking on a building, remodeling, decorating, or painting project means you to have to be able to envision a completely different end result.
Look at your starting point as a blank canvas. Look ...
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9 Creative Ways to Decorate With Curtains
The most common use for curtain panels is to cover windows, but these same fabric panels also have many other uses in the home.
If you have a space to which you'd like to add privacy, softness, drama, or movement, yet a wall, door or partition would add too much structure, try using a curtain panel to frame the area instead.
Almost any room can benefit from hanging a curtain panel. Hang a full-length panel from a rod placed close to the ceiling, and the ceiling will suddenly feel higher and ...
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14 Ways to Make Money Just by Tidying Up Your Home
A while back, I showed you how I made $286 in one week just by tidying up our home. If you missed that post, you can read it here. As I was writing that, it got me thinking about all of the ways I've made money in the past just by tidying up.
I've always been of the mindset of living with less. Holding on to fewer material things keeps our home more organized - which makes them easier to clean - and it helps our environment by not generating more. More manufactured products... more ...
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