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Inspiration: Crate Bookshelf by 20.87 EStudio

Cross the re-purposed milk crate trend with the "boxes into shelving" trend and you come up with this bookshelf by 20.87 Estudio... ...

How To: Make Your Own Clothing Freshener & Dewrinkler
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Room and clothing fresheners and dewrinklers are great. They can help cut down on your dry cleaning bills, eliminate overwashing of clothes and neutralize pet odors. But the idea of spraying chemi...

How To: Wash a Pillow
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It's a good idea to wash a pillow every year or so. Mom used to take them to the dry cleaner, where the stuffing would be taken out, bathed in chemicals, and then put in a fresh, new case. But we ...

How To: Make Recycled Magazine Coasters

We've posted before about DIY Eco Friendly Coasters but didn't include these made from recycled magazines. Jessica Jones, the artist behind these beautiful coasters, has also put together a great ho...

How To: Build a Bathouse

No, it's not Halloween yet, but it is time to think about bats. Finally, the fall air is cool, crisp, and free of bugs, and building a bathouse is a great way to reduce the number of flying pests yea...

Dog Waste Composter

I don’t have a dog, but I constantly see people walking their dog, picking up after them, and then wondering what to do with it. Last week Jonathon blogged about the conundrum of what to do with pet...

How To...Build Your Own Solar Panels

When Mike Davis, an astronomer, moved to a remote part of Arizona he realized his astronomical sights were so rad in his new location because he had no light pollution. As a result, he also had no el...

How To: Repel Fleas with Regular Household Items

One of the downsides of having pets is the fleas that can sometimes come with them. They can be a pain to get rid of, but synthetic-chemical flea treatments can lead to poisoning, kidney failure and c...

How To: Get Good Results With Zero-VOC Paint

Getting a good looking painting job with a zero-VOC paint such as American Pride or Yolo Colorhouse is all about understanding flow... and going with it. Keep on reading for the step-by-step guide to...

How to Grow Your Own Vegetable Garden

This video over at monkeysee is the type of step-by-step instruction we need for our garden......

How To: Trim Wood Window Blinds

Our new house had a pair of wood window blinds from IKEA that were about an inch too long to fit inside the window trim. Rather than throw away what we already had and spend money on an expensive cus...

Leaky Shower: Two Tips ... From Experience

About a week ago, we realized our shower was leaking. It was a subtle sort of leak, but it was a leak and it was wasting water. And, right now, here in the Bay Area, we're taking that sort of thing ...

Happy Meals: Time To Buy (or Pick) Fresh Flowers

For those of us in chillier parts of the country, and that's at least half of our readership, we have been stuck in the deep depressing cave of winter, sans fresh local produce, or local flowers, for ...

How to: Install Carpet Tile

Despite our recent posts to the contrary, carpet has its place. We are literally in the midst of installing carpet tiles in a utility room: they are a quick way to get a floor down, and they help to ...

How To . . . Reuse Household Items for Gift Giving

Last week we blogged the holiday issue of ReadyMade. Among the paper, wood, plastic, fabric, and metal gift guides, we took note of a few how-to's that seemed easy, proved useful, and looked good. All...