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• For Dummies® — Tips for Cleaning Your Houseplants

  Even the most intricate leaves collect dust.

• Planting a Window Box

  Not for windows only, these hanging boxes of color also grace decks, gazebos and patio enclosures.

• Silent Menace in Your Home: Mold

  Hannah Keeley offers this first installment in her Healthy Home series about hidden dangers in your home — and what to do about them.

• A Simple Welcome Mat Defeats Winter Dirt

  Protecting your floors saves you both time and money.

• Go for the Deep Carpet Dirt

  Your carpet's fibers, whether natural or man-made, dictate the method you should use for regular deep cleanings.

• Cleanliness is Next to Disinfection

  While cleanliness may be next to godliness, it’s also very closely related to disinfection.

• Consumer Reports Reveals How To Make Water Cleaner

  How to choose a water filter.

• Container Classics — Sprucing Up a Deck or Patio with Plants

  Improve your view with eye-pleasing plant combinations.

• The Process Principle

  True organizing is a discovery process.

• 10 Steps to Streamline the Kitchen

  A good storage plan goes a long way toward smoothing out your whole life.

• Simplify Your Book Collection

  If books have overgrown their shelves, it's time to do some weeding.

• Is Self Storage for You?

  The truth is, there IS more storage space! So what if you have to drive down the block to use it...

• Choose Your Carpet Wisely

  It's time to become an informed carpet purchaser. Know your fibers and how they will perform in your home.

• What You Need to Know about Mold

  U.S. environmental officials discuss the problem and outline steps to clean up and prevent mold from returning.

• Choosing and Using a Paper Shredder to Fight Identity Fraud

  Don't let thieves use your garbage against you.

• Should Asthmatics and Allergy Sufferers Have Pets?

  That depends, but either way they can take the proper steps to reduce exposure to pet allergens.

• The Bathroom Zoom

  Step by step, whip the water closet into a clean place to be.

• Consumer Reports' Latest Vacuum Tests Suck the Air Out of Product Claims

  Consumer Reports' tests of 81 models sucked the air out of some vacuum cleaner marketing claims.

• Eleven Spring Cleaning Projects

  Take advantage of the seasonal impulse to get moving!

• Housework and Back Pain

  Is it safe to do physical work when your back is hurting?

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