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

  Improve your view with eye-pleasing plant combinations.

• Is Clutter Following You?

  There are ways to beat a lifelong clutter problem.

• Banishing Clutter

  There’s utter clutter! It doesn’t just happen overnight. Be disciplined, and “steady as you go” to prevent facing one very big job later.

• Fabric Fundamentals

  Your wardrobe is tailored from a variety of fabrics. Do you know how to care for each?

• 10 Tips for Less-Toxic Spring Cleaning — With Kids

  Safely mobilize your family task force this spring.

• Gaining on Chaos

  Tara Aronson shows you how to get organized — and stay that way!

• Form a Family Cleaning Team

  Motivate your family! Borrow a technique from the commercial cleaning world to do the best, most efficient cleaning job possible.

• Dorm Notes

  Off to college? Check your packing list against this one by Tara Aronson, to make sure your cleaning, organizing and general supply needs are covered.

• Consumer Reports® — Pressure Washers: Quick Cleaning for Less

  Consumer Reports confirms that gas-powered pressure washers have a clear performance edge over electric models. But more pressure also means more chance for injury with any pressure washer.

• How to Vacuum a Carpet

  Brush up on the basics of vacuuming.

• Contagious Pets

  Protect your family from zoonotic diseases.

• Organize for a Restful Vacation

  Have you ever come home from vacation more exhausted than when you left?

• 10 Truths About Wood Floors

  Protect your planks!

• Speed Organizing

  Box it up; move it out.

• The Virtual Garage Sale

  Free classified ads online help turn your junk into another man's treasure.

• Get Moving on Organizing

  10 ways to dangle your own carrot.

• Do I Dust or Vacuum First?

  Answers to this and other important housekeeping questions from cleaning expert Don Aslett.

• Candles — Are They Good for Your Indoor Air?

  They may smell good, but are they good for you and your home?

• Childproofing: Poison Prevention

  Keeping children safe is everyone's responsibility.

• New Enzyme Alternative to Bleach - Keeping Whites Whiter Naturally

  Anyone who has washed or worn white clothes knows that white shirts stop looking white after a few washes and start to turn a shade of gray. A new laundry-detergent enzyme helps prevent this from happening, without the use of bleach.

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