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• Popcorn Ceilings 101

  For health's sake, know your ceiling's ingredients before dusting up a storm.

• Top Deck Treatments

  Consumer Reports helps homeowners choose deck treatments that can "weather" summer and winter.

• Childproofing: Protect Your Family's Breathable Air

  Indoors and outdoors, here are steps you can take to protect your children.

• Pruning Houseplants

  Prune smart for attractive plants that know their bounds.

• Storm Damage Restoration

  The following information is submitted by the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) as a public service to those who have suffered water-related losses due to storm damage (e.g., hurricane, tornado).

• Avoid Garden Equipment Injuries

  Don't be one of the tens of thousands who end up in emergency rooms each year because of gardening accidents.

• Planting a Window Box

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

• 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.

• Spring Home Maintenance Saves Money

  Do smaller cleaning and repair jobs now to prevent big expenses down the road.

• Get Garage Sale Savvy

  Spruce up your forgotten stuff and you can have a garage sale to remember, says home fix-up expert Beverly DeJulio.

• Keeping Family and Household Records

  Tax time and beyond — what to keep, and where, and what to discard.

• Carpet Cleaning Tips - Removing Ink, Paint, Rust, and More

  Spot and stain removal.

• Do I Dust or Vacuum First?

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

• Food After a Power Outage: Safe or Toxic?

  After the storm, is the food in your refrigerator still safe to eat?

• To Be or Not To Be: Organized

  Five settings where it makes a difference.

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

  Improve your view with eye-pleasing plant combinations.

• Happiness is . . . Shiny Floors and Tidy Toilets?

  SDA reveals results of Clean Surface Satisfaction Survey.

• Braving the Bleach

  Tips you need to know before using bleach or bleach-containing products.

• Your Trash Has Needs

  In search of a better bag....

• Outsmart Insect Scale Infestation

  Insects under cover, scale can suck the life from a plant.

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