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• Ladder Safety

  Ladder Safety

  Make sure your project is a help to your home, not a harm to your body.
• Closet

  Decluttering Your Closet

  Easy tips to clean up your closet.
• Paper Records

  3 Steps to Effective Filing

  How to make sure you can find that official document when you need it!
• Upholstery Cleaning

  Upholstery Cleaning and Care

  Extend the useful life of upholstered furniture and keep it looking great by caring for it properly.
• Waxing

  Buying the Right Car Wax

  Inexpensive products outperform some more costly brands in CR’s tests.
• Remodeling

  Consumer Reports Shows How to Avoid Design Goofs When Remodeling a Dream Kitchen

  In-depth kitchen report includes CR ratings and buying advice for flooring, countertops, ranges, microwaves and range hoods, cooktops, wall ovens, refrigerators and dishwashers.
• Food Safety

  Beat BBQ Food Safety Blues

  Defend good, clean food when you take dining outdoors.
• Indoor Contaminants

  Stop Pollution Indoors

  Ten steps to better indoor environmental quality
• Organizing Strategies

  Organize Your Organizing for Success

  Organizing your whole home can be overwhelming, but by prioritizing and breaking down projects into small doable tasks, it can be much easier.
• Spring Cleaning

  Spring Cleaning for the Whole Family

  How to delegate the spring cleaning chores to family members of all ages and get things done fast.
• Backpack Vacuums

  Backpack Vacuums — New Secret Weapon

  10 cleaning solutions with a backpack model vacuum cleaner
• Safety

  Save Your Shins and Other Needed Body Parts

  Develop safety habits that get your home clean without doing you in.
• Carpet Terms

  Carpet Terms

  Basic terminology to help you become more educated when it comes to your carpet purchase and installation.
• Cleaning Strategy

  Do I Dust or Vacuum First?

  Answers to this and other important housekeeping questions from cleaning expert Don Aslett.
• Pots And Pans

  Pots, Pans and Cutting Boards

  Tips for cleaning pots, pans and cutting boards in your kitchen.
• Furniture

  Getting that Warm Wooden Glow

  Tips on cleaning and caring for wood furniture.
• Laundry

  Laundry Color Tips

  What to do to prevent color loss.
• Organizing Strategies

  Organizing Solutions for Small Spaces

  There are four key organizing rules to consider if you are working with a tiny house, an older home without closets, a city apartment or even downsizing from big to small.
• Crafts

  Cleaning Up After Crafts

  How to minimize the mess your pint-size Picassos make.
• Lawn Mower

  Consumer Reports Tests Lawn Mowers and Tractors

  Find out Consumer Reports' picks, plus tips for keeping (or making) your lawn beautiful.

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