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

  Improve your view with eye-pleasing plant combinations.

• Corian, Earthstone, Pergo ... Oh My!

  HC asked makers of special surfaces how to clean their products. Here are their tips.

• Could Your Notebook Computer Start a Fire?

  Quick tips: How NOT to use a "laptop" computer.

• Deep Carpet Cleaning Secrets

  Do your own carpet cleaning, or let the carpet cleaning pros handle it.

• Deleting High-Tech Dirt

  Whizzes let us in on secrets of cleaning home computers.

• Direction Defined

  Set yours goals and meet them.

• Do I Dust or Vacuum First?

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

• Don't Let Foodborne Sickness Spoil the Party

  How to prepare, clean up and store your spread — without the bellyache.

• Dressing Up Your Plants

  The right pot can make or break a plant.

• Dustbusting

  Dust is everywhere, but you can keep it within healthy limits with this help.

• Dusting - The Science of Dust Buildup

  Why common household dust behaves as it does.

• Dusting Tips

  Surface area is the key to a good dusting tool.

• Easy Carpet Cleaning Tips

  Easy carpet cleaning tips from the Carpet and Rug Institute

• Easy Windows

  Learn how to use a squeegee and you'll be done with window cleaning in half the time or less.

• Essential Oils: A Cleaning Essential?

  Decide whether cleaning with essential oils is a good fit for your home.

• Evict Indoor Air Pollution

  Use methods, products and tools that work for you, not against you, to make your home a healthier place. HousekeepingChannel.com interviews David Mudarri, formerly of the Indoor Environments Division of the EPA.

• Expert Stone, Tile and Grout Care

  Inside tips for making these hard surfaces easy to maintain.

• Exterior House Cleaning

  Your home’s exterior takes a beating from mother nature, but you can intervene. A once-or-twice-yearly cleaning may also reveal a gutter or roof in need of attention.

• Fabric Fundamentals

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

• Fall Home Checklist

  Tara Aronson offers timely reminders to prepare for winter.

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