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Pest Control
Preventive Pest Control
Follow these tips for helping to keep your home pest-free.
Ants
Get Rid of Ants
The most common home invader spoils the sugar and may be destroying wood in the walls.
Pest Control
Repelling Rodents
With mice and rats, the best cure is prevention. The best "Plan B" is immediate action.
Integrated Pest Management
10 Ways to Control Pests at Home Without Poisons
Integrated pest management (IPM) is a preventive method for controlling pests or "bugs" by removing their food supply and keeping them out of homes - or from traveling within or between homes - instead of relying on pesticides.
Pest Control
Don’t Let Pests Winter In Your Home
During the winter months, it’s nice to have a cozy, warm place to come home to - but not if you’re sharing it with pests.

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Pest Control
Creepy-Crawlies
As temperatures get cooler, insects and other pests start looking for someplace warm and dry.
Automatic Soap Dispenser
simplehuman Automatic Liquid Soap/Lotion Dispenser
While some technology can be a real letdown - this automatic liquid soap/lotion dispenser did not disappoint. Find out why.
Green Cleaning
Only 44 percent of American Consumers Trust Companies' Green Claims
Gardening
Good gardening!
How to keep up the summer garden by getting rid of common pests.
Food Safety
Safe Feasting
Planning ahead can prevent five situations from causing food poisoning.

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Food Safety
Bed bugs
You’ll need the services of a pest-control professional to eliminate an infestation.
Air Conditioner
Room air conditioner
Cleaning this appliance is best done in autumn.
Fungus
Fungi
Mold and mildew are common forms of fungi that cause problems when present in homes.
Heater
Heater, portable
If it has a plug, make sure it’s nowhere near an outlet before cleaning.
Carbon Monoxide Alarms
Carbon monoxide alarm
Every home should have at least one CO detector.

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Restoring Order
Professional organizer Vicki Norris' second organizing book that helps you restore order — this time to your home!
Chix Can Fix
From the book cover: 100 Home-Improvement Projects and True Tales from the Diva of Do-It-Yourself.
Houseplants For Dummies
Cultivate your green thumb.
Home Improvement All-in-One For Dummies
Bringing together the best advice from many experts, this home improvement manual will aid you in countless home projects.
Organize Your Office In No Time
An organized office and more productive day is just a book away.

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Bathtub
How To Clean a Bathtub
Whether you shower in it or use it for long, luxurious baths, there’s nothing clean—or relaxing—about a tub full of grime, mold, or mildew.
Shower
How To Clean a Shower
If the grime in your shower looks like something that would be more at home in a horror flick than in, well, your home, it’s time to take control.
Bathtub
How To Clean a Ring From Your Bathtub
Save hand-washing houseguests the horror of having to stare at a line of dirt and dead skin ringing the bathtub.
How To Clean a Toilet
The gross-out factor of cleaning a toilet cannot be underestimated—but the gross-out factor of not cleaning a toilet is even worse. Better clean the toilet.
Carpet Cleaning
Green Carpet Cleaning - Using Green Cleaners
In this video series, experts Allen Rathey, president of The Healthy House Institute (HHI), Professor Liz Goldsmith of Florida State University (FSU) and University of Massachusetts lab scientist Heidi Wilcox, explain how to remove tough spots and stains from carpet using green cleaning methods. Different carpet types, prevention, home-made and retail green products, and specific green cleaners and tools that work are covered in depth.