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• Design

  How to Redecorate Your Living Room in 10 Easy Steps

  Moving around furniture and decor in your living room can make a big difference in appearance, comfort, and functionality.
• Wallpaper

  5 Tips for Decorating with Wallpaper

  Careful planning, preparation, and applying can make wallpapering a much easier task.
• Decorating

  Bathroom Redecorating in 6 Easy Steps

  How to redecorate your boring bathroom with some simple additions of storage and color.
• Decorating

  Nine Tips for Less-Stress Redecorating and Living

  Simple ideas for decorating or redecorating.
• Rugs

  Oriental Rugs and More

  Rug weaving is a tradition that spans the centuries and many cultures.
• Bedding

  The Finer Points of Bed Making

  How to make a bed with upscale hotel flair.
• 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.
• Organizing Strategies

  8 Steps to Organize Your Closet Space

  A little planning makes the best use of a closet organizer system.
• Decorating

  Secrets for Achieving "The Look" When Decorating Your Home

  Use a few easy guidelines to develop your artistic eye.
• Flowers

  Fresh Ideas For Flowers

  Look around your house and yard for inventive ways to accent flowers for your home.
• Gardening

  Container Classics — Sprucing Up a Deck or Patio with Plants

  Improve your view with eye-pleasing plant combinations.
• Gardening

  All-Season Container Gardens

  Design and planting principles.
• Gardening

  Patio Gardens

  Transform your patio into an outdoor room.
• Gardening

  Planting a Window Box

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

  Dressing Up Your Plants

  The right pot can make or break a plant.
• Office Organizing

  The Home Business Set-Up

  Strategize your systems for productivity.
• Motivation

  Good, Clean Success for Kids

  How to develop cleaning skills in your children.
• Carpet

  Choose Your Carpet Wisely

  It's time to become an informed carpet purchaser. Know your fibers and how they will perform in your home.
• Wallpaper

  For Dummies® — Getting to Know Wallpaper-Removal Techniques

  Determine your course of action by the type of wall found underneath.
• Office Organizing

  For Dummies® — Making Your Work Space Work

  Map out the flow for your home office.

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