Replacing your light fixtures with new, modern upgrades is an easy way to add value to your house for little money.  Especially if you hit a “Going Out of Business” sale like Geri and I did recently.  With the whole light fixture store being 90% off their retail price, I bought new sconces and fixtures for many areas of the house for only a fraction of what it normally costs.

Plastic knives are the least used in sets purchased or given with to-go meals. Try these clever ideas so they don’t go to waste.

I’ve been doing a lot of remodeling and touch-up painting in my house lately.  As you all know, the key to painting is to prep, prep, prep!  I would recommend buying the smallest tub of compound that you can, since most unused portions sit out in the garage until they’re hard and useless.  That’s money down the drain!

I don’t know of anyone who doesn’t love to receive a gift of baked goods.  But before you spend a lot of time in the kitchen, consider how your baked gifts will be received through the mail.  Skip those baked goods that are fragile or that may need to be refrigerated.

I have decided to put a couple of those stick-up room deodorizers on the walls where our puppy lives, and my mother just told me a great way to reuse them instead of buying replacements when they dry out.

Simply disassemble, soak the little pad inside with Pine Sol or other strong-smelling cleaner, and reassemble!