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Food and water safety after a flood

By aidkit Icon_missing_medium

   Floods are the most frequent natural hazard in North America and we seem to have had to endure quite a number of them recently.    A devastating flood can occur at any time of the year and are most often caused by heavy rainfall, rapid melting of a thick snow pack, ice jams, or more rarely, the failure of a natural or man-made dam.    One of the major issues that will affect everyone living in an area that has been flooded is that of food and water safety. <!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--> Food safety after a flood <!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]-->          ... »MORE

July 18, 2008
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DIY: Sew Your Own Chevron Upholstery Fabric

By ModHomeEcTeacher Chevron_41_a

Chevron striped fabrics are no where to be found, so after finding this awning-like  fabric, I cut and sewed my own.  Fabric cut on the bias is a blessing and a curse.  You need the stretch when sewing welt cord, but you don't need the stretch when sewing flat seams.  To sew your own chevron pattern, follow this simple tutorial: here's what you need: striped fabric scissors straight edge pins sewing machine thread hot iron here's what you do   Lay your fabric on a table and fold one top corner over to make a crisp 45 degree angle and cut along the fold Determine the length... »MORE

July 18, 2008
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House and Hound Friday Round Up

By Deborah Jack_russel_terrorist_etsy_medium

We've made it through another crazy week and I get to leave work early today for my time and effort! I'm looking forward to the beautiful weather summer is bestowing on us and a couple of days sans client meetings or project deadlines. Enjoy your weekend everybody! This week on House and Hound: Bikers, You've Been Warned : Stationary from Paper Menagerie Take Me Out To The Ball Game : Toy Box from Zanies Bow Wow Trivia : Play Bow Wow Trivia and Help Feed Hungry Cats and Dogs Billy Goat Gruff :  Home Foreclosures Affect Animals Too! Baby Babble... »MORE

July 18, 2008
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Dog Days of Summer Makeover: How To Show Off Your Legs

By ModHomeEcTeacher 12

If you find yourself flea-marketing, Goodwill Hunting or garage sale-ing in the dog days of July and August, be on the lookout for the unassuming beauty hiding behind a frumpy skirt.  I'm talking about furniture legs, of course.  One easy way to re-vamp a vintage chair or sofa is to rid it of its leg-hiding skirt.  Of course you need to take a peek underneath to make sure you have some attractive gams to work with.  Here are some tips to consider before going skirtless. Make sure the main fabric comes all the way to the bottom of the frame and... »MORE

July 18, 2008
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How to make conversational task clips.

By DIY Maven Img_0001

Yesterday while surfing, I came across these ‘Importance Task Clips’ at Perpetual Kid (12 for $7.99). I thought they were a clever organizational tool and--better yet--totally diyable!What you need:several medium-sized (1 1/4") binder clipsa label-maker ORan extra-fine-point paint pen (I used an opaque white) What you do:For the label option, you’ll want to experiment with the ‘width’ function on your label maker. I set my P-Touch (model PT-80) to ½ width size so the letters are skinnier. Then, you just type, print and trim your labels to fit the clips. I applied one label to the top of the clip... »MORE

July 18, 2008
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3 Ingenious Dollar Store Hacks

By DIY Maven Blue+light+thyra

These hacks certainly don’t look like they began in the aisles of a Dollar Store, but they did. Plastic container wall sconce. Chandelier fashioned out of plastic serving ware. Catch-alls made from ice cream scoops. For more Dollar Store hacks, go here. Via. »MORE

July 18, 2008
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GIGANTIC Cupcake Pan

By DIY Maven 547901v1

Wilton’s giant cupcake pan makes a, well, giant cupcake. The pan itself is divided, so you bake the top part and the bottom part separately. Then, you ‘glue’ them together with icing. It’s available through target.com and Sur la table for 30 bucks. (For more inspiration on decorating ideas, check out the adorable pics at Sur la table.) »MORE

July 18, 2008
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Sea Creature Chandeliers

By DIY Maven Cicciolina

Adam Wallacavage’s solo exhibit of functional light fixtures, now showing at the Jonathan LeVine Gallery, was inspired by creatures of the deep. Described as an amalgamation of Art Nouveau and surrealism that comes out ‘Biomorphically Baroque’. Very Captain Nemo! Via. »MORE

July 17, 2008
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Hi-tech Goes Retro

By DIY Maven 1_4

Hi-def is great until it clashes with your mid-century aesthetic. Wilkerson Furniture’s console for a flat screen t.v. will take care of that problem. Not yet in full production, the 44" x 55" console is a limited custom-order item. Via 2Modern. »MORE

July 17, 2008
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Project Runway Apartment Tour

By DIY Maven Image002

If you haven’t heard, PR Season 5 started last night, which means my Wednesday nights are complete once again. It also means we get a peek inside the designers' new home at the New Gotham building. The contestants were housed among six apartments for their two month stint. They consisted of one and two-bedroom units that measured between 650 to 1,000 square feet. Gotham donated the space for the show, but if the average joe wanted to sign on the dotted line, they’d have to come up with $3,100 to $4,100 a month for rent. For a tour of the... »MORE

July 17, 2008
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How to make origami newspaper pots (for starting seeds).

By DIY Maven Pot14

A simple, cheap and eco-friendly way to start your seeds is to sprout them in fold pots made out of newspaper. Eric on geocities shows us the entire process in this tutorial. You’ll want to keep your paper pots on a tray while you’re waiting for your seeds to grow. When they’re ready for planting, simply pop the entire thing in the ground.   »MORE

July 16, 2008
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The weirdest buildings in the U.S.

By DIY Maven 22-77icecreamcone

Who would think to build a café in the likeness of a Mother Goose? Or a bulldog? Ice cream-cone-shaped ice-cream shops, on the other hand,  make perfect sense. To peruse pics of these eye-catching edifices and many others, click here. Cone image by Sherry Binkowski; Mother Goose image by Joan Romer. »MORE

July 16, 2008
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Grow your own lily pads.

By DIY Maven A728_diy_lily_pad

This is probably something you've never considered--I know I hadn't. Growing our own lily pads. Think Geek makes the process painless with their DIY lily pad kit ($7.99), which comes with 3 lotus seeds, decorative acrylic rocks and a clear bowl in which to grow them. Frogs are extra. »MORE

July 16, 2008
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Pebble Mat

By lilybee Finished_medium

Just finished this mat to go with my Bathroom Redo. It has a peculiar providence, I was mooching around the CB2 website, doing a little window shopping and I spotted this fellow for $39.95 Me: 'Hey, I had that idea too!' I just didn't get around to doing it!" My Sweetie: "So you're saying they stole your idea from inside your head?" Me, kinda indignant: "YEAH" Him: "Would you like me to make you a tinfoil hat?" Crazy aside, here's how I made the mat. I used: 1 rubber Welcome mat 4 bags of river rocks some contact adhesive All... »MORE

July 15, 2008
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Help Us Be More Green

By joshuafeinberg Joshua-feinberg-120x120_medium

Does anyone have a favorite brand for compact fluorescent hi-hat light bulbs? We've had spotty luck with just buying what's been on sale at the local warehouse club. »MORE

July 15, 2008
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broken dreams?

By ricki Buriedpot494

My thrifty tendencies lead me to gluing broken pots back together if the break is clean. This time, I decided to use a fairly large broken clay pot in another way. Not an original idea, but I quite like the way the golden baby tears seem to be spilling forth, mingling with the sedum and washing around the black mondo grass (Ophiopogon planiscapus ‘Nigrescens’). It took a couple of years to achieve the effect I was after. I began by half burying the pot towards the top of a gentle slope. One 4″ pot of baby tears went in the... »MORE

July 15, 2008
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