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Thursday, November 20, 2008
 

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Keep Your Family Safe from Home Fires

Every 90 seconds a home fire is reported in the United States. A working smoke alarm can decrease your chance of dying in a home fire by nearly 50 percent. And when used together with a residential fire sprinkler system, the risk of dying in a home fire is reduced by 82 percent. Use these tips to keep your family safe.

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Do-It-Yourself: Guide to Interior Decorating

How do you feel about your home décor? If you're tired of it, and know it needs some updating, but are afraid to act, you're not alone. Fear of change is the number one reason people live in spaces they don't really like.

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Create a Personalized Retreat at Home

In today’s hectic, fast-paced world, home is a refuge from the outside world. It’s a place you can return to at the end of a busy day to relax and recharge.

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Unique Gardening Gifts for the Mom with a Green Thumb

It's a dilemma many of us are faced with every year -- what to buy mom for Mother's Day. She's done so much for us throughout the years, so what can we possibly give that will show her just how much we appreciate her?

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Secrets of Stress-relieving Interior Design

We all know stress is bad for us. In fact, about 64 percent of us say we are actively trying to reduce the amount of stress in our lives, according to the American Psychological Association. Health and interior design experts agree: stress relief can start at home by using smart stress-relieving design techniques.

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Moving Service Takes a Load Off and Delivers

You finally got that big job offer and have to move to another state. Relocating requires packing up all your worldly possessions and finding a new place to live. It's a difficult thing to do by yourself. Hire a moving company to take care of details and move your life in an organized, safe way. <link2>Formove.com</link2> can save you time by finding the right moving people who compete for your business.

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If These Walls Could Talk: Wallpapers That Speak to Our Passions and Pastimes

It starts out innocently enough. Something captures the imagination and takes hold. One lesson in golf leads to a lifelong obsession. A wine tasting is the beginning for a wine collection. These are the things that come to define who we are and how we live.

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Five New Solutions To Cold and Drafty Rooms

Many mistakenly assume cold and drafty rooms are unavoidable since every home they ever lived in had uneven temperatures. Others say they can understand why they have the problem, since the problem area is the farthest from the furnace or air handler, but you don't have to put up with these problems!

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Need to Find Help with a Home Improvement Project?

With the real estate market stagnant, more and more people are choosing to instead update the homes they're in to make them more comfortable and energy efficient. Here's where to turn for help.

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Wardrobing Your Home

What do embroidery, sequins, layering, and texture have in common? They all describe the hottest trends in women’s fashions and home décor. As the parallel between fashion and home décor narrows, consumers are buying throw pillows the same way they buy shoes -- acquiring distinctive pieces that update what they already have to create a fresh look without spending a lot of money.

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