How to Organize Deep Kitchen Drawers
The problem with a deep kitchen drawer isn't space, it's wasted air. A drawer 6 or 8 inches deep swallows everything into one pile because nothing holds…
Erin Schwartz
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How to Put Up a Shower Curtain
The mistake that leaves a puddle on your bathroom floor isn't the curtain: it's hanging the liner outside the tub instead of tucking it in.
How to Put Up Curtains Without Holes
The reason renters and dorm dwellers dread curtains is the drill, and the fix is that you don't need one: adhesive hooks, tension rods, and magnetic…
How to Choose Curtains for a Room
The most common curtain mistake is buying for the window instead of the wall: panels sized to the glass leave a room looking cramped and unfinished.
How Do You Measure for Inside Mount Blinds?
The blind comes back too wide and won't drop into the frame, and the culprit is almost always a single width reading on a window that isn't square.
How Do You Measure a Window for Shades?
The shade arrives an inch too narrow, and nine times out of ten it's because someone measured once instead of three times.
How to Install a Closet Rod
The rod sags in the middle within a month, and almost always it's because the supports went into drywall instead of a stud.
How to Get Rid of Water Stains on Wood Furniture
The most common mistake with a water stain is treating every mark the same way. A cloudy white ring and a black penetrating stain sit in different layers…
How Do You Measure a Window for Blinds?
The blinds that arrive too narrow almost always trace back to one skipped step: measuring the opening in only one spot, and since windows aren't square, a…
How to Refinish Metal Patio Furniture
Metal patio furniture rarely fails all at once. It fades, then it spots, then a patch of rust spreads under the paint, and most people only notice after…