Month: December 2015
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Traditional Christmas Foods
At Christmas time families all over the world come together to celebrate the season. Although families celebrate the same traditions year in, year out, these traditions can be completely different from those of other families on the same street. Christmas traditions do not tend to be universal. There are some foods however that are considered…
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Music at Christmas
During the Christmas season you can always hear Christmas music, whether it be songs, carols or instrumental. Christmas music can be heard in the background, whether in shops, restaurants, on the radio or in people’s homes, whether eating or simply relaxing, and cars. This is unlike any other holiday season, where music plays a much…
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Getting Started with Organising and Tidying your Home
If your house is a mess and you are going to start tidying it, the first question is where to start. One of the most common areas recommended to start in is the kitchen. Here we are going to start with a different room or area. If you look around your home, you are going…
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Increasing your Garage Storage with Shelving
The original use for a garage is, of course, to store a car, but there are many other things it can be used for. These include being used as a home office, to store sports equipment, tools or garden furniture or equipment, as a home gym or it can be used as a workshop. Should…
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Tips for Removing Stains from Carpets
All too frequently and all too soon after getting a new carpet installed in your home, an accident happens and the carpet is stained. This tends to happen most often in frequently used areas with decorative carpets, such as living or family rooms. No matter how careful you are, it sometimes seems like a stain…
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Organising your Garage
A house’s garage has a tendency to become cluttered and disorganised, especially if it is only being used to store things, and not a car. The garage can be made better use of by organising it properly. Sorting out the garage can be troublesome, especially if junk has been accumulating in it for years, so…
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Organising and Tidying your Master Bedroom
The next area to concentrate on in your house after your bathroom is the master bedroom. If the master bedroom is an untidy place and the items in it are not liked then it will not be the private retreat it should be. The bedrooms of a house are where people spend much of their…
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Organising and Tidying your Living or Family Room
Whether your home has a single large room and no living room, or has both a living room and a family room, organising, cleaning and tidying these room(s) is an important factor in making them a homey refuge for your family and sorting out and tidying your home in general. First, take a careful look…