Saving Cents With Sense
JUNE 18, 2014
However, there are many home maintenance and repair tasks that most people can handle, and doing it yourself can save lots of money while improving the appearance and comfort of your home. These may be done by do-it-yourselfers for the costs of tools and materials plus the time to complete them, saving a substantial amount of money.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
AUGUST 13, 2012
The consistency you want is much dryer than you wold think. I like to get it so it is about like creamy peanut butter – or even a little dryer. How do you teach your children and grandchildren the benefits of giving? Clothes dryers were around, but expensive. I was filling a 7” by 7.5” Should You Line Dry Your Clothes?
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Prairie Eco-Thrifter
APRIL 11, 2016
To be extra cautious, after doing all of the above, I encased each mattress within a zippered vinyl mattress cover. Decorative pillows and smaller cloth items can be spot cleaned, then tumbled in the clothes dryer to kill germs and freshen them. Dealing with smaller cloth items. Upholstery concerns. I got mine for around $7 a yard.
Family Balance Sheet
APRIL 1, 2021
12 – Do It Yourself. If you have a big financial goal, think about how much you pay someone to do something that you are capable of doing yourself. Do you take your car to a car wash? Can you fix a repair yourself? Our 12+-year-old dryer stopped working.
Family Balance Sheet
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
10 – Do It Yourself. If you have a big financial goal, think about how much you pay someone to do something that you are capable of doing yourself. Do you take your car to a car wash? Can you fix a repair yourself? Our 12+ dryer stopped working. Are you paying someone to mow your lawn?
Family Balance Sheet
AUGUST 23, 2012
As a wedding gift, my parents bought me and my husband a brand new washer and dryer. The moral of the story--don't assume an appliance is beyond repair, especially a do-it-yourself repair. If you would like to receive FREE updates of FBS, there are four ways to do so: have updates sent to your email , through your RSS Feed.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
SEPTEMBER 15, 2015
After all, both Mom and Dad had been do-it-yourselfers and had trained me up to work right alongside them. My hairdresser’s new washing machine broke down after just 2 years (I’m working on at least 24 years with my old washer and dryer and they are still going strong!). I thought I knew all about keeping a house.
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