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Save Money With DIY Home Repairs

Saving Cents With Sense

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. According to HomeAdvisor, the average national cost of painting a home exterior is almost $3,000 and $986 to install a door.

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Using Kids Crafts to Teach the Gift of Giving

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

A trowel or some other tool to get the cement out of the container and into your mold. I already had the Vaseline ,a wooden paint paddle and the water was readily available. But before you get too comfortable, clean your tools up – and don’t wash any of the cement down your drains!!!! A container to mix it in.

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Things I’ve Learned During 30 + Years of Home Ownership

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

After all, both Mom and Dad had been do-it-yourselfers and had trained me up to work right alongside them. Having grown up in a do it yourself family, I thought I was well prepared for home maintenance tasks, but I didn’t know: Foundations can be damaged by dry weather and require watering.

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