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Hints and Things
Offers advice that used to be passed down from generation to generation. Features competitions and a newsletter.
http://www.hintsandthings.com |
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Winter Home Shutdown
Suggestions for winterizing homes that will be vacant. Includes instructions for winterizing appliances.
http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/homemgt/nf13.htm |
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Forums for the Chaotic Home
Offers discussion forums on topics such as the house, cooking, crafts and hobbies and the family. Includes information on meetings.
http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/ |
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Joey Green's WackyUses.com
Offers little-known uses for well-known products. Includes histories and facts behind the products.
http://www.wackyuses.com/ |
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My House and Garden
Offers tips for the home and garden. Features news and articles.
http://www.myhouseandgarden.com |
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Bottle of Rain
Offers information on topics such as decorating, repairs, cooking, organizing and gardening. Features news, projects and e-mail updates.
http://bottleofrain.blar.org |
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Suite101.com - Household Management
Articles address topics such as cleaning, packing for trips and house guests. Features archived articles and discussions.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/household_management |
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Tips Crazy
Offers a collection of housekeeping tips, including cleaning, gardening, organization, pets, and money saving. Accepts ideas from visitors.
http://www.tipscrazy.com |
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WomenOf.com - Hearth & Home
Offers articles about interior decorating, home design, do it yourself projects and gardening.
http://www.womenof.com/hhmenu.asp |
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Organized Home
Offers articles on uncluttering the house, cutting mealtime chaos, streamlining storage and finding more time. Includes a newsletter.
http://organizedhome.com |
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House Cleaning Tips and Organized Living
Offers advice on cleaning and organizing. Includes information for organized parents.
http://www.gardenandhearth.com/House_Cleaning_Tips_Organized_Living/preview.htm |
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Create a Home Recycling Center
Offers information on storing recyclable items. Includes tips on selecting storage containers.[PDF]
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Publications/PM1438.pdf |
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RusticGirls.com
Offers articles about cleaning, crafting, gardening, decorating, sewing and cooking. Features project archives.
http://www.rusticgirls.com |
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The Household Cyclopedia of General Information
Offers articles from the late 19th century. Topics include agriculture, recipes, crafts and making paints and dyes.
http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/The_Household_Cyclopedia_of_General_Information/ |
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Reader's Digest Home Channel
Offers articles about cooking, do-it-yourself and gardening. Includes daily tips, a discussion forum and polls.
http://www.rd.com/common/nav/index.jhtml?channelId=4&subChannelId= |
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Flood Cleanup Information
Offers advice on dealing with food, clothing, furnishings, fixtures and the house structure after a flood. Includes safety tips.
http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Information/Flood/ |
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Good Housewifery
Offers an article from a 19th-century newspaper that promises to teach readers not only how to dress well but how to keep a chimney from smoking or a child from dying.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/ladies/hsewife.html |
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Old Fashioned Living
Presents old-fashioned traditions for the modern family. Features a newsletter and discussion forum.
http://www.seedsofknowledge.com/ |
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Food Fun and Facts
Offers recipes, cooking tips, household hints, cookbook collecting, crafts and herbal remedies. Features a newsletter.
http://www.foodfunandfacts.com |
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Robbie's Kitchen - Household Tips & Tricks
Offers tips for cleaning, cooking, laundry, and home remedies. Features a message board.
http://www.robbiehaf.com/RobbiesKitchen/RobbiesHints.html |
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Sudarsans Household Hints
Offers tips for the kitchen and garden. Includes general hints.
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/8018/ |
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Bob Allison's Ask Your Neighbor - Helpful Household Hints
Features tips shared on Bob Allison's Ask your Neighbor radio program. Includes instructions for making cleaning products.
http://www.askyourneighbor.com/hhints.htm |
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Kristen's Guide
Offers information on topics such as organizing, money, travel and cleaning. Features a newsletter.
http://kristensguide.tripod.com/ |
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All About Home by Service Master
Offers advice on topics including seasonal issues and disaster preparedness. Features a virtual tour and measurement calculators.
http://www.allabouthome.com/ |
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20 uses
Offers ideas for using common household objects.
http://www.geocities.com/remedypage/20uses/ |
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Home and Garden Guide
Offers information on topics such as gardening, pest control and appliances.
http://www.cleaning-guide.com |
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Berkeley Parents Network - Advice About Household Management
Offers advice on topics such as health and safety, household organization, cleaning and laundry. Includes subscription information.
http://parents.berkeley.edu/advice/household/index.html |
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Grocery.LifeTips.com
Offers information on grocery shopping, organization, food safety, saving money and cooking. Features a newsletter.
http://grocery.lifetips.com/ |
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Creative Homemaking
Offers organization, decorating, crafts, frugal living and parenting hints. Includes holiday ideas, recipes and a newsletter.
http://www.creativehomemaking.com/ |
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So You Wanna Organize Your Closet?
Full-length article covers the process of organizing the items in a closet.
http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/closet/closet.html |
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The Busy Woman's Resource
Offers articles on topics such as cooking, cleaning, organizing, and parenting. Includes forums.
http://www.busywomansresource.com |
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Hints from Heloise
Offers tips for the home, garden and travel. Requires free registration.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=admin/registration/register&destination=register&nextstep=gather&application=reg30-home&applicationURL=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/home/columns/heloise/ |
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John's House
Offers advice on topics such as food storage, removing pet hair from clothing and preventing dust build-up on television screens. Includes author's profile.
http://johnshouse.itgo.com |
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Virtuowl.com - Household Hints
Offers hints on topics such as aroma, cooking, cleaning and home repairs.
http://virtuowl.com |
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Tipking
Directory of household hints and money saving ideas. Features a forum, newsletter and FAQ.
http://tipking.com |
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Barefoot Lass's Hints & Tips
Offers information on topics such as removing crayon marks from walls, finding the best hangover cure and alternative uses for cola. Includes awards and information about trigminal neuralgia.
http://members.tripod.com/~Barefoot_Lass/ |
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Homemaking School for Children
Discusses how to teach children lessons in house cleaning and responsibility. By Monica Resinger.
http://theparentsite.com/parenting/homemakingschool.asp |
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Womenfolk - Home as Our Haven
Offers articles about transforming the home into a nurturing haven. Topics include transitioning from work to home, establishing an aura of prosperity and creating a setting for romance.
http://www.womenfolk.com/home/ |
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Household Waste Management
Offers a program that teaches how to safely and efficiently manage waste, and particularly hazardous waste, in the home. Produced by the US Environmental Protection Agency.
http://www.epa.gov/seahome/hwaste.html |
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It's Not My Job: Dividing Household Tasks
Offers suggestions for dividing household chores among family members. Includes references.
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5316.html |
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Year Round Sunshine with Beverly Nye - Monthly Tips
Offers cooking and home ideas categorized by month. Includes author's profile and news.
http://www.beverlynye.com/web/calendar.htm |
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About.com - Housekeeping
Offers cleaning articles, how-to's, and product reviews. Includes a newsletter and message board.
http://housekeeping.about.com |
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The New Homemaker
Offers advice and resources on topics including parenting, thriftiness, kitchen, family health, crafts, decorating, and organization. Features news and chat.
http://www.thenewhomemaker.com/ |
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Mrs. Clean Jeans
Offers advice on issues related to the household, garden, family and travel. Features a newsletter.
http://www.mrscleanjeans.net |
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Uses for Vinegar
Offers suggestions on topics incuding cleaning tools, getting rid of an upset stomach and laundry care.
http://www.angelfire.com/cantina/homemaking/vinegar.html |
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Between Friends - Household Hints
Offers advice on topics including removing shelf paper and deterring ants. Includes a newsletter.
http://www.betweenfriends.org/hints/home.htm |
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The Jungle House
Offers tips on saving time and money, crafts, gifts and cooking. Features news and a mailing list.
http://www.netpluscom.com/~johnsonr/homepage.html |
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Shabby 2 Chic
Offers decorating tips, ideas, do-it-yourself projects and recipes. Features a guest book.
http://www.dazzled.com/shabby2chic/ |
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Household Express
Offers a directory of household tips, ideas for gardening and home improvement, holiday crafts and decorations and cooking.
http://www.householdexpress.com |
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Pioneer Thinking Lifestyles
Offers food, gardening, crafts and financial advice. Includes discussion boards and a newsletter.
http://www.pioneerthinking.com/lifestyle.html |
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DontForgetTheMilk.com
Creates shopping lists sorted by store and price. Features a message board. Requires free registration.
http://www.dontforgetthemilk.com |
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The Blu Fish - Home Tips
Offers articles on topics such as removing sap from clothing and temporarily frosting windows. Includes visitor questions and answers and checklists.
http://www.theblufish.com/hometips/index.html |
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Opossum Sally's Goldenmean
Address issues such as buying bread, Christmas trees, dishwasher efficiency and making soap. Includes earth-safe tips.
http://opossumsal.homestead.com/household.html |
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Home Made Simple
Offers ideas to simplify, organize, beautify and inspire life. Features promotions, free offers, a newsletter and article archives.
http://www.homemadesimple.com/ |
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Creating Home Style
Offers ideas for creating a personal style for living. Features tailgating tips, recipes, decorating ideas, crafts projects and a discussion forum.
http://www.creatinghomestyle.com/ |
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Consumer Tips for Salt Use
Offers tips for using salt in place of modern chemicals and cleaners. Features recipes for craft and science projects.
http://www.saltinstitute.org/29.html |
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The F.U.N. Place - Families United on the Net
Offers home tips, recipes, crafts and parenting articles. Includes forums, chat and a newsletter.
http://www.thefunplace.com/ |
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Household Hints by Myra L. Fitch
Offers advice on topics such as getting whites white and removing hard water marks on polished marble. Includes reactions from readers.
http://lonestar.texas.net/~fitch/hints/hints.html#stainlesssteel |
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Sidetracked Home Executives
Offers discussion groups for home organizing and recipes. Includes articles.
http://www.shesintouch.com/ |
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Household Hints
Offers advice on bathroom stains, getting rid of fruit flies and sugar ants, and keeping a recipe card clean. Includes a guide to when fruits and vegetables are in season.
http://www.sit.wisc.edu/~elgersma/tips.html |
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Good Housekeeping - My Home
Offers interactive guides for decorating, cleaning, entertaining and organizing. Features checklists.
http://magazines.ivillage.com/goodhousekeeping/myhome |
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HomeTalk.com
Offers message boards on a variety of home repair, maintenance, building, decorating and lifestyle subjects. Features FAQ and forum use tutorial.
http://Home-Talk.com |
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Homemakers Way of Life
Offers low-carbohydrate recipes, articles on traditions, entertaining ideas and decorating tips. Features a newsletter, archive and discussion forum.
http://www.geocities.com/jshollinger1893/home.html?1059231986767 |
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Mybackyard
Offers advice on topics such as making a slug trap, growing wheat grass and making incense. Includes archives and a newsletter.
http://www.mybackyard.com/ |
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Time Management Suggestions For Getting Home/Yard/Car Work Done
Offers a system for assigning household work. Includes ideas for specific work categories.
http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/homemgt/nf174.htm |
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Home 'n' Stuff
Offers recipes as well as information about cooking, gardening, organizing, hobbies and health issues. Includes steps to take if you wallet is stolen.
http://home-n-stuff.net |
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Some Handy-Dandy Household Tips
Offers tips on cleaning, stain removal and ordinary household solutions to everyday problems. Includes author's resume.
http://www.geocities.com/brenandjay/martha.html |
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My Junk, Your Treasure
Article discusses ideas to help make a yard sale successful. By Gary Foreman.
http://www.thelaboroflove.com/forum/dollar/33.html |
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HerTips.com
Offers daily tips for home, garden, finances, crafts and children. Features a newsletter, pen pals and forum.
http://www.hertips.com |
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Preservation, Care and Display of Glass
Offers instruction in caring for glass that will help insure its continued use and existence as a family keepsake. Includes cleaning advice.
http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/homemgt/nf135.htm |
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Morton Salt - Household Hints
Offers tips on using salt in areas such as the bathroom and the lingerie drawer. Includes salt FAQ.
http://www.mortonsalt.com/consumer/household/ |
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Seeking Sources
Offers articles about cooking, home finance and the holidays. Topics include gifts from the kitchen, how to take a financial inventory and how to choose the right cookware.
http://www.seekingsources.com |
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Suite101.com - Domestic Bliss
Explores topics including children, finances, organization and pets. Features archived discussions.
http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/domestic_bliss |
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