Home & DIY

I am looking to remodel some of my furniture because I'm not really happy with it and want to LOVE it. My house is comfy but doesn't reflect me as strongly as I would like it to. Has anyone refurbished old furniture and have any tips?

I like learning new things. I thought this would be kinda fun to add random facts about stuff that is either good or bad for you and the environment~so I'll start with something and the next person follows: Did you know? that 1 tsp of white sugar shuts your immune system down...

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I dunno if this belongs in this area, there isn't a forum for family stuff. D: I'm trying to potty train my daughter who is 3. She is excited about it but I don't think she understands exactly what she has to do. She's been sitting on the potty for an hour now and NOTHING. I...

I'm currently thinking of things to do to mine and my daughters bedroom i'm going for the Kawaii look =D As many cute kawaii things as possible. I thought it would go with all my hellokitty stuff. Any ideas feel free to share :p I just have so many ideas my brain is going to...

Well hey. I'm Loreena, and I'm a modern-day hippie. I don't live on the streets because it's too dangerous, but that's not saying I'm not willing to travel with friends in a van all painted up. I'm here to show you guys how to be hippies! Let's get started! -- So, you wanna...

Tomorrow is my friend's birthday and I want to make her some chocolate rainbow cupcakes, but I don't know how D: I don't know how to the use the food coloring to dye the chocolate batter :I How can I do it? Also, how many should I make? What container should I use? I was...

Hi guys! I have read (and posted) on some chats about "messy craft rooms". Well, I don't have a picture of my craft room at home. (That would require me to scale the mountain of old clothes and fabric) But, I do have a few pictures of my area that I have effectively stolen...

What are your opinions on it? Personally I think its awesome and I really want to get into it more but I need more can tabs first. There are so many things I want to make with them

that this is a green or eco topic. I really like everyone on this website and I'm hoping you all can help me out. Food Not Bombs. I'm thinking about starting a chapter in my town... but am unsure. Any tips? Should I do it? Some information; A Food Not Bombs chapter would...

I have a habit of pouring out the melted wax from candles and saving them. What's somethings I could do with all the wax I've saved up? (I love the scents of the wax. I have apple pie, hazlenut, green tea, vanilla and I'd like to be able to apperciate the scent more ) Thanks...

Hello, Hello. I will be moving to Shelburne Falls, MA (its about 20 minutes NW of Northampton) in a few months and a quick check of the internet shows the locations of Michaels, AC Moore and Goodwill are at least 40 minutes away. Anyone live in or around the area and know of...

So... I'm REALLY curious about where everyone does their crafting! Here's my side of our craft/music room - the other side belows to the husband [IMG]http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/4849/dscf7684.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/1606/dscf7688.jpg[/IMG]...

Does anyone else here support PETA? What other organisations do you support?

so finally 1 year after moving in i am throwing myself into the remodel of our home. The previous owners applied some kind of rough faux plaster to the walls in the dining room. It looks awful, I want to take it off but I don't know how! Also we have some crappy fake brick on...

Hello, So I have a rather large pond at my house and over the past few years, its gotten this sort of blankey of greenery on it. It used to be just a little bit, but now it's thick blanket that covers the entire pond! Here are some pictures of it from far away and up close:...

For my birthday this year I'm redoing my room! I'm so excited! I'm getting brand new bookshelves and a loft bed with a desk underneath it...I think it'll look really good!

This year all my strawberries ar tiny and funny shaped, sorta teardrop shaped. I have a ton of blossoms but thee just aren't turning out at all. Any suggestions on what I'm doing wrong??

Hello all! I've been a multi-facteted crafting queen since I could coordinate my hands to do anything! And thus I've accumulated lots of supplies, tools, and materials. I'm also usually quite an organization nerd but my over abundance of stuff just makes me too crazy to get...

I have one I don't need and a bunch of games too. I'm in London, so it would be great to drop it off with someone.

Please help! I have a large patch at the back of my garden where I would like to start growing some fruit or veg. Although, it's a little shady so not sure what would do ok there? Any ideas?

I'm always searching foodnetwork.com for great new recipes and cooking techniques. I also watch the food network on tv. My favourite chef/show has to be Giada De Laurentiis. Even if I am not a fan of what she is cooking, I often find myself watching because she makes things...

I wasn't too sure where to put this, but I think it belongs here since it is very Eco friendly. Okay, so ecotools is running a promotion to help recycle and reuse old makeup brushes. What you do is send your old makeup brushes to them and they will give you a coupon to replace...

I'm seventeen, I know, a baby! And I'm moving out soon to go to Uni to study a Bachelor of Design (the uni is eight hours away from home) I'm really scared. I'm planning to live with my best friend and we're going to try and find someone else to share with us to cut down...

Me and my boyfriend went out down our allotment last weekend and we have crocus bulbs coming up all over the place. I can't wait till they flower. What have other people noticed? I love spotting the little signs of life that start popping up at this time of the year

I'm a bit of a fan of Graze.com and have been ordering my lunch/snacks from them for some of my days at work. In every box I get little vouchers that I can give friends so that they can sample Graze for free. If anyone is interested the voucher promotional code is 3TH4LX2 If...

I totally thought this was an old wives' tale, but I guess it's not I just realized that today is the equinox, and I tried to do it. IT WORKED!!! Here are the pics: [IMG]http://i782.photobucket.com/albums/yy101/laughinguacamole/Equinox%20egg%20balancing/IMG_0309.jpg[/IMG]...

I'm moving the crafting portion of my bedroom from sharing the room to having it's own space in the basement (YES! =D) and I need some help because the color scheme is similar to my bedroom, and I don't want it to be. I need help with the furniture layout of the room (room...

I love spicy food.We eat and cook everything with too much spices.I would love to learn more about different spices and for what there used for. The ones I use mostly are: pepper,garlic powder,paprika,dill,cinnamon,vegeta,curry... What are your favorites?And for what do you...

Does anyone else used theses site's or something similar?? I used Wirral-Recycle as it's the only one (that's popular) in my area.