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Friday Five: Like Spring, Housing Market Blooms Early

Sales of existing homes surged this winter, making the spring home-buying season look even more promising. Read More

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Mowing Your Lawn Without a Calculator? So Retro!

Lawn mower cutting grass

Efficient lawn mowing may take a little math, but it'll save you time behind the mower. Image: if winter ends/Flickr

Don’t just mow your lawn willy-nilly. Get out the calculator, fool with some algorithms, and plot the most efficient mowing path. Read More

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Way Cool Ways To Organize Your Beauty Stuff

Cheese grater jewelry organizer

Give a cheese grater a coat of paint, and it becomes a handy earring holder. Image: Earring Stand designed by Irit Elazar Cohen/Available exclusively at OutStandingStands.etsy.com

We love these creative ideas for organizing our beauty product mess. Read More

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It’s Gonna Cost You More to Recharge Your Air Conditioning

The cost to recharge your air conditioning is going up, up, up. Here’s why: Read More

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Street Paved With … Toilets?

A sidewalk in Bellingham, Washington, paved with toilets

The Pottycrete sidewalk incorporates more than 400 crushed toilets in its eco-friendly cement. Image: City of Bellingham

When you remodel your bathroom, don’t throw away your old toilet. Encourage your city to recycle it into a walkway, like Bellingham, Wash., has done. Read More

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IS YOUR LAWN WORTH IT?
Lawn mower cutting grass

They’re lush, green, and all-American. They’re also water-hogging, time-sucking nuisances. In fact, some are saying ‘no’ to turf. Should we get rid of our lawns?
 
What are lawn alternatives?

Turf grasses

Ground cover

Fake grass

And, yes, lawn paint!