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17 Best Pillows for Every Budget, According to Sleepers
A good pillow is key to a good night’s sleep. If you’ve been laying your head down on a shaggy, flat, and completely disappointing pillow, it’s time to consider an upgrade like one of these. No matter what your budget…
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20 Dumbest DIY Projects We Saw This Week
Despite what the internet says (I’m looking at you Instagram and TikTok), not everyone is cut out (or ready) for the DIY life. There are just some things better left to the experts. For those of you keeping score at…
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17 Dangerous Mistakes People Make Around Fire and Fireworks
Summer is a time for outdoor fun like campfires, grilling, and fireworks. While most people have no problem pulling off these activities safely, fire has inherent risks that occasionally bring catastrophic results. Here are some of the most common mistakes…
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Annoyed by Political Campaign Spam Texts and Calls? Here’s What You Can Do
As election season heats up, so does the influx of unsolicited political campaign texts and calls. While these communications are often legal, they can intrude on personal time and space — not to mention how annoying they can be. According…
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No AC? You’re Not Alone. Here’s How Frugal Redditors Beat the Heat
With summer around the corner, we can finally look forward to relaxing beach days, sipping piña coladas by the pool, and cooling down by the air conditioner. But what if your trusty AC unit decides to stop working just before summer…
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Hot Savings: 15 Money-Saving Tips to Cut Costs This Summer
These summer money-saving tips can help you lower utility bills, reduce expenses, and enjoy the season without overspending.
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Classic ‘As Seen on TV’ Products You Probably Bought Late at Night
Late-night television has long been a gateway to impulse buys and quirky gadgets that promise to revolutionize our lives. Those “As Seen on TV” infomercials featured clever marketing ploys to…
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9 Foods You Should Never Cook in Aluminum Foil
While you can use aluminum foil to cook certain foods and prevent them from drying out (and even use foil to clean quite a few things), the hack doesn’t apply…
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Top 10 Home Improvement Projects People Put Off the Most
It’s famously hard to maintain a home, and if you’re like us, you don’t love spending huge chunks of money at one time. Without question, we’re procrastinators when it comes…
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DIY Kit Homes We’d Build Right Now
Did you know you can buy a new house online? For as little as $500 you can buy the plans for a DIY kit home that you can finish to…
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Bite Back: 7 Affordable Ways To Rid Your Yard of Mosquitoes Naturally
Summer is marked by warm weather, long days spent outside, and sunkissed skin — dotted with mosquito bites. Mosquitos are literally summer’s biggest buzzkill and professional lawn spraying services can be…
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11 Ways You’re Wasting Energy at Home (and How To Stop!)
With summer quickly approaching, it also means our energy bills are likely to rise as we crank up our AC systems to keep cool. But wasting electricity at home is an…
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9 Things You Should Absolutely Never Put in the Washing Machine
Laundry is one of those annoying chores fraught with loads of confusing and seemingly contradictory rules that threaten to shrink, fade, and utterly destroy your clothes if you don’t follow…
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Getting the Bugs Out: 22 Cheap, Natural Ways to Rid Your Home of Pests
Fleas, spiders, termites, flies, centipedes, ants, bedbugs, cockroaches … these tenacious intruders won’t give up, so we humans have to fight for our living spaces. In the quest to keep…
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Upgrade Your Jarred Tomato Sauce With These 12 Tried-and-True Tips
While store-bought pasta sauces offer a convenient way to make a variety of quick and easy meals, they can fall flat with texture and flavor. Many of these jarred concoctions…
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11 Ways You’re Ruining Your Frozen Pizza (Plus How To Cook It Right!)
You’d think heating up a frozen pizza is as easy as 1, 2, 3. Just toss it in the oven and bam, dinner is served. As it turns out, we…
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These Vintage Items Hanging Around Your Kitchen Could Be Worth a Fortune
Few things can end up brightening your spirits like learning that an old and weathered vintage item you purchased years ago is now worth a small fortune. Time takes its…
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9 Things You Should Absolutely Never Steam Clean
Steam cleaners are all the rage. The latest trendy home appliance uses high heat and pressure to remove dirt, grease, residue, mold, bacteria, and more from nearly any surface. There’s…
