As many homeowners know, hardwood floors and sneaky dogs don’t always mix. Whether you have a cute puppy who is just learning how to be house trained or an older dog that simply forgets where to “go”, there’s almost always a point when you’ll have little liquid accidents on your hardwood floors.

The black urine stain left by our little dog. The stain is totally dry.When caught quickly, most pet urine can be wiped up with a minimum of damage …

I was browsing through the bookstore the other day and picked up a unique magazine called “ReadyMade.” It’s a magazine devoted to making all sorts of useful and decorative items for your home using discarded and unused items that were probably originally made for something else entirely. But it’s not some stodgy old magazine showing you how to make benches out of old fruit crates. It’s aimed at a much younger (almost hipster) crowd of people who enjoy making unique things out of…well… other things.

A little confused? Imagine making a magazine rack from a …

Like a lot of people I used this weekend to take down the Christmas decorations, take the Christmas tree out to the curb and generally put the house back into “post-holiday” status. This year, like most years, I’m struck with two observations:

Christmas lights can add ambiance and cheer to lots of different areas and situations.1. Wow! The living room seems a lot bigger now that the tree is gone!
2. I have about 30 different strands of Christmas lights …

A few handfuls of grass seed mixed with a few bags of cheap topsoil makes filling in bare spots in your lawn a snap!Since I had a professional come in and clean out the crater in my ugly backyard, I’ve been practically obsessed with growing enough grass over the large area of dirt that was left after all the stone and sand were removed. I don’t have a lot of time because I have an infant son, so I wanted …