When I was still living in Maryland, my dad put a shutoff inside my laundry room. I'm a big gardening fan and was watering often during very hot months. Water was expensive and I didn't trust the timers actually shutting the water off and I didn't want to water during a rain storm (I've had $300 wat...

I just can't let this one get away. The tub in our small bathroom was severely stained 8 or 9 years ago when our well started pulling iron. We drilled a new well, but the tub was stained with red iron streaks. It was embarrassing if company used that bath. I tried every product I could think of to r...

We had a bulkhead put in last month. Our entire back yard is mud and now it's too cold to seed. We bought $385 of sod and it looks like a tiny green ribbon out there. But it's keeping our 35 dump trucks of mud from washing out into the lake. Worst is the mud in the house. And hubby isn't taking shoe...

Cottonlilly You and I are on the same wavelength. I just joined today, so don't have pics posted yet. I hate batten strips with a passion. I couldn't ever be happy just painting strips and all. I've tackled the walls four different ways so far with great results. In the living room and dining room m...

I have the same windows you do. I removed the hexhead screws and replaced them with sheetrock screws. As you take out a hexhead, immediately replace it with the flathead screw. One at a time. Then the window won't slip out of place. The moulding lays perfectly flat once screws are replaced. It's jus...