At our last home, we had an unbelievable amount of leaves fall prior to winter. This was always a huge ordeal to take care of, and it seemed like every time we cleaned them up, another large batch would fall in their place. At our current house, we have a couple of acres, and while…
Is your curtain rod sagging in the middle? You’re not alone. For as long as I can remember, that’s been an issue in our house, but I never got around to doing anything about it. It even got to the point where the rod sagged so much in the middle that the two poles came…
Fact of life – if you have a dog and you let him up on the furniture, you’ll want to know how to get dog smell out of the couch. We love our furry friends, but pet odor lingers in your sofa, making you wonder why you ever let Rover up on the couch to…
We happen to live in an area with a ton of birds. We are out “in the country” with lots of open fields, and birds just come and go all day, every day. While we like seeing all the birds, we don’t like when they occasionally find their way into our garage. As I covered…
Up until a few years ago when my wife and I had our first child, I never knew how versatile baby wipes could be. Sure, we use them to wipes our kids’ bottoms when changing them, but they also work great for picking up just about any mess. If you go through as many baby…
We’ve replaced the mesh screen on the screen door to our back deck at least a few times, and as anyone that has done so will probably tell you, it’s not a fun job. Sure, you can get a little tool to make it a bit easier, but nothing’s worse than replacing the screen only…
Most residential toilet seats these days tend to be made of plastic, but that’s not always the case. A popular alternative to plastic toilet seats is wood. Growing up, I spent a lot of weekends at my grandparents’ house. One thing that always stood out to me when I was there was their wooden toilet…
Having a current infestation of fruit flies in my house, I know this pain all too well. Fruit flies in drains, on fruit, on plants, on my cell phone screen as I’m scrolling social media before I go to sleep. Everywhere. Are all of these tiny bugs fruit flies? If you are seeing lots of…
We moved into our current house about four years ago. Before then, I didn’t even know that having birds fly into your garage was a thing. Well, after dealing with it first hand for the last several summers, I can assure you that it definitely is. We live out in a very open area where…
As I write this, my wife and I are currently dealing with a minor fruit fly problem in our kitchen. We only have a few of them and know what to do to get rid of them, but it’s still a nuisance. Unfortunately, your kitchen isn’t the only place that you may encounter fruit flies….