MSNBC has recommendations on when to replace 14 common items. Here are the life spans of some of them:
Pillows - 1 year of nightly use. If you use pillow protectors, 2 years.
Mattresses - 5 to 7 years
Smoke Alarms - 10 years (batteries should be replaced yearly)
Vitamins - 2 years after purchase if there are no […]
* When gifts become clutter (at Clutter Control Freak)
* Turn your clutter into cash (via Best Syndication)
* Cloth napkins can save you money (via Philly Burbs)
* Shopping strategy (at Bend Bulletin)
* Freezer cooking and frugal living (at Filling my Freezer)
* Tips for sprucing up your home (via Suntimes)
Tags: clutter control, Frugal Living, home blog, home […]
We’ve had several new blogs added to b5media’s Lifestyles Channel over the past months. I thought we already had a great mix of blogs, but these new ones make the channel even better!
Who couldn’t use a good nutritious home-cooked meal even in the busiest of days? Busy Family Meals is a resource that […]
When I spotted these products, I thought “Why didn’t I think of that?”. These are things that make life just a little bit easier, especially for parents!
weemote® 3 TV Remote for Kids is made specially for small hands. It is programmable with up to 10 4-digit channels so you control what your kids […]
The Lifestyles Channel has already given you a glimpse inside their world by sharing where they blog and now they’re sharing another intimate part of life by sharing the views from their windows.
Some have taken a very creative approach and painted a portrait with words as they stroll through windows of time, […]
This week’s featured blog is written by Sarah Meyer Walsh. The District Domestic is all about “incredible food, beautiful days in the garden and fine homekeeping”.
It’s my kind of blog, with lots of useful tips, such as how to cook with cheese and making homemade granola. Now I know what I’ll do with the […]
I’ve been doing a bit of sewing lately. I originally thought I would stick to making easy-care placemats and aprons. But as I discovered the great variety of gorgeous fabrics out there, I’ve summoned up the courage to try sewing clothes too. When I purchase fabrics, I sometimes forget to check the end of the […]
Amazon is having a sale right now on home magazine subscriptions. This is the perfect time to subscribe to the most popular home magazines. These are some of the deals I saw today on 1-year subscriptions, with as much as 75% off on a few:
House Beautiful (on sale for $12; cover price is $47.40)
Martha Stewart […]
Tips, advice, and resources on housekeeping and homemaking
A Child Chosen
A Creative Journal
All Holiday Cafe
Babylune
Baking Delights
Behind The Vines
Blog Fabulous
Brew Ha-Ha
Busy Family Meals
Career and Kids
Chocolate Bytes
Cooking Gadgets
Dating Dames
Declutter It
Drinks after Dark
Foodie Obsessed
GenBetween
Hankering for Yarn
Inside Fatherhood
Inside Motherhood
Jewelry and Beading
Junk Creation
Keeping the Castle
Kettle and Cup
Layers Upon Layers
Macro Cats
Mad Cropper
Marriage Actually
Mom Gadget
Mother Earth's Garden
MyCrimeSpace
Noodles and Rice
Offbeat Homes
One Book Two Book
Our One Heart
Parenting Tweens & Teens
Parents Behaving Badly
Play Library
Psycho for Love
Quilting and Patchwork
Robust Cooking
She Knows Parties
Simply Home Remedies
Simply Thrifty
Solo Mother
StampingMad
Supernanny Rules
Tangled Thread
The Food Bowl
Thrifty Mommy
Toolbelt Tips
Tree Hugging Family
Unplugged Living
Widows Quest
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