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Takeout food is an easy, cheap and delicious option, but it isn't sustainable. Most of our food comes wrapped in unnecessary packaging, which results in more than 570 million pounds of food packaging thrown away in America each year. This situation is a waste of resources, and it's taking a toll in our...
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Are the floors of some rooms of your home made of wood and do you want to know how to paint a wooden floor without sanding? Is the parquet scratched and you need to give it a coat of paint? Take note. Here at OneHowTo.com, we teach you how to paint a wooden floor without sanding effectively with suitable tools....
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There are many reasons why you might want to decorate your house for free. Maybe you just bought or rented a house, spent tons of money and you now want to save on decoration, or maybe you want a restyling of your flat and don't want to spend a fortune. Whatever the reason, everybody should follow the...
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As going to bed is one of the most essential parts of our daily routine, seeing the same bedroom decor can make this routine seem plodding. Changing your room decoration is a good way to stop life being too repetitive and the headboard is often central to your room's visual style. However, it can be...
When you are looking for a new home one of the first requisites on your list may read big windows in order to let in warming natural sunlight. Glass houses have very minimalist concrete walls since most of the stabilizing framing is made of glass. This helps to create a beautiful natural-illuminated space....
There is nothing more frustrating than going to loosen a screw and that is too rusty and tightly screwed to remove. When the screw is too tight and doesn't budge when you try to remove it, forget about using a screwdriver. The more effort and force you put into removing it like this, the more likely the...
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What is a bedroom without a bedside table? If you want to make your own bedside table, you'll need carpenter tools and a bit of effort for this project, but the end result is worth it. In this oneHOWTO article we'll show you how to recycle a pallet and turn it into a functional piece of furniture: A DIY...
When you buy or make wooden furniture, it can sometimes look a little too new and fresh and it might not fit with the rest of the decor in your home or garden. For this reason, a lot of people use different techniques to make wood look more rustic and give their wooden furniture a distressed look.
Making...
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Have you bought a headboard to match the furniture in your bedroom? Have you made a headboard, painted it, dyed it or covered it in fabric for your bedroom after reading some of our how-to articles? If you do not know how to secure it to the wall, read on fro some simple steps on how to attach the headboard...
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Are you passionate about interior design? Do you want to give your home a rustic, antique or vintage feel? Giving furniture an old, rustic look is all the rage recently and, if you're interested in following this vintage trend, keep reading this OneHowTo.com article on how to distress wood furniture using...
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Are you thinking of making changes in your home but you don't want it to eat up your entire budget? Listen up. If what you want is to make a partition or create new spaces and rooms, at OneHowTo.com we explain how to knock down a wall in your house. Although it is a very dirty job, because a lot of dust...
When it comes to measuring flat surfaces and areas on the ground we use square meters. If you have moved to a new home or are thinking of redecorating a room, it is important to know how many square meters it is. Then you will be able to pick furniture and other objects that fit the necessary measurements. If...
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Would you like to install a staircase in your home and you're not sure how to measure it? All staircases consist of what are called treads and risers and a given angle of the pitch. There are recommended measurements to follow when determining the distance between the tread and the riser.In this article...
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How to clean a rug without a steam cleaner is something most people would like to find out. Professional rug cleaning can be expensive, and many people do not have a steam cleaner at home. Since a home just isn't warm in winter without a carpet or rug, it is important to know how to clean a rug without...
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