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Window blinds are usually seen facing down--just how your neighborhood Peeping Tom likes it.

Buying a set of mini-blinds comes with a huge decision: Should they be facing up or down? The answer depends on your need for privacy.

Jake Rossen
















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The glossy pages of most catalogues and magazines can be recycled along with the rest of your paper products.

Michele Debczak








Ain't no shame in the boxed mix game.

Whoever started 'from scratch’ didn’t actually do it in the kitchen—and ‘scratch’ has nothing to do with clawing ingredients together with your bare hands.

Ellen Gutoskey