Save deep cleaning for another day. This quick chore list helps you breeze through everyday cleaning with just a few tasks in each room. Most of us don’t have time to complete anelaborate deep-cleaning routineevery day. Credit: Jay Wilde Set up a daily cleaning checklist that includes ahandful of quick tasksin each room. If you get the rest of the family involved, it’ll take even less time. Figure out what works best for you and adjust your daily cleaning checklist to fit your schedule....

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Turn simple greenery into a gorgeous tabletop garland with our easy step-by-step instructions. This isn’t your typical Christmas garland. The size of the bundles depends on how wide you want the finished garland to be. Credit:Better Homes & Gardens / Adam Albright You’ll want to make thicker bundles for a garland that will sit on a wide dinner table. Make long, thin bundles if the garland will sit on a narrow mantel....

This eye-catching yellow wreath brings to mind spring’s warm, sunny days. This cheerful lemon wreath will add a bit of sunshine toyour entryway. Plus, its surprisingly easy to make yourself! Credit: Jacob Fox Remember that if your wreath faces the sun, the adhesive may melt. In that case, you’ll also want to secure it with florist wire. Continue working around the wreath, evenly spacing the lemon branches. Create Bow Cut a wide ribbon to length andtie the ribbon into a classic bow....

Help this year’s celebration glow a little brighter with a make-your-own menorah from marbled concrete. Give your Hanukkah celebration a personal touch by making your own menorah. This simple DIY menorah uses concrete and copper to create a modern holiday decoration. Credit: Adam Albright You pick what dye to use in your own personalized marbled menorah. The individual candle bases allow you to customize how much space your menorah occupies....

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What do a couple of empty nesters do with a baseball diamond in their backyard? Turn it into a private retreat for training therapy dogs, of course. Susan Johansen’s suburban Chicago garden has been a reflection of a helping spirit for almost 30 years. Drawn to the lot more than the home, Susan saw a diamond in the rough. However, it would have to withstand three rambunctious boys with a passion for playing Wiffle ball first....

These small basement ideas on a budget show how one intrepid homeowner stretched every last dollar. Interior designerRyan Rabuskahad a refined vision for the basement off his Wolcott, CT, home. He imagined a swanky lounge for watching movies with his fiance, Jeff Pelletier. Credit:Matt Dutile His small basement ideas on a budget are inspired. Ryan confidently dove into a transformation that cost around $1,000. “I’m a pretty handy guy,” he says....

Find out how a pair of beginners started their first vegetable garden on a budget. Hector Sanchez Ashlie and Tyler Thomas’s North Carolina backyard is the stuff of DIY vegetable garden dreams. Nearly everything in itincluding the raised beds, trellises, and greenhousewas built by Tyler. Credit:Hector Sanchez Ashlie starts many of theleafy greens,roots and tubers, anda whole host of fruitsfrom seed. But when the couple started their garden a few years ago, they had almost no growing experience....

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Forget about hard boiling. This Easter egg technique will allow you to stash your works of art. Every year, we flex our creative muscles for new ways todecorate Easter eggs. Credit:Brie Goldman | Design: Katie Leporte Simply blow the eggs (use the contents to cook, of course! ), then save the shells for decorating. It’s azero-wasteapproach that makes the most of your money, effort, and artwork. Credit:Brie Goldman | Design: Katie Leporte...

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