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Laminate Wood Flooring Cleaning

Laminate flooring offers an affordable alternative to real wood floors and comes in a variety of finishes. Whether you just installed new wood laminate flooring or have had it for years, cleaning the floor covering is a concern. Laminate is generally durable and easier to care for than real wood, but it does need proper care and cleaning.

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Hand-Painted Furniture Ideas

A few hours and a pint or two of paint can transform a humdrum piece of furniture into a conversation piece or family heirloom. Hand-painting furniture for your baby’s nursery, your living room, your patio or kitchen not only guarantees you an original piece of furniture, it provides you with the satisfaction that “decorator” pieces from the store will never be able to match.

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How to Buy Eco-friendly Furniture

In all areas of our modern lives, we’re going green whenever we can—including our household and office furnishings. Furniture makers are now producing bedroom, living room, kitchen and bathroom furniture made of renewable or recycled materials with an eye to environmental friendliness. With eco-friendly furniture getting easier to find, more varied in style and more affordable, greater numbers of people are opting for the natural, the recycled, the organic and the sustainable.