My new house has hardwoods, Travertine and ceramic tile though out. When we first moved in, I had no idea how I was going to clean it all and what supplies I was going to need to do it right. My husband and I spent hours online researching the best tools to use and we decided to give the Shark Deluxe Steam Mop a try. The Shark Steam Mop cleans floors by heating plain water into a steam and...

I recently had some painting done in the living room area of my house.  I bought an expensive paint at Home Depot and hired a painter to do the job.  It cost me a fortune in paint!  So when I decided to take a DYI approach and tackle other rooms in my home, I knew I had to find a paint that was less expensive and still do a good job at coverage.Enter Color Place paint.  This...

I tried out the Scunci and was unimpressed.  I was pleasantly suprised by the Shark Steamer.  It has fewer attachments then the Scunci, but I never used all the attachments of my Scunci anyway.  It also does not have that nifty carrying bag, but for $20 less I love it!My only complaint is that the steamer seems to shoot out a little too much water.  I wanted it to be pure st...

I purchased the Magic Bullet Blender to make baby food for my infant.  It worked wonderfully.  I was able to steam the vegetables in the microwave in one of the cups with the steamer lid.  You then just had to remove the lid, screw on the blender attachment, and blend away.  I was very happy with the product and I still use it today to steam vegetable for my son, even though...

The house I live in was built in 1940. Until last fall it still sported the original windows; they were single panes of glass fitted in a wooden frame, and each window had six glass panes on the top half and six glass panes on the bottom half. I spent many years frustrated with my old windows. In the winter they were not only cold, but they also would condense on the inside because of the tempe...

When our central air died earlier this summer we decided to replace not only the air but also install a new gas furnace since both units were over 35 years old.  Our old furnace was a monster downstairs and after doing a little research and having several heating companies come out, we decided to go with the Amana Model AMV9070, 70,000 btu, 96%, 2 stage, variable speed gas furnace.The pric...

  Last year I put my husband through another of my "let's do this honey" projects.  My idea was to redo the small half bath off our kitchen as it hadn't been touched since we moved in 35 years ago.My vision was to basically gut the room and start over.  We needed a new toilet anyway and that's what got me to thinking about this in the first place.  New ...

When my husband and I bought our beautiful, then-74 year old house, the windows (all 43 of them!) were the original, wavy-paned,wooden-framed windows.  A good number of the windows on our second floor refused to open, which meant that they couldn't be cleaned properly.  And all the windows had all the insulative properties of Swiss cheese!  During our first winter in the...

The devil made me do it! In a sheer moment of shopping insanity, Froggy purchased the two for one deal on the Ronco Six Star Knife sets. With 25 pieces each and a lifetime warranty, how could a sane Froggy resist??? After all, this includes all those glorious knives, a wooden block and...... a meat injector! Oh happy day. Aided and abetted by her trusty boys who were howling encouragement from ...

Liquid Sandpaper is meant to be used as a de-glossing agent if you want to paint over a surface that has had a high-gloss coating.  I can’t tell that it works any better than a piece of sandpaper, or if it does anything at all.I had the chance to try this product by Klean-Strip on some shelves that had high-gloss enamel paint on them.  It is meant to be used on paint, varnish, e...

The Eco Sense by Rheem Natural gas  tankless water heater from Home Depot  when my old water started acting up in the middle of summer a few months ago, and my plumber recommended this water heater because he had used it many times in the past with other clients.  This water heater provides continuous hot water for your family for up to 20 years or more. The 199,900 BTU...

      I am really impressed with this Kenmore 90 series washing machine. Its fast and has the power. My clothes are always clean. I love the cycle controls. It is energy efficient. I have this washer in white. I had complained about my other wshing machine and a family member gave me this one. Wow! It was a surprise. I could really see the difference in what I had owned...

Last fall we had to install a new water heater as our old one was acting up from a build up of calcium in the bottom.  My husband checked around and decided he wanted to go with the Bradford White Defender Energy Safety System 50 gallon gas fired hot water heater.  The hard part was hauling the old one from our basement as it weighed a ton from the buildup inside.  Putting t...

I can honestly say I love my stove! I feel pampered and spoiled to be able to cook on this beauty! The thing I love most about my Jenn-air is the ability to grill whenever I want to. The stove has cartridges that allow me to interchange my radiant cook surface with my grilling parts. So I almost always have the grill set up on one side, and a two-burner radiant top on the other. On Thanksgivi...

My sister just recently moved down from Michigan to live with me here in sunny Florida.  She decided to just get a new bed once she got here instead of lugging one along for the 20+ hour drive.  My sister knew she wanted a bed frame from Ikea so she just decided to get her mattress from there as well.  We spent about a half hour bouncing and laying down on the different...

If you're looking for a relatively inexpensive way to add cabinets to a room, these cabinets are a great option. I think we've all seen television commercials and been to home improvement stores to get estimates of what new cabinetry would cost. It's expensive, and who has that kind of money these days? I actually have four cabinets from Woodgate in my picture. There are two 36"...

I own a Kenmore 80 series washer. This is a super capacity plus washer. This washer has a three speed motor with a four speed combination. It has a hand wash/casual speed where it washes at an extra slow speed and rinses on a slow speed. This washer has a delicate cycle which washes at a slow speed and rinses at a slow speed. It has a normal cycle where it washes at a slow speed and rinses at a...

I just love my new Bissell vacuum cleaner.  I wish we would have bought it sooner instead of trying to nurse our old Hoover along  for the family room downstairs.After checking on line recommendations and looking at many vacuums we decided on the Bissell 82H1 Cleanview Helix Bagless Upright Vacuum Cleaner.   We were able to test and run the vacuum at Sears when we stopped in...

Dogs and kids killed my kitchen floor linoleum. Dogs and kids killed my kitchen floor ceramic tile, and I thought ceramic tile would be indestructible, until I tested it out on dogs and kids. So when I walked into Stone Mountain Flooring Outlet to try out ANOTHER flooring material for my kitchen, I said, "I want something that dogs and kids can't destroy. And I'...

I was in Bed, Bath & Beyond one day just looking around when I came across the Magic Bullet Express.  I had seen the infomercials on TV talking about this blender/mixer and it looked really cool and easy to use and curiosity got the better of me, so I just had to have it.I brought it home, set it up and decided that I would make me a mixed drink for my first trial run.  So, after ...