HomeFixated deals with DIY on all levels – from the people with the skills to make their own Trundle Beds and Adirondack Porch Swings to those folks like me who might mistake an Angle Grinder for a pizza cutter. But even us novices have our projects and problems – like my recent one when my blessed IKEA furniture appeared to be falling apart. After we moved, we noticed a fair number of our BILLY bookcases were standing a bit like the Tower of Pisa – supremely slanted. Thankfully, there’s a quick fix for that which will leave your IKEA bookcases looking better than new! [click to continue…]
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We were very excited to see a product called Erase-A-Hole on the market. Could it really be so easy? This thing looked like a stick of deodorant, which means you could pretty much carry it anywhere.
Dude butts in line at the grocery store: Erase-A-Hole. Woman steals your parking spot: Erase-A-Hole. The intern eats your Activia from the office fridge: Erase-A-Hole. Rush Limbaugh opens his mouth: Erase-A-Hole. Oh, the possibilities.
Then we realized the “A” in Erase-A-Hole wasn’t standing in for a naughty word. Sigh. At least we managed to tag various jerks with streaks of plaster. [click to continue…]
Let’s face it, there are some projects you just can’t deal with immediately, but you also can’t let them sit entirely idle or broken either – so, you’ve come up with … other solutions.
Here’s my shameful confession: Shortly before friends were coming over one evening, the little hose connecting the water to our toilet sprang a minor leak. Yay. We rummaged through our box o’ handy things and pulled out some blessed Gorilla Tape. It totally saved the potty and the party in one go. What makes this confession shameful? The Gorilla Tape is still there. And … it’s been … a while.
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