Tag Archives: Attic

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  Not the best storage idea

  Posted on August 29, 2016 by mikew in Fix It & Use It

  Like gold fish we grow as big as our aquarium. As our milk crates are upgraded to real chairs and head boards get added to beds and Christmas ornaments fill totes needing  year round storage our houses fill up with stuff! Closets are soon not enough and garages brim to the safety sensor on the automatic […]

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  They’ll go out on a limb for your house

  Posted on August 22, 2016 by mikew in Fix It & Use It

  I’ve talked a lot about rodents recently. While they are not structurally destructive they give home owners the willies more than anything else! We love to plant vegetation around our houses to beautify our yards. New construction rarely has this problem because everything planted is immature. After about ten years trees have grown tall, vines have […]

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  Give the fan 30 minutes

  Posted on October 14, 2015 by mikew in Fix It & Use It

  I’m constantly going through my house and turning off lights after people. With four kids this is a never ending challenge. Hallways, bedrooms, lamps, fume hood, etc. My kiddos don’t seem to appreciate that I’m paying for the power all the hours things are left on while they are at school. But there is one […]

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