New homeowners must know about these 9 things

New homeowners must know about these 9 things
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Moving into a new home is a huge deal, especially when it’s under your name. Along with the pride, there also comes great responsibility in owning your home. Buying a home is a smart investment that also comes with a few disadvantages. Here we have some tips for new homeowners to know before settling.

1. Emergency house funds

One of the most important homeowners’ tips is to start emergency savings. You cannot go to a landlord/landlady after every or any damage that happens to the house since you are the homeowner now. There is no place where you can get a budget for all the damages that might happen to your home, so it is safer to be prepared than be sorry later. Keep aside some money and keep collecting every penny you can for your home. This will help you more and take a little stress out from a usually stressful situation.

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5 DIY Rotating Can Storage System Ideas for Your Kitchen Pantry

5 DIY Rotating Can Storage System Ideas for Your Kitchen Pantry
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Isn’t it annoying to discover expired and dirty canned food hidden deep in your pantry shelf? The worst part is that you likely weren’t looking for it in the first place, right?

Even though canned foods are pantry essentials, organizing and keeping track of each one can be overwhelming.

If you’re struggling with following the “out with the old, in with the new” rule of pantry management, a rotating can storage system could be the solution.

Check out these helpful DIY canned food storage system solutions to the First-In-First-Out (FIFO) dispenser dilemma.

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7 Ways to Help Your Elderly Parents Around the House

7 Ways to Help Your Elderly Parents Around the House
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With age, people can have difficulty accomplishing ordinary tasks around the house. Aside from quality time with you, helping with tasks that have become challenging is one of the best gifts you can give.

Here are some ways you can help your parents around the house.:

1. Household maintenance

Fix broken pipes, leaky toilets, malfunctioning faucets, and other maintenance issues.

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7 Ways to Improve Your Home Office Lighting

7 Ways to Improve Your Home Office Lighting
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Lighting can have a significant impact on the productivity of your home office. When you work in an office with inadequate lighting, you will experience fatigue, headaches, and eyestrain.

Workspace illumination is even more important when there is little natural light. Ambient lighting in home offices often includes overhead lights and recessed lights, but this is not adequate. It is necessary to add additional lighting sources to existing ambient light in the home office if you want functional lighting.

Consider these five things when choosing your home office lighting.

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9 Ways to Preserve Food That Don’t Require Electricity

9 Ways to Preserve Food That Don't Require Electricity
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If you’ve ever been away on vacation and the power goes out – and stays out – can you imagine the state of your refrigerator or freezer when you return?

Yuck!

So let’s take this scenario a little further.

Imagine what would happen if you couldn’t replace that food – such as in the event of a natural disaster, electrical failure or a large disruption in food distribution.  

If you can’t figure out how to store that frozen food in another form so that it won’t spoil, you would be hungry. That’s an unfortunate state to be in – especially during stressful times.

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