TIP You think someone is secretly drinking your gin. Instead of marking the bottle in the usual manner (which is very obvious and the bottle can be ‘topped up’ with water); turn the bottle upside…
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Special Cupcakes – recipes for mango and palm sugar cupcakes, Piña colada cupcakes and Strawberry daiquiri cupcakes
SPECIAL CUPCAKES Ideal for special occasions – not the usual run of the mill cupcakes! Mango and palm sugar Palm sugar, also known as jaggery, is a raw sugar popular in Asian cooking that is…
Wood Finishing Tips
WOOD FINISHING TIPS RUBBING When rubbing a high gloss finish to remove over spray, orange peel, or as in repair to renew a gloss, I some times see scratch patterns through the shine. What causes…
Winterize Your Home in Readiness for Winter
Winterize Your Home Unless you live in the tropics, the time is now to consider winterizing your home—an annual ritual that can save you a great deal in money and comfort. Winterizing your home is…
Wallpapering – How To Put Up Wallpaper
Wallpapering by Russ Ware Difficulty: Medium Completion Time: 2-6 Hours (depends on size of room) Tools Needed: Pencil, Tape measure, Bucket and wide brush, Plumb bob or spirit level, Steps, Lining paper, Paper-hanging scissors, Trimming…
Full Instructions on How to Make a Wheelbarrow Planter For Your Garden.
Garden wheelbarrow INSTRUCTIONS – MATERIALS – COSTS For those of use making this in the UK I would suggest you check out the User Comments at the foot of the page before proceeding and it…
Installing Underfloor Heating – Tips and Hints
Installing Underfloor Heating Tips and Hints Introduction All underfloor heating systems, whether “wet” or “dry”, essentially work in the same way. Heat energy – derived from warm water flowing through pipes, or from electrical…
How to Install a Wall Mounted Mailbox
Wall Mount Mailboxes – Big Design For Small Spaces by Scott Gray Wall mount mailboxes are the perfect way to add that extra bit of curb appeal to your small space. Whether you live…
Conversion Tables For Volume Metric/Imperial
Conversions – Volume Metric/Imperial There are many times when we need to know how many pints in a gallon, or, indeed, how many pints in a litre and vice versa. Perhaps you need to convert…
Useful DIY And Decorating Tips to Make Life Easier
When drilling into interior plaster/brick walls, suck the dust straight into the vacuum cleaner nozzle as you are drilling and then vacuum the hole to remove dust and bits. Take an envelope, the windowed type…