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99u: Insights on Making Ideas Happen - "The 99U provides actionable insights on productivity, organization, and leadership to help creatives people push ideas forward."
50 New Year’s Resolution Ideas And How To Achieve Each Of Them - "These New Year's resolutions are popular year after year. Find resources to help you achieve your goals."
Appliance411 - General home appliance information for consumers including money saving purchasing and servicing tips, getting repair parts, and links to merchants.
A great Garden - Great gardening tips and product reviews.
ACME Home Repair - "Learn How To Make Repairs and Improvements to your Home. Do-It-Yourself guides for home maintenance, appliance repair, PC repair, home theater set-up and much more."
BTU Calculator - "To make your cooling calculation easier, we’ve provided the below BTU calculator, which is based on recommended variables from ENERGY STAR."
BetterHomePortal.com - Home Improvement Portal whith forums, blogs and an exhaustive list of books.
Building Materials and Wood Technology - site that covers construction and related materials. Questions about building materials, forest products, wood, economics, and residential construction as well as those about business and marketing in the building materials industry can be answered for free at Ask the Experts. Feature Articles include: selecting windows, decoding building codes, controlling termites and carpenter ants, sizing and calculating loads for headers and beams, watertight details, using span table for joists, and many related topics.
Chains.cc - Chains.cc is an online motivational tool based on the "don't break the chain" method that helps you build good habits and break bad ones. Each day you complete a task you want to keep up, a visual streak grows. The streak will grow longer with each day and soon your main motivation is to keep the chain from breaking. You can choose from several fun skins to match your activity and join groups to find motivation from other users.
Chamberlain Garage Doors - "Automatic garage door openers, remotes and home control products for smarter home security and convenience. Find one of our retailers or order online today."
Consumer Information Center - includes finance, improvement, safety, insurance, and home buying.
Designer Stencils - Choose from a range of stencils to decorate walls and furniture, featuring 18th century, kitchen and garden designs.
DIY Home Improvement Projects That Add Value to Your Home - "We've put together a list of 5 easy DIY home improvement projects to help increase the overall value of your home. These projects will make your home more beautiful and add value! Some of these projects will take only a few hours and some will take a weekend. The hard work will be well worth it!"
DIY Life - "DIY Life offers practical how-to tips, easy do-it-yourself projects and essential diy information to improve your home inside and out."
DIY Network - "DIY Life offers practical how-to tips, easy do-it-yourself projects and essential diy information to improve your home inside and out."
Digital Photography - Short Courses - All you ever wanted to know about digital cameras and the digital process.
Do It Yourself Appliance Repair
Do It Yourself.com - More than 36 topics, covering everything from appliances, energy saving, and concrete, to woodworking.
Do It Yourself Ideas - "Help and advice for home improvement projects and repairs. Features easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, with thousands of photos and how-to illustrations. Also find professional tips, pre-work checklists, and other tools to help you work smarter, not harder. From plumbing projects, to walls and cabinets, to kitchen upgrades, to outdoor projects like roofing and decks, DIY Ideas is the perfect resource 'do it yourself-ers'!"
Do it Yourself Network - Companion to the cable television show, DIY offers appealing how-to projects with illustrated step-by-step directions in handy, printable format.
Do It Yourself Pest Control Solution
Drywall Repair for Dummies - How to fix drywall damage yourself.
Drywall Tips - "Find helpful methods, hints and tips for your drywall project needs. Our resource has information on everything from planning and layout of sheets, to how to install the boards, and techniques for finishing and attaching corner beads. Almost every home and residence has repairs that arise on drywall. Review our articles which treat small to large size holes through the panels."
eHow - "Learn how to do just about everything at eHow. Expert Village is now a part of eHow, adding expert How To videos to eHow, the world's most popular place to find How To instructions and articles."
eHow: How to Clean Anything - "How to Clean Anything. Cleanliness is said to be one of the top rungs on the ladder going to heaven. Even if you are unsure how to clean or what do first when it comes to house cleaning, there is a trick to being a good housekeeper. You don't have to be a household tips queen like Heloise to learn to clean anything and have a clean house."
Electronic Blue Book of Building and Construction - continually updated construction industry information.
FightBugs.com - "FightBugs.com is a site dedicated to helping you get rid of those little unwanted pests in your life such as ants, termites, bees, etc. Our hope is that you’ll find some of the most useful resources on the web for DIY extermination and advice on when you should really use a professional instead!"
FindHow: The How-To Search Engine - "Find free instructions for everyday tasks by 'Names You Trust.' "
Furniture.com - "Furniture.com: buy home furniture online. Affordable furniture in many styles, colors, and decors to choose from. Living room, bedroom, dining room, mattresses, home decor and more. Shop our store today."
FurnaceCompare.com - "Buying a new central air conditioner, boiler, furnace or heat pump represents a substantial investment for homeowners. Our mission is to provide comprehensive, unbiased information to help you make the best possible purchasing decision."
Furniture Finishing Wizard - The Refinishing Wizard is a community resource for everyone interested in repair, restoration, and refinishing. No matter if this is your first effort, or you've been doing this type of work for years, we welcome your participation!
Garden Tool Box - In this website you can find some amazing tips for gardening.
GardenGuides - a growing resource for gardeners.
DIY Garden - A creative DIY Gardening Blog.
Get Rid of All Things - Detais on how to eliminate a whole range of different pests.
HammerZone.com - do-it-yourself home improvement resources.
Home Construction Q and A - "This website provides the average homeowner with answers to commonly asked questions about the construction process. The goal is provide a resource for guidance around common questions related to new home construction or renovation projects."
House Cleaning & Housekeeping Advice, Hints & Tips - The Housekeeping Channel strives to be the Web's most comprehensive storehouse of information and resources to help households everywhere achieve a cleaner, more organized and healthier indoor environment. The site provides how-to tutorials, plus news and reviews regarding the latest innovations from the cleaning products industry to improve the home environment. Resources include time-saving systems, tools and motivation for keeping a better house at the click of a mouse.
Home Depot, The - Illustrated step-by-step home improvement instructions.
House Hunt - Collaborate interactively and find the house of your dreams with your friends, hassle-free!
Home Improvement Encyclopedia - from Better Homes and Gardens Online.
Houzz - "The largest collection of interior design and decorating ideas on the Internet, including kitchens and bathrooms. Over 60,000 inspiring photos and 90,000 idea books from top designers around the world. Remodeling and decorating ideas and inspiration for designing your kitchen, bath, patio and more. Find architects, interior designers and home improvement contractors."
How Stuff Works - Home improvement resources.
iFixit: The Free Repair Manual - Repair your electronics yourself. iFixit is the repair manual you can edit. We sell tools, parts and upgrades for Apple Mac, iPod, iPhone, iPad, and MacBook as well as game consoles."
ImproveNet - "ImproveNet is a nationwide team of home improvement experts whose mission is to make the home remodeling process more successful for both homeowners and service providers. ImproveNet helps homeowners through every step of their home improvement projects."
Insect Cop - "Best mosquito control and killing methods - Mosquito Fogger, Insect Trap, Bug Zapper and Insect Repellent - Reviews and Comparisons to find which works the best."
Instructables - "Instructables is the Biggest How To and DIY community where people make and share inspiring, entertaining, and useful projects, recipes, and hacks."
Kindlepreneur: Book Marketing for Self-Publishing Authors - "Learn how to become a bestselling author and market your ebook like a professional. Free guides, lessons and case studies on how to build your author brand."
Knowledge Hound - 'How-to guides for just about anything.'
labeley.com - "Create Your Custom Label Online in Minutes. We'll Professionally Print Them. No account required. 100% Free."
LandscapeWeb.com
Learn2Type.com - This is an experimental interactive website, that provides online touch typing practice exercises, and keeps track of your progress. Practice exercises are tailored to your progress. Access to this website is totally FREE!
MorningChores.com - Daily Life of a Homesteader - "The place to learn how to become self-sufficient by becoming a homesteader."
Manual Agent - Easily find any pdf manuals online with more than 5602 brands and 742418 files.
Maker Move - "Get inspired by the best books & podcasts to help you grow. Find journalists to get press coverage or get connected with the best investors to fund your startup. Discover & find anything you need to boost your project."
Natural Handyman, The - "A feast of home repair help, information, humor, and encouragement."
Project 4: Home Development - "Home development, authentic design and build company. Loft conversion specialists offering in house architecture and bespoke home extensions around Yorkshire."
Power Drill Guru - Your #1 source for drill reviews.
Reader's Digest - The Family Handyman
Remodeling Online - "Where the smart remodelers turn for how-to, design, and business advice."
RepairClinic.com - "Making it easier to repair your own appliances."
Smart Home Gear Guide: The Ultimate Smart Home Buyers Guide - "In this guide we'll cover the best DIY smart home automation system devices. From programmable plugs to smart wifi security systems we've got you covered."
Solutions Stores - Do It Yourself Pest Control.
Tick and Mosquito Project - The Tick and Mosquito Project has been helping people learn how to control mosquitoes and ticks since 2000.
This Old House - access to expert advice on home improvement, remodeling and decorating from America's premier home improvement TV series on the web.
Toiletology 101 - complete course in toilet repairs and maintenance. learn how to save water and money by keeping plumbing fixtures in good repair.
Ufixit.com - "Appliance Parts Store U-FIX-IT helps customers by giving away what we know and offering FREE diagnosis assistance and tech tips in person or over the phone."
Bob Vila's American Home - Get help when making important decisions about improving and redesigning your home.
Water Filters FAQs - All Filters.com
Websmartboomer.com - "Websmartboomer is a news, information and learning website helping people over 50 keep up with technology."
Window Shades - "No Brainer Blinds and Shades has information and advice to help you with choosing the right window treatments, decorating your home, keeping your children and pets safe, and much more."
Woodcraft - "Woodcraft offers over 20,000 woodworking tools, woodworking plans, woodworking supplies for the passionate woodworker."
WoodNet - site includes tool reviews, links to other woodworking sites, and the heart of the site: 101 Woodworking Tips & Techniques, divided into General Shop Tips, Table Saw, Finishing, Router/Router Table, Gluing, Drill Press/Drilling, Sanding, Planing/Joining, Assembly, Layout, and Clamping.
WoodWeb - Database of woodworking resources, including a lumber buying guide, events calendar and a weekly feature on wood types.
Your New House - resources include plans, mortgage calculators, product info, and more than 300 tips.

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