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Q&A: How Can I Prepare My Fireplace For Spring?
If you can believe it, we are less than a month away from Spring which means lighter evenings and warm temperatures. Spring also brings up a great time to clean and prepare your home for the warmer months ahead and this includes your Valor gas fireplace. With a few simple steps, you’ll be able to ensure your fireplace is working well and running as efficiently as possible as we head…
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How To Create Homemade Stain Remover
Do you ever find yourself dealing with extra stubborn stains that just won’t come out? This seems to be a well-known problem, as stains end up on clothing and the item of clothing either gets ignored or thrown out due to its imperfection. But instead of throwing it to the side, why not try to fix up your favorite shirt or your most comfortable pair of jeans? You can make…
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How To Dress Up Your Laundry Room
When you think of your laundry room, you may just consider it a place to wash, dry and fold clothes. But what if it was more than that? Laundry is already a task that many of us don’t love, but by changing and upgrading the space you’re working in, you may find yourself enjoying the process. Now, we aren’t suggesting you make your laundry room into a lounging space, but simply…
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DIY Grout Cleaner
The hardest places to clean in the home are usually the smallest areas that can be hard to see unless you’re up close. This applies especially to areas in the bathroom, kitchen, and floors, more specifically the grout surrounding our tiles! While you can buy grout cleaners, it can be more cost-effective to make your own, and this homemade cleaner has been said to be a lifesaver when it comes to…
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Q&A: What Maintenance Will My Gas Fireplace Need?
The care and maintenance of your gas fireplace is very important. You always want to ensure your fireplace is in good working condition, so you can flip on the heat on whenever it’s needed. So, the big question is how much maintenance does your Valor Gas Fireplace really need? Once a month? Once a year? And what’s the best way to ensure your fireplace runs smoothly every time? These are…
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How To Fix Stubborn Drawers!
There is nothing worse than a dresser or storage unit with drawers that just won’t cooperate. Whether you’re dealing with an antique dresser that won’t budge or with a drawer that is so stuck it is almost unusable, don’t fear as we have the perfect solution! Not only are sticky drawers an overall easy fix, and you also won’t have to look far in your home for the supplies needed. Depending on…
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Spring Cleaning Your Valor Fireplace
As the warmer months quickly begin to approach, the last thing we are thinking about is heating up the house with our fireplace as the sun will start to do that for us! However, before you shut everything down, it’s essential to give your Valor fireplace the maintenance it deserves. This will also ensure that it will be ready when temperatures begin to drop in the fall and winter, and you’re ready…
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DIY Homemade Laundry Detergent
No matter if you have a big or small family, laundry seems to be the one thing that always tends to pile up! While we may not have the magic solution for making laundry disappear completely, we do have a solution that will save you some money. You can make a homemade version of laundry soap right in your own home, and it won’t require much work at all. Not…
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Cleaning Your Gas Fireplace For Fall
The Fall season is almost officially here and Winter won’t be far behind which means it’s time to get your home ready for the upcoming change in weather. One way to prepare yourself for the cold part of the year is to give your gas fireplace a deep clean inside and out, ideally, your gas fireplace would be cleaned at the start and end of each season. Cleaning your fireplace…
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Tips For Tackling Fall Cleaning
We talk a lot about Spring cleaning because it’s a great time of year to give the house an overhaul and a big clean, but we can’t forget to talk about Fall cleaning as well because it’s just as important! Taking the time to clean, organize and repair your home before the cold months start to approach can make a difference once Wintertime arrives and it will allow you to…