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The Best (and Cheapest) Ways to Add a Little ‘Cottagecore’ Style to Your Home
Simple, charming, and romantic cottagecore style is a design aesthetic that embraces country living on a sustainable scale. Advocates of the style purport that it’s not just a style, but a way of life. Embracing handcrafted decor and giving a nod to traditional looks, cottagecore interior design lends itself easily to DIY projects because of…
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Make Spooky Halloween ‘Mummy Fingers’ in Your Air Fryer
I don’t get a thrill from dressing up in Halloween costumes anymore, but I look forward to all of the silly “scary” food that crop up. Peeled grapes become monster eyeballs, ground Oreos transform into graveyard dirt, spaghetti somehow turns into a bowl of worms, and blackened chicken wings are re-branded as “bat wings.” Breakfast…
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The Best Ways to Extend a Jack-o-Lantern’s Life
Want to make a jack-o-lantern last until Halloween and beyond? Carving pumpkins is a quintessential Halloween act—but anyone who’s ever attempted it knows that once a pumpkin is carved, its lifespan is nearing its end. Squirrels will eat them (though there are ways to prevent that), and unless you’re careful, your jack-o-lantern can get rotten…
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The Pros and Cons of Granite, Quartz, and Marble Countertops
Whether you’re building a new home or renovating your kitchen, you’ll have to make a decision about your countertops. If you’d like to go with a natural stone—as opposed to laminate countertops, for example—you can opt for granite, quartz, or marble. The next step is determining which stone is the best fit for your budget…