kalore56

Original photographs from the Civil War

Organize and keep track of your monthly housekeeping chores with this house cleaning checklist; includes daily, weekly, monthly and seasonal lists of chores.

123Sortit Residential Organizing

More hidden tricks to get your house clean in record time.

~My adventures in homemaking, crafts, cooking, environmental issues, frugalness, as well as discussions about politics and life in general~

I am not going to launch into a preachy prose about how bad commercial cleaning products are today when it comes to cleaning your home. It is common knowledge that a healthy home is not doused in heavy-duty bleach and preserving our environment s...

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Once you have a good assortment of herbs and spices in your kitchen, there is no need to buy all of those spice blends you see for sale.  Here are a few easy spice blends you can make yourself - ahead of time or right when you need them.  They'd also...

Even if you run out of wrapping paper or ribbon or boxes you can still make a gift look fabulous with things you have lying around the house. Because let's face it, what's on the outside do...

Amy Allred

Granma's Attic, old time remedies and methods.

I've had several requests and questions on how I put the "a little help from my friends" string quilt together, so I decided to make up a quick tutorial on it for everyone. (click on the photo to see the larger view on flickr) This is a shot of the q...

That really looks easy and at the same time it's very effective! I might try to get one done for a Christmas gift. Thanks for sharing.