Porcelain sinks can last a lifetime, but after years of use the surface may be marred with stains, chips and scratches. While you could replace the unsightly sink altogether, it is much more cost-effective to simply refinish it. You can also use this task as a redecorating opportuninty an...
A necessity in every kitchen is the sink. It brings water for washing everything from fruits and vegetables to the dishes at the end of a meal. It holds countless things throughout the day and while we may not think about it, the kitchen sink is actually one of the dirtiest and most ...
Step 1:Cover overflow opening in basin or tub with wet cloth. Most kitchen sinks don't have an overflow vent, but if you're working on one of two side-by-side basins, plug the other basin's drain opening with wet cloths. In homes that have two bathrooms back to back in adjacent ro...
Many local parks now offer these small garden plots to gardeners who work together to tend their crops. 1. Filter your water Look to the kitchen sink for eco-friendly ways to conserve water. Filter your tap water to remove lead, chloroform and the taste of chlorine. You’ll save money ...
Open the cabinet below the kitchen sink in the average household, and you're likely to find a bucket of sprays, soaps and disinfectants to subdue any germ that dare enter the home. They meld together in a fragrant bouquet of pine, lemon zest and fresh cotton, an olfactory signal that our...
Place the jar in your kitchen sink, plug the sink and run hot water into the sink until the sink is about half full. Watch the level of the liquid in the straw and a very unusual thing will happen: You will SEE the water in the jar expanding right before your eyes! As the water ...
Maybe you have several different kinds of body soap sitting around your house. There's the old standard bar of deodorant soap that usually sits on your shower shelf, the pump of antibacterial soap next to the kitchen sink, the shower gel and loofah sponge you received as a gift, and that...
Since the early days, cruise ships have shared one universal goal: Don't sink! Learn how they try to avoid that fate on the next page. The Big Sister That Never Would The Britannic was the lesser known, but largest and most extravagant, of the three Olympic Class ocean liners built by...
Hi, necks are trickier to treat than faces but there's a number of treatments that can help including injectable moisturisers aka 'skin boosters' to hydrate and smooth the skin (and tighten it a bit); radiofrequency microneedling to smooth, resurface and tighten the skin and laser - which...
In "Dracula," the vampire is finally able to sink his teeth into Lucy during a bout of sleepwalking. In the arts, sleepwalking is linked to blood, danger and the occult, but most of all, loss of control. Sleepwalkers cede their fate to the hands of those around them. Part of the ...