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Working on your green thumb? These flowering houseplants are easy to care for and are beautiful.

4 Stunning Flowering Houseplants Are you the type of person who likes to take their flower garden indoors? Indoor plants do more than...

Which spot do you find the hardest to clean?

5 Overlooked Places to Clean Regardless of how much time you spend cleaning, there are likely to be a few places you overlook. Be...

Guests on the way? Here's how to fake a clean home, fast!

How to Fake a Clean Home in 15 Minutes We’ve all been there: guests are scheduled to arrive in 15 minutes, but you got caught up, and...

Have a baby on the way? Designing a nursery for a friend? Consider these neutral colors.

Move Over Pink and Blue: Neutral Colors for Baby's Room Are you planning a nursery for a babe-on-the-way? Whether you’re waiting to learn the babyR...

Increasing your credit score takes time, but there are a few things you can do to quickly gain a few points.

Four Ways to a Higher Credit Score Improving your credit can take time, often many months. But there are some things you can do to rais...

Did you know you can keep ants out of your kitchen with a lemon?

How to Keep Pests Out of the Kitchen No matter how much of a critter lover you may be, pests in your kitchen is never fun. But many consu...

Closing a credit card account can hurt your credit score, but there are other options if you no longer use it.

What Happens If You Cancel a Credit Card? Canceling a credit card that you rarely use or have paid off can feel good. It can give you a sense ...

Knowing how much money you have in the bank is just the start to early retirement planning.

A Checklist for Retiring Early Retiring early is a great idea if you can afford it. Unfortunately, few people plan for retirement a...

The steps you're taking to improve your credit score may be doing more harm than good. Find out exactly what the rating agencies look for.

Fast and Easy Ways to Improve Your Credit Within Months Improving your credit score can take a few months. So if you’re looking to get an auto or home loan,...

Looking to slay your coffee habit? While it won't be easy, these three tips will get you started.

3 Tips for Ditching Coffee Looking to kick the caffeine? While a moderate amount of the buzzy stuff has been shown to have hear...

How out-of-date is your kitchen? These seven trends are yesterday's news.

Kitchen Trends That Are Going Out of Fashion Most of us spend a lot of time in the kitchen, preparing meals and cleaning up. In many cases, we sp...

This report found that email reminders from your bank help credit card users cut spending by 2 percent.

Small Reminders Can Reduce Credit Card Debt No one wants to be reminded by their bank that using a credit card too much is a bad idea. It’s a ru...

FYI...improved credit scores could just now be coming to fruition for many consumers.

How FICO 9 May Increase Credit Scores How medical debt and other collection items are tallied in a credit score is changing, potentially i...

Don't put off retirement saving until it's too late.

How to Save for Your Retirement Having a student loan payment each month as a college graduate leaves little room in the budget to c...

These small tweaks can help you keep a cleaner home all week long.

Daily Habits to Keep Your Home Clean Cleaning doesn’t have to be a hassle if you keep on top of it. Here are some small daily steps...

Did you know you can gift savings?

Contribute to a 529 College Savings Plan With Gift Cards Parents contributing to a 529 college savings plan may find it difficult, if not a little time-consu...

How do you make the most of your wall space?

Getting Creative With Your Wall Space Do you have a blank wall with no idea what to put on it? Rethink the boring family photo with these ...

You have options.

Qualifying for a Credit Card If You Have Bad Credit Having bad credit can be worse than having no credit at all. A lousy credit score can lead to a stee...

Keeping track of every single dollar you spend can be difficult, no matter how closely you track your spending and monitor your bank accounts.

4 Invisible Money Leaks Worth Fixing Keeping track of every single dollar you spend can be difficult, no matter how closely you track you...

On average, how many hours of TV do your children watch each week?

How Much Screen Time Is Right for Your Child? In the modern world, children are exposed to technology at a young age. Many parents introduce their...

Do you know about the dangers of windows? Child proofing needs to be more comprehensive than you think.

How to Childproof Your House Children are often oblivious to the many dangers around them. Accidents in the home are a leading ca...

You might not be aware, but you can ask your credit card company to increase your limit. What home improvement project would you take on with a higher limit?

How to Ask for a Higher Credit Card Limit A higher credit limit can help in an emergency, allow you to make any necessary large purchases and ...

No more crumby car seats!

How to Keep the Inside of Your Car Clean No one likes a crumby car seat or a dashboard covered in dust. But as our lives get busier, it seems...

Your household items could be more valuable than you think. Here are some tips for repurposing to save.

New Tricks for Old Throwaway Items For many of us, mom’s ‘use-it-up, make-it-last, wear-it-out’ mantra was our introduction to thriftin...

Would you buy and live in a period home like this?