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Top 5 Mouse Traps Best Glue Trap: Catchmaster Baited Rat, Mouse, and Snake Glue Traps Best Pack: JT Eaton 409BULK Jawz Plastic Mouse Trap Best Jaws: Tomcat Press ‘N Set Mouse Trap Best For Small Mice: Acmind Mouse Trap Best Catch-and-Release Trap: Catcha Two-Piece Humane Smart Mouse Trap Best Glue Trap: Catchmaster Baited Rat, Mouse, and Snake Glue Traps If you’re looking for a trap that’s easy to set and safe for homes with pets and children, this glue model is the one for you....

A real estate advertisement in the April 15, 1923, issue of the Omaha Daily Bee featured “one of the best brick homes in Dundee” on a large lot with “ample room for shrubbing.” Details about the newly built three-story house called out the large living room, sunroom, breakfast room, and billiards room, as well as its five bedrooms and three baths. Today that same gracious Colonial Revival is located in central Omaha’s Dundee–Happy Hollow neighborhood, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places....

Look at how your kitchen functions within your house to identify key areas for improvement. Make a list of what’s currently not working, such as an inefficient layout or not enough counter space. Think about what you hope to accomplish by renovating, whether it’s better workflow or increasing storage. Next, ask yourself if you’re renovating to serve your current needs or to increase the value of your home for resale. If you’re planning to stay in your home long-term, it might make sense to splurge to make your desired renovations....

The 8 Best Mattresses for Adjustable Beds By clicking on the product links in this article, Mattress Advisor may receive a commission fee at no cost to you, the reader. Scouring the internet for the best mattress for an adjustable bed can feel like tilting at windmills, i.e., as if you’re taking on a hopeless task. Mere clicks away are an enormous selection of online beds, any number of which might seem right for you based on a brand’s bold claims about comfort and compatibility with an adjustable base....

Best Smart Bulb Best Overall: Philips Hue White and Color Ambiance Starter Kit (Gen 3) Across the board, the Philips Hue smart bulbs topped all of our tests thanks to an easy setup, a robust suite of features, and an intuitive app. Additional support with smart assistants like Alexa, Google Assistant, and Siri add tremendous benefit to an already impressive little light bulb. Once you throw in the additional rainbow of possible light colors, these are without a doubt the best smart bulbs you can buy....

Each product we feature has been independently selected and reviewed by our editorial team. If you make a purchase using the links included, we may earn a commission. To sweeten the deal, Saatva offers free white glove delivery and provides old mattress removal with any purchase. Find out all of Saatva’s offerings and compare which is the best mattress for you in this Saatva mattress review. The Ultimate in Luxury: the Saatva Classic Saatva’s flagship model, the classic luxury innerspring mattress, has everything you’d expect in a premium mattress and then some: individually wrapped coils, zoned lumbar support enhancement, foam-encased edge support, and a Euro pillow top, all encased in a 100% organic cotton cover....

When your dishwasher won’t drain on its own, you can come to the rescue—once you know the common causes and solutions. There’s usually no preceding or noticeable event. No big show of, “Wow, that’s broken!” Rather, it’s just one of those annoying little surprises of homeownership: One day, all’s fine with your dishwasher; the next, there’s standing water pooling in its basin. The good news is that it may be a simple clog or loose connection that can be quickly remedied....

Whether you’d like to partition your basement into more functional areas or you’re just tired of looking at those concrete walls, framing is the first step to putting up drywall and creating a more attractive, comfortable, and useful space. The trick is in making sure you build and install frames that are plumb and strong. Here’s how to go about it: Project details Skill Cost Estimated Time Check Basement Walls for Moisture Start by checking the basement walls for excessive moisture....

Neighbors on your nerves? Or maybe it’s just the constantly buzzing AC peeking at you from the corner of the house. Either way, this living, leafy privacy planter provides an attractive screen, not to mention a convenient way to exercise your green thumb. Project details Skill Cost Estimated Time The planter frame is constructed of rot-resistant pressure-treated lumber and clad with rustic red cedar, which is naturally resistant to decay, to match the trellis....

Previous episode: S20 E29 | Next episode: S20 E31 In this episode: Plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey puts the mystery behind toilet seat replacements to rest. Richard shows host Kevin O’Connor how simple toilet seat replacements have become, with standard sizes and bolt patterns. He even explains how corrosion-free plastic hardware is very easy to work with during installation. But, Richard also shows Kevin the most common issues that a toilet seat repair job may involve....

An air compressor can make maintaining a home easier by helping with household tasks, such as pumping air into your car’s tires or clearing the dust in your garage. Because air compressor product descriptions mention psi, CFM, CSFM, hp, dB, and other confusing measurements, it can be challenging to determine which product is best for you. To help you in your search, the This Old House Reviews Team created this guide on the best air compressors....

Top 5 Wine Coolers Best Single-Bottle Cooler: Le Creuset Wine Cooler Sleeve Best Tall and Skinny Cooler: Ivation Wine Cooler Refrigerator Best Mini Cooler: Koolatron Thermoelectric Wine Cooler Best Large-Capacity Cooler: Whynter Large-Capacity Wine Refrigerator Best Mid-Sized Cooler: Kalamera Wine Cooler Refrigerator Best Single-Bottle Cooler: Le Creuset Wine Cooler Sleeve When you think of a wine cooler, the image that first pops into your head is likely a fridge. However, this product from Le Creuset serves a different function....

What is a Rivet? If you hear the word “rivet” and immediately think of an industrious woman named Rosie, your point of reference would be sometime in the last century. Before the widespread use of the structural bolt, rivets were used to join steel plates that became bridges, skyscrapers, tanks, airplanes, and ships. These rivets were thick iron plugs with mushroom-shaped heads that were heated until they were red-hot and placed into holes in the steel....

Clayton H. Fowler is a Founding Partner, and Chairman and CEO of Spinnaker Real Estate Partners LLC in Norwalk, Connecticut. He has over 35 years of experience in acquisition, development, construction and management of residential and commercial office projects and has ownership interests in over 3,000,000 square feet of multi-family properties, commercial office and industrial buildings located in Fairfield County, Connecticut. His residential experience includes the completion of over 3,000 housing units consisting of rental apartments, condominiums and single-family homes in the Fairfield County, CT / Westchester County, NY area....

It does not matter which type of house each of the Three Little Pigs had. Without a stable foundation, the Big Bad Wolf would have blown all of them down. A house built on an unstable foundation can have a number of serious problems, including cracks in drywall, sticking and poorly operating doors and windows, sloping floors, water intrusion, and moisture damage such as wood rot and mold. Foundation problems can be some of the most difficult and costly problems to repair....

Poker night is the perfect time to catch up with friends and show off a good hand. To provide a handsome game table that’s sure to make the guys take your bet—or bluff—more seriously, follow our free card table plans to build a table complete with a felt playing surface, insets for poker chips, and coasters. When the game is over, just fit the lid onto the surface to turn it into a dining table for the rest of the week....

Wobbly deck got you shaking with every step? There are a few reasons for why your deck may not feel secure, and it’s important to get to the bottom of things so that the shaking doesn’t put undue stress on the deck’s fasteners and connectors. Let’s examine a couple of scenarios and how to fix each problem. Check the Spacing of Your Joists One reason for a wobbly deck may be that the floor joists are spanning too great a distance....

To add depth and color to your garden without working too hard, consider putting in hebe shrubs. These hardy, easy-care plants are pretty in every season, thanks to numerous blooms and evergreen foliage in a variety of hues. Plus, hebe—pronounced HEE-bee—is versatile enough to be used as a border, grown in containers, or fit in just about anywhere your landscape needs livening up. Read on for a hebe how-to now, since summer planting will give roots ample time to settle before cold weather hits....

There’s no better way to prevent a basement flood than with a sump pump. Although it isn’t the most DIY-friendly of projects, installing a sump pump in your basement, crawl space, or backyard will prevent your home from warping, rot, mold, and mildew caused by water damage. Project details Skill Cost Estimated Time A sump pump uses a submersible float that rises and falls with the water table. When flooding causes the float to rise, a switch automatically turns on and the pump begins to extract water and drain it through a pipe to the outdoors....

Air it out: Turning over compost is a chore you’re apt to skip when there’s snow on the ground. If your pile’s rock solid, use a pitchfork to punch holes in the sides. Once raw material is looser, turn it over every few days to aerate. Size it up: Didn’t add anything all winter? To get rich compost, you need to start with at least 3 cubic feet of material. Boost a puny pile with nitrogen-rich “greens” (moist ingredients like fruit and vegetable scraps, grass clippings, and coffee grounds), and “browns” (dry materials like dead leaves, shredded newspaper, and sawdust) to add carbon....