(Mar 27th 2012 12:51PM) With modern fabrics minimizing the amount of care being required to keep them presentable, a steam iron is hardly the most commonly used household accessory; there still are, of course, times when wrinkles get in the way and have to be removed. Modern steam irons are a far cry from the kind I used to own. It was ...
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(Mar 26th 2012 9:26AM) I recently purchased a clothes washer -- after my old one gave up the ghost -- and my dryer is on its last legs, so I\'m in search of its replacement. I wanted one that balanced cost and performance options; these are 3 of the dryers I looked at. I began my search at the lower end of the pricing scale, with this ...
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(Mar 22nd 2012 2:55PM) Several weeks ago, I purchased a new clothes washer to replace the one that I\'d had for some 40 years -- that\'s right; 40 years. (Clearly, I got my money out of that machine). Worked like a charm until it just stopped, with a full tub of water, of course. I bought a high-efficiency washer that uses less water -- ...
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(Jun 8th 2010 9:50AM) Laundry rooms tend to be a builder\'s afterthought -- small, inconveniently located in the floor plan, and with no space for storage. Once you put your washer, dryer, and hot water heater in the room, there is usually no work or storage space remaining. That said, there are a number of ways to get around those ...
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