ReadyMade solutions
Need space? Check out the current edition of ReadyMade: Instructions for Everyday Life. With more than 50 ideas for improving your kitchen, bedroom and media center, the magazine has plenty of tips for making the most of your living area — even if it’s less than 1,000 square feet. Other features examine making chandeliers, platform beds and seven pet projects. “Apartment therapist” Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan answers design questions in a questions-and-answers section. For more details on ReadyMade’s projects, including a home-fixes database, which has readers’ suggestions, go to ReadyMade.com.
Help for going green
Feeling blue because you’re not living green enough?
“Green Home Improvement: 65 Projects That Will Cut Utility Bills, Protect Your Health and Help the Environment” (Reed Construction Data; $24.95; paperback) by Daniel D. Chiras might help you feel better. Outlining projects, along with their costs and benefits, the book features a range of improvements that can have a positive effect on your living expenses, health and comfort — all while helping the environment. Small jobs include weather-stripping, insulation, efficient lighting and plumbing fixtures. Bigger jobs include windows, doors, roof/siding and furnace replacements.
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Best bets
REGISTER BY DEC. 1: Walker and Catoosa counties master gardener program, Walker County Extension Office, LaFayette, Ga. Volunteer and learn about gardening with the pros. 9-11:30 a.m. Mondays or Wednesdays, Jan. 12-April 1. $120 includes 40 hours of instruction, manual. (706) 638-2548, nedwards@uga.edu.
REGISTER NOW: Hamilton County master gardener program, UT Extension, 6183 Adamson Circle. Learn about soils, trees, perennials, vegetables and pests. 6-9 p.m. Mondays, 9 a.m.-noon Tuesdays, January through April. $140 for tuition and notebook. 855-6113, tstebbins@utk.edu.
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