Must-know home money-savers


04.08.2009

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Clever money-savers

Enjoy a cash-savvy summer with these ingenious money-saving ideas from Prima homes expert Suzanne Wilkinson. click through our gallery to discover them. Here's the first...

 

Harness flower power

An inexpensive way to give your room a new lease of life is with fresh flowers from your garden. Keep them alive for longer by adding lemonade, aspirin or a coin to the water. This will increase acidity and delay bacterial growth. Lemonade (but not the diet variety) also nourishes blooms.

 




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