If you find your paint cans are always a mess after you're done painting and hard to open again the next time you need to use them, try this preventative trick for your next painting job: apply ...

Q. I gave up on using traditional beige masking tape years ago. It destroyed several finishes, stuck to my glass windows and hardwood floors, and basically was more trouble than it was worth. Now I ...

Have you ever been confused about what tape to use when protecting your walls before painting? Perhaps, in your search for the right tape, you've chosen masking tape. While this is sometimes used ...

You're sick of crawling under your desk to plug and unplug items from your power strip, so now you're going to mount that strip on the wall. Bravo. Just make sure the screws you drill into the wall ...

Dr. Elizabeth Yuko is a bioethicist and adjunct professor of ethics at Fordham University. She has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, CNN & Playboy. If ...

Masking tape is no doubt a useful and versatile item to keep around the house. You can use it to block off or "mask" areas when you're painting, to put labels on boxes or your stapler, and you can ...

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