D oggone fab u lo u s
I a lw ays read y o u r
m a g a zin e fro m b ack to
fro n t b e ca u se "I D id It”
is m y favo rite featu re.
T h e su itca se d o g bed
(D e ce m b e r 2010) w as
fab u lou s! Just w h e n I
th in k I’v e seen it all,
B H G
p resen ts a n o th er
g re a t idea. Y o u r read ers
n ever d isap p o in t w ith
th e ir cle v e r p ro jects
and creativity.
L in da O ttey
G a m e rv ille
,
N V
C ut th e c lu tte r
I have on e trick th at
w o rk s w o n d ers. I m oved
a re cy clin g bin to th e
fro n t p orch u n d er th e
m ailb ox. M ail is so rte d
th e m o m en t I ta k e it out,
and all n o n esse n tia ls are
d ro p p ed in th e bin . T h e y
n ever m ake it th ro u g h
th e door.
Pam ela Stew art-F u lton
M ila n
,
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WE ASKED OUR READERS:
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m y b h g
M argo S te w a rt F e rry L earn to love slipcovered fu rn itu re
(says
th e m om o f th re e p re sch o o le rs, an E n glish m astiff, an d a su p e r flu ffy,
su p e r sh ed d y, sw e e t m u tt).
A m ii H a le W e ’ve g o t tw o d o g s in th e 5 0 -p o u n d ran g e an d
h ardw ood
floors th ro u g h o u t th e house.
T h e key: fre q u e n t n ail trim s.
Jill T h issel Buy alread y loved, w ell-m ade w ood fu rn itu re
fro m
lo ca l a n tiq u es sto re s. N o o n e n o tice s little d en ts and scra tch e s in p ieces
th a t h ave b een a ro u n d fo r g e n era tio n s; it adds to th e ir ch arm .
K a th ry n R aym ond
I lo ve m y
le a th e r couch, chair, and o tto m an .
E ven w ith fo u r ro ttw e ile rs , th e y w ip e clean w ith b a r g ly ce rin so ap and
a m icro fib er clo th .
L inda R edm ond W ark W ashable p a in t on th e w alls, p re tty
boxes o r b ask ets to sto re toys,
an d th e re a liza tio n th a t y o u w ill
N E V E R g e t b ack d ays o f la u g h te r sp e n t w ith y o u r kid s. E n joy ’em .
A lexis B a ttista C om prom ise!
Is it w o rth h a v in g a d o g if I c a n ’t
cu d d le w ith h im o n th e cou ch ? A s fo r th e k id d ie s, th e y h ave a b a sem e n t
p la y ro o m an d th e ir b e d ro o m , so I say n o to y s o n th e m ain floor. M y
h o m e is c o m fy an d p e rfe c t in its im p e rfe ctio n !
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H o p e
by Michael Schwab
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p a t ie n t s a n d t h e ir fa m ilie s a lw a y s
h a v e a w a r m , c o m f o r t a b l e p la c e
t o s t a y a t t h e
H o p e L o d g e ."
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