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Topics > House and Garden
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Almost No Budget Decorating
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$39.00 (2 sections available)
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In this class students will learn decorating secrets for stretching dollars and how to transform a home from the ordinary to extraordinary by applying quick and easy decorating tips.
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Basic Repairs for the Helpless Homeowner
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$89.00 (1 section available)
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Forced to spend hard-earned dollars on professional services or to live with inconvenient, unpleasant, or even dangerous situations in your home because you lack the skills, knowledge, and most importantly, the confidence to tackle even the most basic home repair? This course will equip the homeowner with everything you need in order to complete repair jobs easily, inexpensively, and safely. Fix a lamp, unclog a sink, replace a light switch-are all tasks that you will accomplish. The course includes hands-on exercises and do-it-yourself homework assignments.
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Color Me Right
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$39.00 (2 sections available)
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No other element of design affects us more than color. Learn which colors look best in what rooms and why. Decorating tips will be given on how to use color effectively to enhance a room's architectural features and how to disguise problem areas. You'll also learn the secret to using paint strips in selecting a perfect color scheme.
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Designed to Sell
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$39.00 (3 sections available)
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Students will learn real estate secrets for selling a home for thousands of dollars more, in the least amount of time. Topics will include the four C's of home improvement and step-by-step checklists for turning every area of a home into a showpiece.
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Enchanted Garden-Summer Perennials
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$39.00 (2 sections available)
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Learn how to plan and plant a perennial garden for continual summer flowering every year. Discussions include soil conditioning and where and how to plant a variety of plants.
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Home Inspection for Buyers
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$39.00 (1 section available)
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This course is a seasonal approach to home inspection. Topics covered will be the study of structural, drainage, infrastructure and clues of previous home care. We will also cover the survey of possible solutions.
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How Does Your Garden Grow?
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$39.00 (1 section available)
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How can you grow bigger and better vegetables and flowers? If you want your garden to be the envy of the neighborhood, then this class is for you! Discover what you can do from selecting the correct site, knowing when and how to fertilize, to choosing the correct plants and varieties, and much more.
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Indoor Herb Gardens
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$39.00 (1 section available)
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Learn to grow herbs indoors at any time of year. Indoor herb gardens are a delight to your eye, add fragrance to your room, save you money, and are a tasty addition to any recipe. Discover which herbs are best for indoor herb gardens; how to assemble a garden; and how to care for your indoor treasure.
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Interior Redesign
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$39.00 (1 section available)
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Interior redesign, fast becoming a popular decorating service, uses only existing architecture and furnishings already in a home. With proper placement and artistic arrangement of furniture and accessories, a fresh new look can be created without purchasing a single item. This class is ideal for students interested in using the concepts of this growing segment to transform their home, as well as industry professionals looking to supplement their current business.
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Organizing and Preserving Your Photos
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$39.00 (2 sections available)
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Do you have pre-digital age boxes of photos that you just don't know what to do with? You didn't take those great pictures to just have them sit under a bed or in a bag in the closet. What about your digital photos that are everywhere? The chaos can be overwhelming! This class will cover scanning, digitizing and what to look for in a company, temporary devices where you may be storing your memories and their dangers, the cloud, terms of service, permanent solutions, getting everything into one place, organizing and celebrating your precious memories!
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Start Your Own Edible Garden
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$139.00 (4 sections available)
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Grow delicious, nutritious fruit and vegetables in your own backyard! In this course, you'll learn how to give your garden a healthy start and keep it growing strong all season.
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The Faucet Doctor
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$39.00 (1 section available)
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Come learn what every home owner wants to know about plumbing in their home from the simple do-it-yourself repair to determining when you need to hire a plumber. Students will learn how to repair a faucet and toilet, replace a fixture trap, clean a drain, test for a gas line leak, install a water heater, diagnose potable water pressure problems, dye test storm drain systems, and much more. We will cover code related issue and familiarizing students to the correct way to install plumbing fixtures as it relates to local codes. In preparation, there will be required reading material.
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Upholstery
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$119.00 (2 sections available)
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Students will learn measuring, sewing and padding techniques needed to recondition and recover furniture. By the end of the course students should have completed one or more simple projects. Bring a project piece to first class. Materials are extra and will be discussed.
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