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Readers' Decorating Tips
 Paint Touch Up - BY MELLIE

After you finish painting a room. Get a small jar with lid and fill it with the paint color for the room you painted.

Label the jar with info about color and room it was used in. Save in a cabinet or linen closet. When there is some touch up that you may need to do, you'll have the right color and small amount needed. You could also attach a small brush with rubber band to jar, thus avoiding the need to look for both brush and paint color.

It's helped me, save time and money. I have avoided having to go buy a small can of touchup paint, because I can't find the right color among all the cans of paint I have, which sometimes doesn't seem to match the color I had.

 Colourful Art - BY CYNTHIA LEWIS
Go to any paint store and pick up a dozen paint chip squares. Place each chip in a frame and arrange in a square. Now you have instant art! You can do monotone colours or choose the colours of the rainbow. Red, orange, yellow, green blue, indigo, violet. The possibilities are endless!
Fresh Colour - BY CYNTHIA LEWIS
For instant freshness in the kitchen, place a clear glass cylinder jar on the island or counter top filled with lemons. The yellow colour will add a splash of colour to the room and instantly make the room come alive with freshness.
Ice Cubes for Parties - BY PAT
If you are having a party or just have large quantity of something cold being served, freeze your ice cubes in a muffin tin, they will be firmer, larger and last a lot longer than regular ice cubes. Good for punch, lemonade or ice tea.

Party Ice Cubes - BY MARLYS THOMSEN
When I did big parties, I would make ice cubes out of some of the punch recipe and freeze in the sundae cups from McDonald's. You can fill the cups fairly full and freeze. They do not dilute the punch as ones made of water would.