Matt and Shari » Safety http://mattandshari.com Real Decorating for Real People Tue, 04 Jun 2019 21:50:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Read Through These Holiday Safety Food Tips http://mattandshari.com/food/special-events/read-through-these-holiday-safety-food-tips/ http://mattandshari.com/food/special-events/read-through-these-holiday-safety-food-tips/#respond Tue, 25 Oct 2011 12:23:48 +0000 http://mattandshari.com/?p=4808 Holidays are supposed to be about family, traditions and fun, but it’s important to think about safety at the holidays as well.  My suggestion is to think about it a couple days before so you can relax on the big day!  Here are a few things to think about the week before Thanksgiving. Regarding the...

The post Read Through These Holiday Safety Food Tips appeared first on Matt and Shari.

]]> http://mattandshari.com/food/special-events/read-through-these-holiday-safety-food-tips/feed/ 0 Check Here to See Why Your Home Needs a Storm Door http://mattandshari.com/how-to/home-care/check-here-to-see-why-your-home-needs-a-storm-door/ http://mattandshari.com/how-to/home-care/check-here-to-see-why-your-home-needs-a-storm-door/#respond Mon, 29 Aug 2011 21:01:24 +0000 http://mattandshari.com/?p=4518 Most homes actually do need a storm door because it gives such great protection for your entry doors and it is another line of defense in your family’s security. Well, if that’s the situation, now what do you do? The answer is easy if like Matt and I, you know the folks at ProVia Door.  I...

The post Check Here to See Why Your Home Needs a Storm Door appeared first on Matt and Shari.

]]> http://mattandshari.com/how-to/home-care/check-here-to-see-why-your-home-needs-a-storm-door/feed/ 0 All the Steps to Use Your Grill Safely http://mattandshari.com/how-to/home-care/all-the-steps-to-use-your-grill-safely/ http://mattandshari.com/how-to/home-care/all-the-steps-to-use-your-grill-safely/#respond Fri, 01 Jul 2011 18:16:58 +0000 http://mattandshari.com/?p=4385 I just finished doing what I like to do most on a warm evening. You have to understand that I do not like to cook, at all! If it can’t fit in a microwave, I ordered it over the phone. Not that I don’t like a home cooked meal, its just finding the time to...

The post All the Steps to Use Your Grill Safely appeared first on Matt and Shari.

]]> http://mattandshari.com/how-to/home-care/all-the-steps-to-use-your-grill-safely/feed/ 0 Have You Heard About the Dirty Dozen in Produce? http://mattandshari.com/family/parents/have-you-heard-about-the-dirty-dozen-in-produce/ http://mattandshari.com/family/parents/have-you-heard-about-the-dirty-dozen-in-produce/#respond Thu, 21 Oct 2010 12:39:52 +0000 http://mattandshari.com/?p=3624 This is a list of the dozen fruits and vegetables that are the most difficult to clean and will inevitably hold onto some of the pesticides and chemicals used to make them grow. I think we all know by now that we must have fruits and vegetables in our diets to stay healthy.  As with...

The post Have You Heard About the Dirty Dozen in Produce? appeared first on Matt and Shari.

]]> http://mattandshari.com/family/parents/have-you-heard-about-the-dirty-dozen-in-produce/feed/ 0 A Health Guide for Women of All Ages http://mattandshari.com/family/parents/a-health-guide-for-women-of-all-ages/ http://mattandshari.com/family/parents/a-health-guide-for-women-of-all-ages/#respond Mon, 03 May 2010 21:10:00 +0000 http://mattandshari.com/?p=3291 At some point in our lives, generally when the forties and fifties hit, we moms start thinking about things we ought to be doing, or should have been doing for years to get our health in line. Well on a recent yearly visit to my doctor, I saw a chart on her wall titled, “What...

The post A Health Guide for Women of All Ages appeared first on Matt and Shari.

]]> http://mattandshari.com/family/parents/a-health-guide-for-women-of-all-ages/feed/ 0 Holiday Safety Tips: Lights, Candles, and More http://mattandshari.com/holidays/christmas/holiday-safety-tips-lights-candles-and-more/ http://mattandshari.com/holidays/christmas/holiday-safety-tips-lights-candles-and-more/#respond Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:22:00 +0000 http://mattandshari.com/?p=2648 It’s the holidays, but keep safety in mind when you are working with your tree, lights, candles, space heaters and more. These tips will help make it a happy, incident free holiday! Trees -If you are using a real tree, make sure it is fresh, because a fresh tree is less of a fire hazard.  To...

The post Holiday Safety Tips: Lights, Candles, and More appeared first on Matt and Shari.

]]> http://mattandshari.com/holidays/christmas/holiday-safety-tips-lights-candles-and-more/feed/ 0 Good Advice When Working With Ladders http://mattandshari.com/how-to/paint-and-paper/good-advice-when-working-with-ladders/ http://mattandshari.com/how-to/paint-and-paper/good-advice-when-working-with-ladders/#respond Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:07:06 +0000 http://mattandshari.com/?p=2138 Be extra careful when working with ladders if you are inexperienced.  Read through these tips before you get started. As someone who has spent many hours of their working life on a ladder, I feel that I can safely say I know my way around ladders.  I have cleaned gutters from a ladder, replaced a...

The post Good Advice When Working With Ladders appeared first on Matt and Shari.

]]> http://mattandshari.com/how-to/paint-and-paper/good-advice-when-working-with-ladders/feed/ 0 Best Ways to Clean and Maintain Your Gas Grill http://mattandshari.com/how-to/home-care/best-ways-to-clean-and-maintain-your-gas-grill/ http://mattandshari.com/how-to/home-care/best-ways-to-clean-and-maintain-your-gas-grill/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:24:13 +0000 http://mattandshari.com/?p=1831 Ahhhhh!  The coming of summer, boating, swimming hiking, cleaning your grill, yes you heard me cleaning your gas grill.  I know it doesn’t sound like fun, but if you are anything like me you love to cook out.  Well at least you like the results, brats, steaks and burgers, now I’m talking your language.  But...

The post Best Ways to Clean and Maintain Your Gas Grill appeared first on Matt and Shari.

]]> http://mattandshari.com/how-to/home-care/best-ways-to-clean-and-maintain-your-gas-grill/feed/ 1 It’s Easy to Install a Motion-Sensor Switch http://mattandshari.com/decorating/lighting/it-s-easy-to-install-a-motion-sensor-switch/ http://mattandshari.com/decorating/lighting/it-s-easy-to-install-a-motion-sensor-switch/#respond Mon, 23 Mar 2009 17:37:36 +0000 http://mattandshari.com/?p=1168 For safety and convenience you might want to consider installing a motion sensor switch. I like to think that I’m doing my part to be more “green” around my home. In fact, Shari and I have a presentation that we do around the country called the “ABC’s of Green”.  In it we share our tips...

The post It’s Easy to Install a Motion-Sensor Switch appeared first on Matt and Shari.

]]> http://mattandshari.com/decorating/lighting/it-s-easy-to-install-a-motion-sensor-switch/feed/ 0 Build a Ladder Platform to Use on Stairs http://mattandshari.com/how-to/shop-projects/build-a-ladder-platform-to-use-on-stairs/ http://mattandshari.com/how-to/shop-projects/build-a-ladder-platform-to-use-on-stairs/#respond Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:02:46 +0000 http://mattandshari.com/?p=811 This ladder platform is a great way to safely reach higher walls and ceilings in your home when the ladder needs to be placed on a staircase. Finally, a safe way to get to those high walls that line our staircases! I’ve used this contraption for years when Shari and I would paint in someone’s...

The post Build a Ladder Platform to Use on Stairs appeared first on Matt and Shari.

]]> http://mattandshari.com/how-to/shop-projects/build-a-ladder-platform-to-use-on-stairs/feed/ 0