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How To Fix It, Step by Step

Instructions for many projects around the house in 400 words or less. Article contributor: Fix It Chick, Linda Cottin, has been in retail hardware since 1974. Linda and her husband, Tom, own Cottin's Hardware store in Lawrence, KS.

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