“Everyone should have a slow cooker,” says Sandy Wolner, RD and test kitchens director at Pampered Chef. “It’s the ultimate set-it-and-forget-it tool that is easy to use. With a little planning, you can come home to super tender roasts, flavorful soups, and more. Plus, they’re easy to clean.” If you’re looking to invest in a slow cooker, this list has plenty of options to keep meal planning simple, affordable, and virtually mess-free....

To help, we researched a variety of picks, keeping in mind style, size, and material. Overall, the best calendar is the Minted Simple Statement Calendar. The calendar is offered in two sizes and three colors, so you can choose which suits your space. Plus, you can add your own photos to each page and even customize the cover text. Read on to see even more of our top calendar picks....

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“It’s important for a bird feeder to be high quality and durable, constructed of a material like recycled plastic or metal so it won’t fall apart over time,” says Kate Furtaw, owner of the East Lansing, Michigan, location of Wild Birds Unlimited. “They should also be easy to take apart or break down for [routine] cleaning.” The best bird feeders are designed to attract specific bird species such as hummingbirds, finches, or orioles....

In all settings, you need to consider how you can move around the furniture and other scale issues. If you’re up for mixing and matching your chairs, make sure they share a few characteristics, such as color or design that will suit the space they’re in, and have the same seat height, so no one will be sitting lower or higher than anyone else at the table. Cristina Lunt, a Houston-based interior designer and owner of Principal of CLCL Design, agrees, telling Better Homes & Gardens, “You want to think about the relationship between your table height and your chair height and who will be sitting there....

For the Cadbury egg commercial of 2021, the chocolate company teamed up with the previous year’s winner (a two-legged dog named Lieutenant Dan) to host the season’s Cadbury Bunny Tryouts. And the winner wasn’t the least bit furry. The winner of the third annual tryouts was Betty the Australian White’s tree frog from Stuart, Florida. Betty was one of more than 12,000 entries (a record number!) and was declared the winner after fans cast almost 30,000 votes....

If you’re not quite sure where to start, we’ve scoured through the site to find the best Christmas decor, home, kitchen, vacuum, and cleaning deals, starting at just $7. For a little more inspiration, this wrapping paper storage container and this Christmas light storage box are things you can already put to great use. You can also score these bed pillows with 148,500 five-star ratings for 30% off, and you won’t want to miss this Lodge cast iron skillet or this Dutch oven....

If you’re mainly needing a ladder for indoor use, we recommend shopping for a step ladder since they’re more portable, easy to store, and generally tall enough to reach most areas of your home. For outdoor projects, consider purchasing an extension ladder, a telescoping ladder, or a multipurpose ladder to access your home’s gutters, siding, tree branches, and more. We tested 27 of the best ladders in our lab in Des Moines, Iowa, to determine which ones are the most durable and versatile for a variety of different projects....

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Here’s everything you should know about the history of Martin Luther King Jr. Day—and a few ways you can celebrate this year. We’ve compiled activity ideas and resources to help you get started. Who Was Martin Luther King Jr.? Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister from Atlanta, Georgia who made history as a civil rights activist in the 1950s and 1960s. He dedicated his life to advocating for desegregation, the right to vote, and labor rights—freedoms the Black community did not have at the time....

Although you might not think bathroom fixtures are negotiable, with the right product and a bit of know-how, you can replace your bathroom faucet for an instant upgrade. If a new faucet is the apartment DIY project you never knew you needed, Walmart has a vast selection of faucets for seriously great prices. First, you should know some basic tips for choosing the right faucet. You’ll need to determine whether your sink or countertop has one, two, or three holes....

Some projects were big, like gutting the kitchen and master bath—both dated and lacking the pizzazz Ili loves. Others updates were small, such as swapping out nondescript light fixtures for fun ones. But the biggest game changer was a simple palette cleanse achieved by adding crisp white paint to walls and a dark stain to the hardwood floors. The result: a modernized look that brought the home’s millwork to the foreground....

The design echoes a theme used by medieval monks for their apothecary gardens: a circle around a cross. A sundial in the center of the bed is also a traditional element and acts as an elegant focal point. You can use the stepping stone path to easily access and maintain the plants around it. Harvest the herbs just before they bloom for the best flavor. Plants for Creating the Classic Herb Garden Plan 3 Creeping rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Prostratus’): Zones 7-9 1 Sage (Salvia officinalis ‘Berggarten’): Zones 5-8 1 Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare): Zones 4-9 4 English thyme (Thymus vulgaris): Zones 5-9 3 Boxwood basil (Ocimum basilicum ‘Boxwood’): Annual 1 Dill (Anethum graveolens): Zones 2-11 3 Curly parsley (Petroselinum crispum): Annual 1 Chives (Allium schoenoprasum): Zones 4-8 3 Greek oregano (Origanum vulgare subsp....