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8 Projects to Bring Your 1950s House Into the Modern Age

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 Find the perfect blend of vintage charm and modern ease. Rawpixel.com / Shutterstock.com

Perhaps you’ve inherited your grandparents’ house. Or, maybe the best house you could find was a 1950s place that looked like your grandparents’ house. You may actually be lucky. A house built in the 1950s can be easily and fairly inexpensively remodeled into a home that looks modern. The recent rise in popularity of many of the 1950s aesthetics makes it even easier to make these changes to…

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The Top 10 Beaches in America, According to Travelers

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 Whether you prefer silky sand, rugged coastline or whale-watching, there’s a coastal escape for you. Ronnie Chua / Shutterstock.com

Planning a trip? It’s hard to resist the pull of a beach paradise, where you trade the hubbub and crowds of major tourist attractions for relaxing waves and soft sand. Travel site Tripadvisor recently released its Travelers’ Choice Awards for beaches. The results are based on an analysis of all the reviews left on Tripadvisor globally for beaches over one year. Its goal is to reveal the highest…

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4 of the Most Expensive Cars to Insure

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 Buying one of these vehicles might mean paying heftier ongoing costs than you expect. spaxiax / Shutterstock.com

Advertising Disclosure: When you buy something by clicking links on our site, we may earn a small commission, but it never affects the products or services we recommend. Don’t further inflate the expense of an already pricey car purchase. Car insurance is another bill that stacks up your financial responsibilities and takes your hard-earned money. Money.com, a digital finance magazine…

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9 Spring Essentials to Buy at Costco

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 Spring into warmer weather and seasonal holidays with these products from the popular warehouse club. Timon Walter / Shutterstock.com

Costco shoppers can rely on specific products to always be on hand year-round, from the retailer’s popular rotisserie chicken to its Kirkland signature paper products. But the beloved wholesale club also has a seasonally changing lineup of products, and springtime is no exception. Whether you are looking ahead to spring gardening or need a gift for a soon-to-be-graduate…

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The 10 Fastest-Growing Freelance Jobs

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 Follow these tips to a well-grounded path of freelance freedom. Roman Samborskyi / Shutterstock.com

Though freelancing has been around about as long as paid work has, it’s often seen as risky. As a freelancer, you don’t have the same rights and protections an employee has. But that trade-off means you are free to chart whatever professional path you want. As a result of changing employer-employee relationships, many professionals are choosing to freelance as a way to take control of their…

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11 Restaurant Apps That Offer Free Food and Drinks

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 Paper coupons and loyalty cards are slipping away, but these days you can access meal deals right on your smartphone. Thomas Andreas / Shutterstock.com

Sometimes, taking a night off from cooking is exactly what you may need. But like everything else, dining out is becoming more expensive. That’s even true for fast-food or quick-casual eateries. One simple way to save money on dining out is to use a restaurant’s own phone app. They’re easy to download and use, and easier than hauling a paper card around, since all you need is your phone.

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