Your Daily HomeScope for August 11, 2023

If home is where the heart is, why shouldn’t it follow the same stars that we do? Our relationships with our homes are sacred, and like most, could use a bit of counseling here and there. Tap on your sun sign and start making your house more of a home today!

Aries

Take cookies fresh from the oven when you go to ask the renters in the apartment above you to keep it down. It is not that you need to or are not in the right, but it is simply a nice gesture. Your mom was right when she said you could catch more flies with honey.

Taurus

It is true that a home filled with baskets keep the toys at bay and the magazines tidy, but too many baskets may make your place look cluttered. Today, try to look at your home with an unbiased eye.

Gemini

Don't be put off by the suggestion of changes that could be made. You have the power of veto, but listening is a good trait. Makeup too heavy? It isn't you; the lighting is the culprit. Try different wattage bulbs.

Cancer

Fluffy white kittens and blue carpet mean more work vacuuming but the purr factor makes having animals to love and love you more than worthwhile.

Leo

Hard, rough edges might suit rustic paintings, but they do not suit you. For soft creamy skin, apply lotion and put your gloves on while you sleep. For soft creamy beans in a particular recipe, leave the lid on the cooking pot.

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Virgo

Hanging pictures is surely one of the most interesting parts of moving into a new house and making it your own. Let shape echo shape when you are centering one picture over one piece of furniture.

Libra

You taught yourself to sew, but you are not ready to make your own clothing. Opt for panel curtains as a starter project and your efforts will hang as inspirations. For apron-length curtains, measure from the top of the rod to the bottom of the apron and add at least an inch.

Scorpio

Now that some of the airlines have WiFi, you feel tethered even closer to work by an electronic leash. You can't change that, but you can start planning a vacation from technology today. The beach is calling.

Sagittarius

Even your weakest skills will be useful today. You have always yearned for a canopy above your bed. Sewing a sheet of monochromatic fabric onto jacquard merely requires a straight stitch. Use the extra fabric to make pillowcases, and let a handy housemate hang the tenting.

Capricorn

Hard as it may be to talk frankly about money, today is a good one for that discussion with your partner. What cuts are acceptable in your budget? What cuts are not? Where does it make sense to compromise? Remember to leave yourselves an allowance for fun, or working will truly become a daily downer.

Aquarius

The indoor dust is making you sneer. Burn a hardwood, such as oak, in your fireplace. It oxidizes cleaner than pine. You might also don a dusk mask and clean out the floor heating vents if you have them. Be proactive. It is your health.

Pisces

Prickly personalities seem to surround you in the office. If you knew another person's issue, and that person knew yours, might you each be kinder? If you share a cutting of your Claw Cactus with one of those prickly-but-redeemable souls, remember to push the cutting deep enough into the soil so that it remains upright.

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