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The Most Popular Interior Paint Colors of 2016
A new coat of paint can do wonders for pretty much any room in your home. Though it’s important to have your home reflect you and your family’s personalities and tastes, it’s also good to keep your home looking fresh by keeping up with the latest trends. You’ll impress friends, family and neighbors by adjusting …
in Flooring
How to Make Your Carpet Last Longer
Carpeting is generally expected to last about seven years or so. It can be a royal pain to replace it—having to move all your furniture out of the room, tearing it up, scraping up glue and padding. Still, flooring is one of the most popular means of renovating homes in the springtime home remodeling season. …
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Repairing Plaster and Drywall Cracks in Your Home
Plaster and drywall cracks are a fact of life for homeowners. Every home settles as it sits, and settlement cracks can spider-web across your walls, seemingly appearing out of nowhere. Everyone’s experienced it, and it can be all too easy to blow it off and let it go. That’s a bad idea. Before you know …
in Plumbing
Bathroom Remodeling: What You Should Know about Plumbing
Springtime is upon us once again, and you know what that means: home renovation and remodeling projects! Among the most popular springtime remodeling jobs is the bathroom. Everyone’s eager to dive in and create that dream bathroom where they can relax and take time away from the world at large. There are, however, a lot …
in Roofing
Spring Roof Clean-Up Tips
Now that spring is in full bloom, it’s time to stop putting off what you’ve likely been dreading: spring-cleaning. Spring cleaning sets the tone for the rest of your year at home. Whatever you need to do to your home—applying a fresh coat of paint or cleaning out the garage—you’ll be happy you did it …
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Ways to Teach Your Kids About Responsible Energy Use at Home
The biggest trend in home ownership over the last decade is the steady turn towards energy efficiency. In addition to installing as many high efficiency products in a home as possible, using energy responsibly has also become the norm. However, it can be hard to explain the purpose of responsible energy use to small children …
in Interior
Spring Maintenance Checklist for Your Home
As the rains of April give way to the flowers of May, it’s time to start thinking about getting your house in shape for the coming year. This involves the usual spring cleaning, but now is also an ideal time to start working on those spring maintenance projects that you tackle every year—or perhaps forgot …
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The Best Exterior House Paint Colors for Resale
When it comes to prepping your home for resale, there are a lot of aspects to take into consideration. Your furniture setup should show off how versatile your home is—to help inspire buyers to imagine what they could do with the space. Everything should be clean and look brand-new to help sell your house; it …
in Roofing
The Lifespan of Different Roofing Materials
You’re in the middle of planning your next home project, and you want to make sure you do a good job. Maybe you are replacing your roof, or you are building a separate structure away from your house such as a garden shed. Now you have to decide what your new roof will be made …
in Flooring
5 Bathroom Floor Ideas for Your Next Remodel
You don’t have to be stuck with the same bathroom floor forever. Why not give it a completely different look? There are several ways to make that floor feel like new again, such as changing your flooring materials. The options may seem endless if you’re new to this process as a homeowner or if it’s …
