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  • How to Keep Your Wood Floor’s Natural Shine

    How to Keep Your Wood Floor’s Natural Shine

    4/09/10

    Wood floors are a beloved part of a home, and are al­so a great in­vest­ment that can boost your home’s val­ue by up to $10,000. Here’s some ad­vice on how to keep your floors look­ing shiny and beau­ti­ful.

  • Make Your Home Clean & Green

    Make Your Home Clean & Green

    4/08/10

    Is your house really clean, or have you traded dirt and germs for caustic and toxic chemicals found in most conventional cleaning products?

  • Strange Fact: Cars Belong in the Garage

    Strange Fact: Cars Belong in the Garage

    4/08/10

    To­day, most garages are at­tached to hous­es and con­tain enough space for two to four cars, at least the­o­ret­i­cal­ly. In re­al­i­ty, garages of­ten store heaps of mis­matched and dis­or­ga­nized clut­ter, which quick­ly in­vades ev­ery inch of space and leaves no room for park­ing ve­hi­cles.

  • Clearing Garage Floors Gets Cars Indoors

    Clearing Garage Floors Gets Cars Indoors

    1/20/10

    Whether its colors are fading or it’s taking even longer to “warm” the car on those chilly winter mornings, Mother Nature’s elements take their toll on your car. As the mercury drops, now is the time to get the car back in the garage.

  • Bathroom Updates On a Budget

    Bathroom Updates On a Budget

    11/04/09

    Want to wake up your tired bathroom, but think the price tag might be out of your budget? Don’t be so sure. Remodeling activity may be down, but it’s not out, especially in the bathroom. In fact, the bathroom topped the list of rooms for renovations, according to a recent Consumer Reports survey. Fortunately, there [...]

  • Make Your Smaller Home More Livable With A New Bath

    Make Your Smaller Home More Livable With A New Bath

    11/04/09

    As the own­er of a small­er home, you should know that adding even a small bath­room is among the best in­vest­ments you can make, typ­i­cal­ly re­turn­ing 65 per­cent or more of the cost on re­sale.

  • How to Enrich a Home’s Value With the Beauty of Stone

    How to Enrich a Home’s Value With the Beauty of Stone

    8/06/09

    Once, only the very wealthy could afford homes graced by the sophistication of stone. But with today’s manufactured stone veneer products, stone’s exquisite looks are within the reach of a wide range of homeowners.

  • Do It Yourself: Fix Cracks & Leaks in Basement Walls & Floors

    Do It Yourself: Fix Cracks & Leaks in Basement Walls & Floors

    5/18/09

    Watch this video if you have water leaks in your basement creating cracks in your basement’s floor and walls and want to learn how to fix them the right way.

  • How To Hang a Mirror

    How To Hang a Mirror

    5/18/09

    Hanging a mirror is easy, removing a mirror that has been glued onto a bathroom wall can be tricky. Watch and learn how to install a mirror in a bathroom.

  • Winter Wake Up for Your Basement

    Winter Wake Up for Your Basement

    1/21/09

    A few years ago you finished your basement. You put in all the hard work to make it a perfect retreat and lounge. But you haven’t done a thing with it since. So often, people finish their basements and then forget about any upkeep.