Painting the exterior of your home is one of the most daunting DIY projects around. But with some planning, patience, and a little know how, this is a project that any home owner can accomplish. Like any home renovation project, we always start with a plan. Depending on the size of your house and the [...]

Owning your own home can be a very rewarding experience for most people. The ability to change things around, add some decorations here, knock out a wall there; it’s all part of the joy of home ownership. But with all the joys also come the repairs. Our homes break down and we either fix things [...]

Are you a homeowner who likes to tinker, build, redesign, or upgrade? Do you like to watch others do the same thing? If so, you’re not alone. Millions of others love it too and that’s made home renovations a great topic for reality based TV shows. If you’re a fan of home renovation TV, chances [...]

Home renovations have been all the rage for the last several years, and the humble little television has had a lot to do with it. In the old days home renovation TV consisted of This Old House with Bob Vila and Norm Abram. Both of these PBS shows were staples on Saturday mornings, from the [...]

When my wife and I first looked at the house we eventually purchased back in 2001, we somehow missed the paint colors. It wasn’t until we moved in and started to unpack that we saw the most disturbing yellow paint I have ever seen. It was sort of banana colored, with a hint of green [...]

Saving money at home is a priority for most middle income families, but finding practical ways to do it sometimes seems elusive. One of the ways to save money is to save energy. Saving energy reduces utility bills, and that can be substantial given the price of energy these days. We want to help, so [...]

The green movement is common place all over the world these days. It’s evident whenever you watch television, read a magazine, or even go to the mall. If you’re like me you sometimes feel like shouting, “Enough already! My choice of water heater is not going to cause a global melt down!” Whether you’re on [...]

Every few years or so, the home renovations industry sees new fads come in and old ones fade away. Remember the Great Rooms of the late eighties and early nineties? It seems like everyone who was anyone was adding a cavernous monstrosity of excess off the back of the house. The focus was on size [...]

Good insulation is a must in any house, you don’t need a continuing medical education to know that. Insulation keeps out the cold winds of winter and the sizzling heat of summer. There are various choices of insulation which will keep the climate inside your house pleasant.

Traditional Batt Insulation
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