Use This Spring Gardening Checklist for a Pretty Landscape All Year

As your garden starts waking up in spring, it’s time to start planting, pruning, and prepping for the growing season ahead. From Better Homes & Gardens By Andrea Beck Updated on January 23, 2024  Reviewed by Sylvia Duax Just as you give your house a good spring cleaning to freshen it up after a long winter, you can take …

10 Tips for Choosing and Working With a Builder

Make your construction experience a happy one by following these steps Hugo Tugman April 4, 2016 Houzz Contributor and founder of Architect Your Home – Interior Your Home, a country-wide… More You may have heard horror stories about problems with builders, budgets spiraling out of control and sites left half-finished. But the reality is that …

Autumn Maintenance Suggestions

Autumn Maintenance Suggestions from diynetwork.com Autumn Maintenance Tips Use these must-do fall maintenance tips to keep your house in shape and help keep you warm this winter. -Regularly clean gutters and downspouts. Make sure all drainage areas are unblocked by leaves and debris. Consider installing gutter guards to make the job a lot easier. Use …

10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Start a Kitchen Remodel

From Architectural Digest 10 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Start a Kitchen Remodel Before you tear down any walls, look at this list Text by Lindsey Mather Posted March 21, 2016 Architectural designer Peter Napolitano and decorator Thomas Britt transformed this Manhattan kitchen and dining area. The palette and repeated elements, such as the …

Why you should never touch anything on your home construction site

By Tim Carter From The Washington Post   See that angled board nailed to the vertical wall studs? It’s a temporary diagonal wall brace used to stabilize the framing while the house is built. (Tim Carter) I stopped by my new house that’s under construction. I go there at the end of each day to …

September To-Do Check List

To-Dos: Your September Home Checklist Cooler weather is coming! It’s time to check the furnace, add weatherstripping, clean out the gutters and more Laura Gaskill September 2, 2016 Houzz Contributor. I cover topics ranging from decorating ideas, product picks, Houzz… More From the first days, which probably still feel like summer, to the last, when …