Try cleaning your light fixtures. Amazing how much brighter things look.
It’s been a freakin’ long day at work and you just want to get home and relax on your deck. But nooooooo, it’s already dark outside and that chill in the air is te...
Start saving those egg cartons!
Give or take a Scrooge or two, everybody loves the holidays: Decorating the tree, hanging lights, hanging holly … all those things! But you know what nobody loves? Taking all those things down.
Because, ...
Looking for a refresh? Steal these ideas for your next staging consultation.
Many sellers look to their listing agent for ideas on how to stage their homes for maximum impact. That’s why it’s important to stay ahead of design trends in hom...
Like telling your lights to turn on and off when you’re miles away.
Your home: You love it, but sometimes you have to leave it.
Whether it’s the eight hours a day or eight days on a dreamy beach, allowing your biggest investment to fen...
DIY home remodeling is great — until it isn’t. Here’s how to keep it great.
It was their first plumbing project. “It was just a small crack in a pipe,” says Karah Bunde. She and her husband, Joel, had just purchased a fixer-upper the...
How to use fabric softener for softer bristles and plastic wrap to avoid messes.
A DIY painting job doesn’t have to equal crooked lines, besmirched floors, and ceramic sinks speckled with robin’s egg blue.
Use these simple painting tip...
Don’t break your back. Try a de-icing cocktail instead.
If you’re a homeowner in a snowy climate, chances are good you rue the winter: All that snow has to go somewhere, and it’s not getting there itself.
Cue the snow shovel.
Bar...
Homes don’t clean themselves. But these easy-peasy rules (wake and make!) will make you feel like they do.
Here’s the thing you may have noticed about houses: They don’t clean themselves.
Which is unfortunate, because if houses cleane...
Countdown to a perfectly clean guest-ready home no matter how much — or little — time you have.
It feels great to have a clean, organized, well-functioning home when you’ve got guests coming. Especially around the holidays. It’s...
You CAN keep pipes from freezing, and avoid the costly damage that goes with.
Wicked winter weather can cause plumbing pipes to freeze and possibly burst, causing flooding and costly water damage to your home. Taking preventive measures be...