If you watched Netflix’s latest documentary “Martha,” then you know that at 83 years old, the history-making businesswoman isn’t going anywhere. Case in point: her landmark 100th cookbook officially released last week, and is already a No. 1 bestseller online. Stewart’s latest recipe opus features an intimate collection of 100 of her most treasured recipes, in addition […]
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Want to take your Home from Drab to Fab? HGTV’s Now Casting for ‘Down Home Fab’ Season 3 With Chelsea and Cole DeBoer
Are you dreaming of taking your home from drab to fab? Do you want to be featured on HGTV? Chelsea and Cole DeBoer are back for Season 3 of Down Home Fab, and they want to hear from you. When it first debuted on HGTV in January of 2023, Down Home Fab was an instant hit with viewers. On the […]
Simone Biles shares progress on her $3M Texas Dream Home Reno
After conquering her “redemption tour”—aka the 2024 Olympics in Paris—Simone Biles is ready to embrace her homebody era by sharing her experience in renovating her $3M “dream home” lakefront property in Texas. As House Beautiful reports, in 2023, the gold medalist shared that she’s living out her HGTV dreams and broke ground on a brand-new home […]
Electric Wallpaper Could Help Warm Poorly Insulated Homes During Winter
Researchers in Scotland are testing electric wallpaper as a cleaner alternative to gas-based interior heating. If the trial goes well, it could allow people living in cold climates to keep their homes warm without pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. As ExtremeTech reports, two Scottish universities collaborated with the Glasgow City Council on the project. […]
How to Insulate Your Attic before the Winter Weather Hits
It’s getting frosty out there, and you will probably be cranking up the heat or lighting those fires any day now. While you’re getting all toasty inside your home, the last thing you need to worry about is your heat (and your heating costs) going through the roof – literally. Have you checked your insulation […]
Big Green Egg Just Turned 50
Grilling season may be over, but that didn’t stop more than 5,000 fans of the cult grill Big Green Egg — affectionately dubbed EGGheads — from descending upon Coolray Field, in the Atlanta suburb of Lawrenceville, for EGGtoberfest earlier this month. The annual event, which first kicked off in 1998 as a small, low-key gathering of fervent Big […]
Hurricanes Helene & Milton showed why Net-Zero Communities might need to be the Wave of the Future
Nestled between Sarasota Bay and the southwestern part of Tampa Bay in Florida, the developers of the new Hunters Point community, Pearl Homes, billed the property as the first “net-zero” single-family home development in the US, meaning residents produce more energy from solar panels than they need, with the excess energy either being stored or sold back to […]
October Home Maintenance Checklist: Get Winter Weather Ready
As the middle month of autumn, October is a great time to attend to both indoor and outdoor home maintenance tasks. Daylight saving time doesn’t end until a week into November, so there is enough light for an outdoor chore or two after work, especially on a day when clouds don’t darken the sky prematurely. […]
October Home Maintenance To-Do: Touch Up your Home’s Paint
As the middle month of autumn, October is a great time to attend to both indoor and outdoor home maintenance tasks. Daylight saving time doesn’t end until a week into November, so there is enough light for an outdoor chore or two after work, especially on a day when clouds don’t darken the sky prematurely. […]
October is a Great Time to Clean Gutters and Outdoor Furnishings
So you are starting to feel that chill, letting you know that winter is not that far off. This is a great weekend to ensure that warmer season items are ready to go for next year. Now is also a great time to make sure that all gutters and downspouts are in good operating order […]