Category: Home Improvement

Here’s Your Quick April Home Maintenance Checklist

Man checking sprinklers in backyard

With the warmer temperatures and all the colorful trees and flowers blooming, April can be energizing and bring a feeling of renewal.  It’s also a good month to kick-start your home’s spring cleaning maintenance tasks, both inside and out.  Put on your favorite music, throw open the windows, roll up your sleeves and get started […]

How Jenny and Dave Marrs went from Arkansas to Tuscany with Fixer to Fabulous: Italiano

From Bentonville, Arkansas, to the Tuscany countryside, Dave and Jenny Marrs are stepping outside their comfort zone on their new spinoff series, Fixer to Fabulous: Italiano, where their longtime friends Pierre and Rebecca asked them to bring their renovation expertise to Italy to transform the villa they purchased. How It All Happened How exactly, you might ask, did the Fixer to Fabulous hosts […]

Springtime is the Right Time for Home Renovation

Springtime – the birds are chirping, the bulbs are sprouting, and we begin to slip out of our respective winter hibernations. What could be a better time, then, for renovating your home? Here, we take a closer look at the numerous benefits to renovating your home in the spring, from the wonderful weather to the […]

March Home Maintenance To Do: Caulk Your Windows and Doors

The month of March—when temps are beginning to rise but before those April showers—is the ideal time to get down and dirty with those maintenance projects, says J.B. Sassano, president of Mr. Handyman, a commercial and residential repair, maintenance, and improvement franchise. March “home maintenance projects can extend the longevity and improve the quality of your home, inside and […]

March Home Maintenance To-Do’s: Seal Your Tile Grout

The month of March—when temps are beginning to rise but before those April showers—is the ideal time to get down and dirty with those maintenance projects, says J.B. Sassano, president of Mr. Handyman, a commercial and residential repair, maintenance, and improvement franchise. March “home maintenance projects can extend the longevity and improve the quality of your home, inside and […]

Consumers Appear to be Taking a Break from Home Renovations

Households are hitting pause on their tub-to-shower conversion plans and buying new shower curtains instead. As NBC News reports, after a pandemic-era renovation craze, the nation’s two largest home improvement retailers say customers are spending less on big projects in favor of cheaper do-it-yourself fixes. At the end of February, Lowe’s reported that it was seeing […]

Winter Car Safety

Closeup bumper of car on a wintry snow-covered forested road

Most of us don’t have the luxury of staying home during extended extreme cold conditions, so knowing the keys to Car Safety this Winter could very well save your life. Don’t Warm Up Your Car While It’s Unattended Although letting your car heat up before you hop in can be tempting, leaving your car running when […]

Houseplants and Biophilic Design continue to Trend Big for Home Design

Biophilic design – which incorporates elements of nature into a home’s decor — has been a growing trend in recent years, and 2024 will likely be no different. “We expect to see one of the top interior design trends in 2024 to be a marked increase in biophilic design,” says Greg Roth, senior interior designer at CarbonShack […]

The Ozarks Meet HGTV in New Series ‘Lakefront Empire’

Expert real estate agents in Missouri’s Lake of the Ozarks will hustle to find potential buyers a slice of waterfront paradise in the new HGTV series Lakefront Empire, premiering Monday, March 11 at 10|9c and available to stream the same day and time on Max. Located between St. Louis and Kansas City and boasting more miles of shoreline than the […]

Multifunctional Home Design Remains Hot in 2024

One of the Covid-era home decor trends that has increased in popularity is the focus on multifunctional—spaces, furniture, rooms, and items. In fact, many people — homeowners and designers alike — have reconsidered how spaces are designed and what it really means to be “multifunctional.” Being at home for months on end during pandemic lockdowns […]