Category: Home Improvement

Give your home an easy Face Lift with Window Boxes

Refreshing your home’s front entry doesn’t require tons of work or expense.  In fact, you can give your face a quick and easy face lift, add to the curb appeal and increase your home’s value with something as simple as adding window boxes. Window boxes filled with colorful flowers add instant character to your front […]

Fast-Setting or Standard Concrete: How to Decide

Whether you’re setting a mailbox post or pouring a patio, how fast the concrete needs to set is a critical factor when buying concrete at a home center.  A bag of standard concrete and a bag of fast-setting concrete may look similar, but understanding the differences in how they work will help determine which mix […]

Summer is a great time to Tackle Mold

June kicks off a stretch of the hottest months of the year, especially in Southern states where heavy rain is also the norm. All that heat and moisture provide the perfect climate for mold to flourish, says Phil Kuczak, air-conditioning service and installation manager at Best Home Services in Naples, Florida.  Here are some ways you […]

Here’s a Home Maintenance Task you should tackle in June: Check Your AC

Ah, June. the days are long, and the weather’s getting toasty.  But before you slather yourself with SPF 75 and reach for a margarita, do yourself a favor and tackle a few maintenance projects. A little pain now means a big gain later—you’ll ensure your home runs smoothly through the dog days of summer. But don’t worry; the […]

‘Trading Spaces’ alum Genevieve Gorder says home improvements can affect mental health: ‘Let the light in’

When things get really bad, home does really good, Genevieve Gorder believes. The interior designer and TV personality — who marks Sept. 11 and the 2008 stock market crash as crescendoes in her home career — says that’s because “it’s where we nest and it’s where we repair, we recalibrate and reinvent so we can […]

Here’s a Sneak Peak at HGTV’s new virtual home improvement show, “Design At Your Door”

Think you can’t stand to have any more Zoom calls? Having a call with an HGTV star may just change your mind.  At the very least, you can watch families from all walks of life — including first responders and other essential workers — get a custom design plan from some of HGTV’s biggest stars […]

Is your Deck Ready for the Summer? Here are 6 Tips to get you there!

Flowers are blooming, the sun is warm and the outdoors is beckoning. It’s one of the little pleasures in life to spend time outside in the fresh, summer weather. To make your time even more enjoyable, make sure that your ready to entertain you and others with these six summer deck ideas.   1. Clean […]

Best Memorial Day Furniture and Mattress sales 2020

Routines have changed and you may have extra time on your hands to tackle your household to-do list — which might include anything from revamping your store of food containers to upgrading your furniture. Memorial Day is right around the bend – Monday, May 25th, so there are some significant sales you can start contemplating. […]

Retail Sales, including Home Furnishings, plummet a record 16.4% in April

Sales at U.S. retailers sank a record 16.4% in April (economists polled by MarketWatch expected a 12.5% plunge) after the coronavirus pandemic shuttered much of the economy, cost millions of jobs and spawned an unprecedented slump in consumer spending. Retail sales tumbled in every category except online shopping, the government said Friday. Sales also sank […]