Category: Home Improvement

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 […]

Healthy Building Technology: Could the Coronavirus Pandemic help make it a reality?

People in the United States spend upward of 90 percent of their time indoors — inside homes, apartment buildings, schools, and offices. With the threat of COVID-19 looming over every interaction, those indoor spaces (where the virus spreads more easily) can seem loaded with hidden threats. Fortunately, scientists already have the tools to make buildings […]

HGTV Orders Second Season of Blockbuster Hit Series “Celebrity IOU”

HGTV has picked up a sophomore season of its smash hit series, Celebrity IOU, which has attracted more than 18.9 million total viewers since its premiere just four weeks ago. In the second season, tentatively slated to premiere in early 2021, additional Hollywood A-listers will express deep gratitude to individuals who had a major impact […]

HGTV announces the cast helping you to virtually “Design at Your Door”

HGTV has announced which of their designers will be helping homeowners complete virtual home makeovers in the new show Design at Your Door. PEOPLE magazine revealed that the social distancing-inspired series will star David Bromstad from My Lottery Dream Home, Tiffany Brooks from HGTV Smart Home 2020, Tamara Day from Bargain Mansions, Dave and Jenny […]

Here’s Your Spring Termite Prevention Checklist

Learning how to prevent termites is something every homeowner needs to take seriously. Termite prevention can help you avoid costly damage to your house, and thinking that this can’t happen to you is a huge mistake. As you can see from the following checklist, termite prevention mistakes are the first things to draw termites to […]

Make Your Own Natural Weed Killer and Keep Your Garden “Green”

Even in the best of plots, weeds will grow. And why wouldn’t they? You’ve provided inviting soil and the sun shines on even the most reviled plant. If you are fighting the good fight against those unwelcome visitors, there is no shortage of chemical options for clearing the decks, but many are now seeking alternatives […]

5 Ways to Spruce Up Your Home’s Walls

Interest in home improvement has reached unpreceded levels throughout the COVID-19 pandemic because people finally have the time and opportunity to make changes they’ve thought about for a while. Spending time in quarantine means constantly staring at your walls — your plain, blank walls, in some cases. This makes them the perfect place to start, […]

HGTV wants YOU to ‘Design at Your Door’

Zeitgeist. Merriam-Webster’s defines it as the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era. The term, actually a German word, literally means “time ghost.” The Americanized equivalent might be “the spirit of the times.” If 2020 has a zeitgeist, without question it includes a reorientation on just how we think about “home” — and […]