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Your home maintenance program should include a checklist, home maintenance schedule and maintenance log. All helping you to see developing trends in repairs and costs.

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While there are plenty of costly ways to save on your utility bills this winter -- buying a high efficiency furnace, radiant floor heating system or solar-paneled roof -- there also are things you...

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Your home maintenance program should include a checklist, home maintenance schedule and maintenance log. All helping you to see developing trends in repairs and costs.

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Where traditional turf fails in the landscape, using creeping perennials is an alternative that is both ornamental and functional.

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Add Value To Your Home With Orangeries PDF Print E-mail
Add Value to your home with OrangeriesCreating extra living space within your home has many advantages. As well as giving you a lot more freedom and space to roam around and spend your leisurely hours, it also adds value to your home. One of the best ways to create this extra room in your home is with the addition of an orangery.
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Budget-Friendly Bathroom Updates PDF Print E-mail
Bathroom renovationsDoes your bathroom resemble the bathroom of your childhood? Does it have the same unappealing colors, cold tile floors and dated decor as the day you bought the house? If your bathroom is stuck in the '60s, '70s and even '80s, then it's time to upgrade. But don't worry, you can transform it into a modern day showplace on a budget.
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How to Enrich a Home’s Value With Stone PDF Print E-mail
low maintenance stoneWhether used indoors or outdoors, stone adds warmth and character that no other building material can deliver. Once, only the very wealthy could afford homes graced by the sophistication of stone. But with today’s manufactured stone veneer products, stone’s exquisite looks are within the reach of a wide range of homeowners.
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Kitchen Projects Add Equity PDF Print E-mail
Kitchens add equityA kitchen is one of the most used and important areas in a home. Even as home prices across the country decline, a kitchen remodel can still add value to your home.
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Ventilation -- The Secret to a Clean, Odor-free Kitchen PDF Print E-mail
The kitchen is one of the most active rooms in your home -- one that is filled with the delicious, mouth-watering smells of what’s cooking. But along with the good smells come the bad: smoke, steam and grease splatter. Homeowners who are tired of feeling the heat -- simply need to vent.
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