As delightful as it might sound to spend a long, sunny day lounging in the backyard, the reality often includes more scrambling for shade than enjoying the outdoors. But retreating to a fully enclosed, air-conditioned space like a pool house …Read More
A wet room solves a basic requirement in a bathroom. “It’s a separate space in a bathroom to keep the wet stuff away from the dry stuff,” designer Nate Fischer says. Waterproof materials from floor to ceiling mean that water …Read More
By Melissa Dittmann Tracey, REALTOR® Magazine Besides a good window cleaning, there’s another way to boost your curb appeal and get those windows shining: Remove the screens. Home stagers love this trick, and it’s taken straight from the film industry. Remove the …Read More
With Mother’s Day and Memorial Day coming up this month, there is plenty of incentive to get those outdoor spaces ready for entertaining. From scheduling house painting to organizing your outdoor cooking tools, tick these 13 items off your to-do …Read More
Submitted by the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI) Photo credit: OPEI 1. Declutter & Clean The first step to sprucing up the outdoor living room is to clear …Read More
Natural wood is a lovely choice for adding warmth and texture to garden structures like raised beds, fences, decks and trellises. Much lumber is chemically treated to prevent it from rotting. However, some woods have superior rot resistance naturally and …Read More
Cabinets often take up most of the visual weight in a kitchen. A lot of homeowners (43 percent, according to Houzz research) paint their cabinets white to make them visually recede, then…