Green home design focuses on minimizing the impact of construction on the environment. This means using more sustainable materials, using less energy and water while people live there, and deconstruction adds another dimension to green home design. When designing homes for deconstruction, an …
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Sexy Bathrooms Inspire Imagination
Everyone has a bathroom or 2 but do you love your bathroom(s)? Have you added special features to make your bathroom fun and sexy? You picked the paint color, the towels and maybe you've updated the floor and/or vanity but how many of us think outside the box, and how many of us make make dramatic …
Landscaping: Toxic to Pets?
Landscaping is for people, pets or both? When picking flowers and shrubs, you focus on how they look and maybe how much work is required to keep them looking great. You work hard to create a beautiful outdoor backyard to enjoy with your family, so you'll also want to consider family safety, …
Prairie Home Improvements
Most people don't get excited reading about home improvements, yet Russ Ringsak from A Prairie Home Companion has a way of entertaining while writing about the topic. His description of being a carpenter's helper "... chain sawing, Bobcatting, shoveling, pick-axing, jack hammering, sledgehammering, …
Seal a Deck to Protect the Wood
It's challenging to keep sealing your deck so it looks great forever but that's what protects the wood (decks, porches, fencing) from the elements. To avoid this chore, many homeowners are now building decks from the new composites which might get dirty but don't show the wear and tear like a poorly …
Dirty Decks: Tips to Clean & Seal Them
Decks get really dirty so a common spring time ritual is cleaning your deck, porch, walkways, etc. In addition to a good annual cleaning, wood decks need to be sealed to protect them from the elements which otherwise, will cause them to deteriorate faster than they will with proper …
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