Managing Homes with Confidence!
Homeowners don't realize how much cabinet hardware is in their kitchen, until they decide to replace their drawer pulls and door knows and count them. My kitchen has 21 door pulls, 14 drawer pulls plus 1 matching bar for dish towels, for a total of 36 pieces of hardware. All pulls and no knobs? …
Continue Reading about Kitchen Pulls, Knobs & Other Hardware
Kitchens are the hub of most homes and it's not always about food. Traditional kitchen design focused on the "work triangle" and placing appliances, storage and the sink in close proximity for all activities around cooking food. The assumption was one person was cooking but we now have multiple …
Sometimes you need to replace an appliance in a hurry and that's not much fun. You might not have enough time to research, shop or get the model you really want -- we had to wait 4 weeks for this refrigerator to get delivered. There's also a matter of money and whether you can afford to buy a higher …
Continue Reading about Budgeting to Replace/Upgrade Interior Home Components
When building a home, will you use new or old materials? Americans are consumers so building a house means piles of new materials -- lumber, gravel, cement, drywall but not anymore. The green movement is challenging architects, builders and homeowners to reuse materials for new construction, …
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 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, …
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