Recycling means reusing what you no longer need. It's a great concept but often we don't know how to recycle the many things we're ready to toss at home. You can easily find a Salvation Army or similar thrift store in your community, and many churches operate thrift shops too. There are also sites …
Cleaning $aves Carpets & Furniture
Most homeowners find it easier to hire a carpet cleaning service to clean their carpets. Many homeowners don't realize they can and should, clean their upholstered furniture at the same time as they're getting the carpets done. While you're going to pay for this service, it will also help you extend …
Cooking: Google and a Microwave?
When you're buying a home, you expect the kitchen to include a microwave oven and in the US, they are fairly common but that wasn't always the case. The heating effect of microwaves was discovered accidentally in 1945 when an engineer, working on an active radar set, noticed a chocolate bar in his …
VOC? Do I Care About this New Acronym?
We assume that we see what's around us, that the air is clear so it must be clean. In fact there are many Volatile Organic Chemicals (VOCs) in the air we breathe, ones that affect our health, and we can't see them.There are many things we can't see because they're too small for the naked eye. You …
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What Seniors Want in a Home
Seniors are staying in their homes much longer than ever before. When they stay in the home where they raised their family, seniors are likely to remodel to add features to support their new lifestyle like a gardening center in their garage. Seniors may also move to get closer to the grandchildren …
Save Energy with LED Christmas Lights
We love our holiday traditions and that often includes decorating with lights. Christmas lights are easy to set up, beautiful inside and outside our homes and small enough to store and reuse year after year. The question is how much electricity do our holiday lights use, especially if we leave them …
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