Picking paint colors is more complicated than you realize. There are 100s of whites to pick from, some warm and others cold. Each primary color has an equal number of choices. So how do you pick the best paint colors? Interior decorators offer a "color consultation" where they come to your home and …
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Wallpaper Frequently Asked Questions
Wallpaper has been covering walls for thousands of years beginning with the Chinese who invented paper and glued rice paper onto their walls (brief history of wallpaper). Our homes have changed, and wall coverings have evolved from tapestries to various paper materials and …
Have You Got a Furnace or a Boiler?
Do you have a furnace or a boiler? Sounds like a simple question and it is, yet I was stumped when someone started describing a problem where there hot water heater was leaking and everyone was telling them they had to replace the furnace, or is it a boiler. Some quick research provided a simple …
Save Money with Preventive Maintenance
Houses need ongoing maintenance like a car. Car owners know they need to take their car in for oil changes, which include a new oil filter. Your furnace also needs it's filter changed periodically to insure your heating system works efficiently. There are 100s of home repair books to pick from but …
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Adding Holiday Cheer to Your Front Door
Our most famous holiday decorations come at Christmas, with Halloween close behind. Do you wonder why so many holidays fall at the end of the year? First Thanksgiving, followed by a busy month celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa and a week later there's New Years. My favorite holiday is …
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LED Lights & Why They’re GREAT
What does a light bulb look like? That might appear to be a silly question but the subject of light bulb technology is hot one these days. That's because the federal government is requiring light bulbs to become 30% more efficient by 2012 (law was passed in 2007) and that's driving huge changes in …
