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Home Care Blog Ideas to Use Paint to Restore Worn-Out Things in Your Home Paint isn’t just for walls. Here’s how to breathe new life into old stuff (like your worn-out vinyl floor). Did you know that a little paint can perk up carpets, appliances, and even vinyl floors? With proper prep, you can paint just about anything in your house. Here are seven of our favorite house paint […]
Home Care Blog When Is the Best Time to Buy Appliances? A major appliance should never be an impulse buy. We pinpoint the best months and moments to buy, on and offline. When it comes to landing bargains on major appliances, timing is everything. And the best time to buy home appliances is when stores need you more than you need a new home appliance. To […]
Home Care Blog Tasks That Every Smart Homeowner Does in October The temps are starting to drop, and the smell of wood smoke is in the air. That’s when veteran homeowners know it’s time to do these six things if they want to avoid trouble or overspending. #1 Buy Appliances Whisper to them. Do a rain dance. Whatever it takes to get your old appliances to wait […]
Home Care Blog Fall Yard Cleanup: 8 Shortcuts for Easy Care When you’re looking for your dream home, you might find that it comes with more yard than you’ve ever had — or had to maintain. These fall yard cleanup tips will help you set up (and enjoy) an easy-care yard year-round. #1 Design for Perennials with Different Blooming Seasons Warmer-weather seasons seem to get all […]
Home Care Blog A Beginner’s Guide to Veggie Gardening No experience needed to plant a veggie garden that offers savings, outdoor fun, health benefits — and food! Have you been hit by the urge to try vegetable gardening? Yep, us too. These days, part of the motivation might be financial. Grocery prices are stubbornly high, despite declining inflation in other areas. Even if you […]
Home Care Blog Outdoor Patio Lighting Ideas Creative patio lighting ideas add a nighttime glow to keep you outside. Outdoor patios are an extension of your home, perfect for gathering with guests, getting lost in a good book, or even working out. But the fun shouldn’t stop when the sun goes down or when fall brings crisp evenings and changing colors. You […]
Home Care Blog How to Get Your House Ready for Back to School Use storage hacks for a more organized home — and chill family life. It’s a given. When your kids go back to school, your schedule and family life get more hectic. But you can prep for the school year crush by fine-tuning how you organize your home, including storage and space use. Here are some ingenious […]
Home Care Blog Sports Gear Storage Ideas to Declutter Your Home Crush the clutter challenge by finding creative ways to store your household’s sports equipment. Meaghan Kessman is a mom of two active children with a house full of sports gear, whether it’s for lacrosse, volleyball, flag football, gymnastics, track, or even skateboards. It’s a lot to store, and Kessman, founder of Meaghan Kessman Home Organization […]
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Home Care Blog How to Hire a Contractor — and Avoid a Home Remodeling Nightmare Learn from a homeowner’s experience and remodeling pros about what to do, and not do, in hiring a contractor. Jody Costello was eager to begin a two-story addition to her 1940s home, including a new owner’s suite and an upper deck with a view of the San Diego skyline and waterfront. She gathered bids from […]
Home Care Blog Lighting Isn’t Cheap: Here’s How to Do It Right Tips for the right lighting design in every room. Lighting was once the poor relation of remodeling — a check-off item more endured than embraced. A few years ago, you would have spent maybe 1.5% of your remodeling budget on lighting. But today you’re looking at more like 5%. After all, the newest, smartest, wireless-connected bulbs […]
Home Care Blog Add Value and Beauty to Your Front Yard Landscape These 12 front yard landscaping ideas can elevate your home’s curb appeal and value, plus your enjoyment. If you’re like most homeowners, you’re squeezing more out of your outdoor space but overlooking a key area: the front yard. We’ve packed our backyards with outdoor kitchens, play and lounging areas, firepits, and gardens. In the process, we’ve […]
Home Care Blog Summer Projects That’ll Leave No Doubt Your Home Says ‘YOU’ Here’s how to customize your house with your own personality and charm. Buying a home makes you the owner. But personalizing your home, really makes it yours. Here are 10 ways to easily customize your house. #1 Customize a Wall Brittany Bailey of the “Pretty Handy Girl” blog was in a rut. She had a room of her […]
Home Care Blog To-Do’s for July to Save Money & Get Ready for Fall Now’s the time to stock up on paint. When it’s hot outside, smart homeowners focus their energies inside on these four tasks. You know, like taking advantage of your nice, cool basement. #1 Organize the Basement The two most common types of clutter? Old clothes and seasonal items. Just the kind of stuff that winds […]
Home Care Blog Organize Your Home in a Month in Less Than an Hour a Day A super-easy plan for getting organized without adding to your home-is-school, home-is-work, home-is-everything time burden. Did you ever notice that your self-improvement pacts with yourself are action oriented? Walk 10,000 steps a day. Fix that leaky faucet. Register for VolunteerMatch. But “get organized”? It’s a goal so broad that just trying to figure out what […]
Home Care Blog How to Cool a Room Without AC Want summer comfort but hate the AC? Follow these tips on how to keep your house cool without frosty air conditioning. There’s so much to love about air conditioning. First and foremost, it keeps you cool on sweltering summer days. But AC does have downsides. It drives up your utility bills and can cause AC […]
Home Care Blog Sharp Homeowners Know June Is the Best Time to Do These Things Like cleaning your siding — just be sure to start from the bottom and go up. Could it really be summer?! Tackle these five summer maintenance tasks during June’s longer days and better weather — and save yourself time and money this winter. #1 Update Outdoor Lighting In June, winter nights are probably the last thing on […]
Home Care Blog Genius Entryway Storage Ideas to Get You Out the Door Faster Creating personalized bins is a good start. It’s so easy (and so unfair) how quickly your entryway can go from clean to chaos — and that chaos makes trying to get out the door brutal. Think of all that time wasted hunting for your keys and umbrella, or digging through a pile of coats to find the […]
Home Care Blog The Style Guide to Reimagining a Potential New Home Mix don’t match and 4 other savvy ways to design your dream home. Exposed brick, black and white, French doors. If you asked me what classic aspects of design I’d like in my dream home, I’d probably check every box. It’s that eclectic mix of old and new, home and travel, fun and sophisticated that […]
Home Care Blog Lasting Love: 3 Ways Your Remodel Will Keep You Happy for Years to Come The best home renovations are the ones you love years after the new smell has worn off. You love browsing remodeling ideas on Pinterest, but you also live in the real world. So how do you figure out what project will ultimately be worth the cost and effort? It’s not a whole lot different than choosing a life […]
Home Care Blog 5 Ways to Design a Bedroom That Will Actually Help You Sleep Start by controlling light, sound, and temperature. When it comes to redecorating, our energy and budget often get funneled into “public” parts of the home, such as the kitchen and bathrooms. Private spaces like the master bedroom rarely get as much love or money. After all, it’s better to spend on rooms guests will actually see, […]