Staging Makes a Bedroom Look Better

July 10th, 2010

Click photo to watch video This is one in a series of videos in which a home staging expert is given $250 and 2 hours to make a typical room look more attractive to prospective buyers. In this video, staging expert Mark Jak is asked to do a Master Bedroom Makeover. The original bedroom is [...]

Filled Under: Home Improvements

Should You Turn Part of Your Home Into a Rental Unit?

May 5th, 2010

Many homeowners have questioned if they might turn an area of their home into a rental unit. Of course the objective is to cut down your cost of housing by collecting rent from someone else. An arrangement like that can provide you with a bit of extra cash, or sometimes even make it feasible to [...]

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Maintaining Your Lawn Tractor

April 30th, 2010

Click photo to watch video This very informative video looks at the simple do-it-yourself things you can do for keeping your riding mower running properly. Topics include: – preparing your mower for winter storage – taking off and cleaning the cutting deck – inspecting and replacing the belts – draining and replacing the oil and [...]

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Repairing a Toilet Flapper Assembly

April 26th, 2010

Click photo to watch video In this video home improvement consultant Tim Carter takes a phone call from someone whose toilet keeps on running. Tim describes the process of finding and replacing the toilet flapper unit. The flapper valve assembly in your California toilet is the component that opens and blocks the drain hole that [...]

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Looking for Kitchen Design Tips?

April 23rd, 2010

Quick Design Tips – Does your kitchen need a refresher? Would you like to give it a quick face-lift? Is it high time for a pick-me-up? Here are some inexpensive Kitchen makeover tips for adding a little bit of pizazz. For example, you can make a cafe curtain for your kitchen window by mounting an [...]

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Creating a Retaining Wall for Your Home

April 20th, 2010

Click photo to watch video Building a garden wall can be a great way to add interest to the exterior of your home. In this video Mike Kraft from Lowe’s explains how to install a stone retainer wall using standard materials available at most home and garden stores. There are lots of varieties of stones [...]

Filled Under: Garden and Landscaping, Home Improvements

New Dow Solar Shingles – Are They Practical?

April 18th, 2010

Click photo to watch video These solar shingles from Dow could be showing up on roofs across North America some time soon. They are about the size of a normal asphalt shingle, and can be installed like asphalt shingles too – with just a hammer and nails. The cost is still prohibitive – about $25k [...]

Filled Under: Green Tips and Healthy Housing, Home Improvements

Insulating Your Attic

April 17th, 2010

When your attic is not correctly insulated you could very well be losing a lot of valuable heat in the winter. When it’s hot out your attic will heat up and some of that heat will transfer into the rest of your home, having an impact on your cooling costs. In this video, produced by [...]

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Why Light Bulbs Burn Out So Quickly

April 16th, 2010

Something similar may have happened to you. About ten years ago some major renovations were done in several rooms of a local home. In one of the rooms none of the light bulbs in the pot lights have been changed since day 1. In another of the rooms they burn out regularly – some of [...]

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Kitchen Decorating on a Budget

June 30th, 2009

Decorating your home, especially kitchen decorating, can be a challenge even with a large budget. There are so many choices to make. With a limited budget, it can seem like more of a task than a joy. The kitchen is the heart of the home and our goal is to have a kitchen be both [...]

Filled Under: Home Decor, Home Improvements, Home Renovations, Kitchen