Home Improvement Articles (Sorted by date)

Mosquitoes in Your Garden? Try Planting These.

If you are a serious gardener, you spend lots of time outdoors. And, for sure, you would rather be tending your plants than swatting mosquitoes. While there are many things you can do to keep mosquitoes away, there are some plants that will beautify...
Scottie JohnsonSeptember 21, 2004

Creating a Mood with Scents

Have you ever noticed how the warm scent of a candle wafting through the air can be uplifting, energizing, or make you cozy? Or maybe there's a certain body spray, soap, or perfume that just keeps you going through the day.
Jennifer HallSeptember 21, 2004

Reduce Your Heating Bills This Winter - Overlooked Sources of Heat Loss in the Home

Imagine leaving a window open all winter long – the heat loss, cold drafts, and wasted energy! Well if your home has a folding attic stair, a fireplace, and/or a clothes dryer, that may be just what is occurring in your home!These often...
Mark D. Tyrol, P.E.September 20, 2004

Decorating With Art

A Little Savvy with Framed Art Prints and Photographs Can Help Successfully Pull a Room TogetherBy Celeste Teresi DeSapriMaybe you’re restricted by an older living space with existing furnishings, or overwhelmed by the possibilities a stark new...
Celeste DeSapriSeptember 19, 2004

Security in Todays World

There are many things in life that are worth protecting. Our children, our valuables, our resources and of course, ourselves. Only twenty years ago, if security was mentioned, you were speaking of protecting your home.
Paul BlissSeptember 17, 2004

Brighten Up Your Patio With Sun Catchers

Sun catchers add sparkle and beauty to any room in your home. Far beyond the paint-n-bake sun catchers of childhood, sun catchers come in a huge variety of styles that dazzle the eye.The most common window-hanging style bring charm and flair to any...
Johann EricksonSeptember 15, 2004

Liven Up Your Walls With Decorative Plates

Decorative plates are often overlooked when decorating a home. Yet, it's the details that really make the elements of a room come together—and decorative plates are a detail present in most rooms.
Johann EricksonSeptember 15, 2004

Decorate your home with Shabby Chic

Are you ready to redecorate but have a limited budget? Do you have some great furniture but nothing matches? Do you love antiques but not stiff formal decor?
Johann EricksonSeptember 15, 2004

Decorating with Table Fountains

With unlimited possibilities available, table top fountains can add understated beauty or grandeur to any room in your house. Fountains are a worthy investment even for those who hesitate to spend money on aesthetics.
Johann EricksonSeptember 14, 2004

An Infinity Mortgage ?

Here in Spain the concept of a mortgage period of 20 or 25 years is something new. The general feeling by the banks is that want their money back more quickly than banks in countries in which they are accustomed to longer periods.
Jenny BarclaySeptember 13, 2004