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Dining Chair Cushion Redo

Thu, 11/17/2011 - 14:34 - Leslie Segrete

Once the holidays arrive, keeping your home looking beautiful can be a challenge when it’s added to the day-to-day duties of working and raising a family. There’s also the challenge of hosting large gatherings and figuring out how to fit 20 people around a table for 12 while having living and...

Insulation and Weather Stripping to Keep Your Family Toasty and Warm

Thu, 11/10/2011 - 10:42 - Leslie Segrete

Your Money Pit could have the greatest and most efficient heating system in the world, but when it comes down to it, your heating system is only as good as how well your home is insulated and sealed up. If your home is properly insulated you can actually cut your heating and cooling costs by up...

Outdoor Privacy Screening

Thu, 11/03/2011 - 10:17 - Leslie Segrete

Our outdoor spaces can be our one and only escape at home, but thanks to all of the modern conveniences we enjoy inside our home--air conditioning, generators, even garbage storage--we sometimes find the view outside not to be the most natural. Privacy panels crafted of lattice can provide the...

Ocean Pollution? Scientists Point the Finger at Your Favorite Sweater

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 15:16 - Tom Kraeutler

When it comes to ocean pollution, we all know some of the most notorious culprits, like six-pack soda rings and foam packing peanuts. Plastic odds and ends have been collecting over decades to form the Great Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean, a floating mass the size of Texas. But the latest...

Cable Tackers

Thu, 10/27/2011 - 10:30 - Leslie Segrete

Being a woman, there are many things I will never understand about men. I know, we are just two completely different species and we both have our likes and dislikes and things that just simply go along with the gender. The biggest one that I just don’t get is a man’s obsession with audio and...

Simple Style Makeovers with Your Hot Melt Glue Gun

Thu, 10/20/2011 - 10:30 - Leslie Segrete

Creating a beautifully designed room is all in the details. It’s the little thoughtful touches that truly create a memorable space. Those special moments that happen in the décor of a room don’t have to be budget busters. With a glue gun, all of your design dreams are possible; it is such an...

Halloween Decorating

Thu, 10/13/2011 - 10:30 - Leslie Segrete

Autumn is truly my favorite time of year. Yes, of course the cooler temperatures and the beautiful foliage make it wonderful, but for me it is the official start of the holiday decorating season. Oh yes, you can cue up the “haul out the holly” music, but now is the beginning of the...

Upholstering a Headboard

Thu, 10/06/2011 - 10:00 - Leslie Segrete

The bedroom should be the one place in your home where you can find peace and tranquility. A messy bedroom can quickly turn that relaxed feeling into stress. You should always keep your work out of the bedroom so this can truly be a place to rest. Having a well designed space can help you find...

Cool Metal Roofing: a Hot Idea

Sun, 10/02/2011 - 10:10 - Tom Kraeutler

“Cool” is probably not the first word that comes to mind when you think of a metal roof. So you might be surprised to hear about a new breed of metal roof that actually reflects solar heat instead of absorbing it. In fact, many residential roofs now utilize this reflective pigment technology,...

Repairing Gutters and Downspouts

Thu, 09/29/2011 - 09:49 - Leslie Segrete

Wet basements are a problem all across the United States, in every climate, and in every type of home.  The secret to keeping your basement dry is keeping the moisture down along your home’s foundation.  First of all, you want to make sure that your home has gutters. Then you need to make sure...