Filed under: Home, Family Money, Saving Money Along with summer temperatures, your utility bills are bound to start heating up unless you take steps to help your home create a more efficient cool. According to the EPA's Energy Star program, almost 20% of a typical household's utility bill goes...

Filed under: Small Spaces, Essential Skills, Know-How, Living Spaces

Kevin Hawes of Assured Home Inspections in Calgary, Alberta (via The Money Pit). Used with permission of the ASHI Reporter.

This rudimentary labeling pretty much sums up the homeowner's knowledge of which circuit breaker...

Filed under: Kitchen & Bath, Small Projects, Essential Skills, Know-How

Chris W. McDougall of Apex Home Inspection in Santa Cruz, CA (via The Money Pit. Used with permission of the ASHI Reporter You've heard of the term "everything but the kitchen sink"? Well someone seems to have used...

Filed under: Small Spaces, Exteriors & Facades, Living Spaces, Outdoors

Step right up! Photo: Max Curtis of MaxInspect in Livermore, CA (via The Money Pit). Used with permission of the ASHI Reporter.

This driveway is ideal for the four-wheeling enthusiast who wants to bring his hobby home -- and...

Filed under: Home, Real Estate, Insurance - Home Insurance Home safety and security is a top concern for most consumers, so it's no surprise the home security industry is booming in this time of economic uncertainty and rising crime statistics. But while new technologies have made home security...

Filed under: Home, Real Estate, Insurance - Home Insurance Home safety and security is a top concern for most consumers, so it's no surprise the home security system industry is booming in this time of economic uncertainty and rising crime statistics. But while new technologies have made home...

Filed under: Home, Real Estate, Insurance - Home Insurance Home safety and security is a top concern for most consumers, so it's no surprise the home security system industry is booming in this time of economic uncertainty and rising crime statistics. But while new technologies have made home...

Filed under: Home, Real Estate, Green Mention wind power and you immediately think of giant wind farms, both on shore and off. But thanks to a new wind turbine design released at this month's National Hardware Show, getting wind power at home may become just as common as rooftop solar panels,...

Filed under: Home, Real Estate, Green Mention wind power and you immediately think of giant wind farms, both on shore and off. But thanks to a new wind turbine design released at this month's National Hardware Show, getting wind power at home may become just as common as rooftop solar panels,...

Filed under: Home, Real Estate, Green Mention wind power and you immediately think of giant wind farms, both on shore and off. But thanks to a new wind turbine design released at this month's National Hardware Show, getting wind power at home may become just as common as rooftop solar panels,...