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Solar
Do Solar Panels Increase Your Home’s Value?
Whether you’re looking to make your home more eco-friendly or simply interested in reducing your power bill, you’ve likely considered solar panels. But there’s so much to factor in when taking on this investment, including whether or not solar panels will increase your home’s value. So, what are the long-term benefits and the up front…
Windows
The Cost of Installing a Skylight
A skylight in a home can serve many of these purposes. Homeowners use them to lighten a dark corridor, lend a spa-like feel to a master bath, or just add a touch of interest to a home’s exterior profile. The many styles—and additional features—influence the skylight’s final cost. In fact, the price of a skylight could…
Solar
What to Do with Solar Panels When You Move
Your current home is installed with solar panels and now you’re planning to move. Your new home isn’t equipped with solar panels and the question facing you is whether to bring the solar panels you’ve already invested in with you. Consider these factors when making your decision. Selling Your Current Property Before putting your…
Other Home Projects
Install a Window Box Planter for Instant Curbside Appeal
Affordable window updates are few and far between, but a hanging planter installed outside the kitchen or under a set of living room windows is a cheap way to add natural beauty to your home without emptying your checking account or planning out a major remodeling project. Window boxes are so simple, in fact, they…
Kitchen
Homeowner 101: How to Deep Clean Your Kitchen
For most of us, jobs don’t quit at five. Meanwhile, the second shift is just beginning—making dinner for the family, helping with homework, walking the dog, and whisking everyone off to bed. So it’s no wonder we get caught in cursory cleaning routines that just barely pass muster. Just getting the dishes done regularly feels…
Other Home Projects
How to Get Smooth Wall Texture With a Skim Coat
Before moving to Texas and building a house, I didn’t realize the wide variety of texture finishes that are possible on drywall. Where I grew up in Utah, walls were always smooth, and the heavy texture that seems to be the norm in Texas and many other southern states feels unfinished to me. So, I’ve…
Roofing
The Importance of Attic Ventilation
When you need a new roof, there are plenty of things to consider—choosing the perfect color, selecting a material and style that works best for your home and personal taste, and even sticking to a particular budget. And while all of these decisions matter, there’s an even more important one to consider. What lies under…
Other Home Projects
Dress Up Your Deck With A DIY Gas Fire Pit
Gas fire pits marry the cozy warmth of a backyard fire with ease and convenience. Instead of spending your time chopping wood, obtaining a fire permit, and struggling to light a fire the old-fashioned way, you can set up your own gas fire pit for backyard campouts at the touch of a button. And while…