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High tech in the kitchen
September 6, 2024
The demand for high-tech appliances to do the work for us has never been greater. Many companies are developing products with high-tech capabilities that make kitchen work a little easier. Check out some of the latest trends!
Smart refrigerators - LG Electronics makes a refrigerator with a built-in computer and barcode scanner that helps keep ...
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Recouping your remodeling costs
September 4, 2024
As homeowners consider where to spend money on their homes in 2010, the latest Remodeling Cost vs. Value Report reveals that the most cost-effective home improvement projects are small in scale. Seven of the top ten projects that will recoup the most money for homeowners are improvements to the exterior of a home that cost under $15,000. ...
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Luxury Home Trends
September 2, 2024
One of the best ways to update your home and ensure a good resale value is to adopt trends from the luxury home market. These cutting edge trends eventually find their way into the new construction market and become mainstream styles. While most households can’t afford in-home elevators or a custom wine cellar, here are a few of the affordable ...
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Putting your ducts in a row
September 1, 2024
4 steps to peak home-heating performance
"Out of sight, out of mind" is a phrase that can certainly be applied to the heat duct system that runs under your floor or through your attic. But just because you can't see the ducts — and there still seems to be heat coming out of the registers — doesn't mean that your heating system is working as ...
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Can Your Kitchen Pass the Food Safety Test?
August 28, 2024
What comes to mind when you think of a clean kitchen? Shiny waxed floors? Gleaming stainless steel sinks? Spotless counters and neatly arranged cupboards?
They can help, but a truly "clean" kitchen--that is, one that ensures safe food--relies on more than just looks. It also depends on safe food practices.
In the home, food safety concerns ...
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Say goodbye to mold
July 24, 2024
The word mold can strike terror in the hearts of home owners. It can cause health problems, especially for the ultra sensitive person. But consider this. Our homes are more tightly sealed than ever. They are warm and many of us add moisture either with humidifiers or everyday water uses. It's the perfect setup for mold.
Mold is a fungus with ...
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Small improvements make most of utility room
July 24, 2024
Call it what you will -- utility room, laundry room, mud room -- the names say it all. It's a place for the washer and dryer to live, a place for wet and dirty clothes to hang out, a landing point for muddy boots and chore jackets, you name it. If you have one of those multipurpose rooms and you'd like it to do even more, or at least do it more ...
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The Big clean
July 19, 2024
Scrub, wipe and polish. It must be spring and time to sweep away the grime of winter. & Don't forget to recycle
It's been a long, long winter, but spring is making slushy inroads, which means it's time for the annual ritual of spring cleaning. This is when we wipe away winter's grime and hopefully go even further and recycle unwanted items, ...
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Ten Tips On Making Your Home More Eco-Friendly
June 24, 2024
Tip #1 – Turn off the lights when not needed, even as you go from room to room in the course of your day (or evening)
According to ENERGY STAR, as much as 20 percent of a home’s energy use comes from light bulbs. Using a compact fluorescent light bulb (CFL) requires about 75 percent less energy than incandescent, but lights that are turned off ...
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Five Simple Ways to Freshen Up Any Interior
June 17, 2024
In the paper recently, a whole page was devoted to asking people what for them was the first sign of spring -- me, I start buying pretty vintage stuff I don't need (more so than usual.)
I don't care how timeless your furniture or how good your self control, once that fresh spring air billows through the curtains you can't resist the lure of ...
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