Take a Seat: 8 Perches for Pausing in Your Hallway
After you’ve put your coat hooks, shoe storage and a surface for keys and coins in your hallway, you probably think there isn’t much room for anything else. But one useful item you might well have forgotten is a seat — useful for putting on outerwear or just taking a...
Renovated Schoolhouse Now Dreamy Kitchen
The Berlin bloggers behind Our Food Stories, Laura Muthesius and Nora Eisermann, have hit it out of the park again with this German schoolhouse kitchen. Back in May, Laura and Nora got their hands on an old property in the German countryside, and the whole place...
15 Charming Porches
Get inspired by these porches with inviting focal points and picture-perfect design features. Rustic Porch Rich wood textures and a cozy fireplace make this porch the ultimate mountain escape. For unique furniture finds look for local craftsman to create custom...
10 Small (But Mighty) Laundry Stations For An Easier Washday
A spacious dedicated laundry room has a certain appeal, to be sure. But with closet-size laundry stations trending in 2019, designers and homeowners are coming around to the fact that a lot can be done in a surprisingly compact space — freeing up more square footage...
10 Genius Ways To Double Your Closet Space & Get Ready Faster
No matter how many times you comb through your bedroom closet, carefully pulling dresses to donate and tossing mismatched socks, there never seems to be enough room. Our dreams of neatly arranged tops and orderly rows of shoes can quickly end up in a messy pile when...
Improve Your Landscape Boost Home Value
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Stylish 7 Shed Ideas For A Small Backyard
Whatever size plot you’re the proud owner of, you’ll probably need to invest in some kind of storage to safely stash your garden tools and supplies. If space is tight in your little oasis, this can be a challenge, but don’t dismiss the notion — a small but perfectly...
8 Relaxing Backyard Around The World Decks
This coffee-break escape offers dozens of cleverly placed decks that are worth a peek. 5 & 8 are my favorites - what are yours?... Do you long for a deck to stretch out on but have only a postage-stamp patch of an outdoor area? Never fear, this collection of...
Adapt Your Home to Its Selling Season
Play up your home's amenities for the season in which you choose to sell. There is a selling myth that you should wait till springtime to sell your home. While spring is the busiest season for real estate sales, people buy homes 365 days a year. If you decide you need...
How To Lay a Brick Pathway
Prepare to Lay a Paver Path Lay out pegs and string lines along the edges of the path. Dig out the path area to a depth of paver height plus a 2-inch (5-cm) sand bed. Create a Form for the Path Put treated wood edging into the excavated area. Drive in wooden pegs on...
4 Reasons Not to Rush the Spring Garden Cleanup
For some of us, warm weather can’t come soon enough. But no matter where we are, snowy or not, the spring itch is fully upon us — and I’m here to urge you to think twice about scratching. Why shouldn’t you clean up the garden just yet? 1. Snow Could Return Depending...
Look Out for These Hidden Costs When Remodeling Your Bathroom
Bathrooms are often the smallest rooms in the house, yet remodeling them usually involves almost every trade, from plumbers to tilers and painters to plasterers. There are so many people to manage that the key to getting it right and staying on budget is organization....
Stylish 7 Shed Ideas For A Small Backyard
Whatever size plot you’re the proud owner of, you’ll probably need to invest in some kind of storage to safely stash your garden tools and supplies. If space is tight in your little oasis, this can be a challenge, but don’t dismiss the notion — a small but perfectly...
3 Color Palettes to Help Set Your Garden’s Mood
Nothing has more immediate impact on the mood of a garden than color. When it comes to putting together a garden color palette, you can first decide how you want a space to make you feel and then choose the color scheme accordingly. If you want a cheerful and inviting...
How To Choose The Right Insulation
(Click/Tap image to play video) Ask This Old House general contractor Tom Silva discusses the options for insulation with host Kevin O’Connor. Steps: Fiberglass insulation is sold by wall thickness and that should be adhered to so the insulation doesn’t get compressed...
5 Lively Kitchen Cabinet Colors
Cabinets often take up most of the visual weight in a kitchen. A lot of homeowners paint their cabinets white to make them visually recede, then focus on injecting a little color and personality through smaller surface areas such as the backsplash or countertop...
4 Awesome Kitchens That Will Make You Want Brass
See how this trending finish holds up to a variety of cabinet colors and styles 1. Brass on Blue Designers: Marty Buckenmeyer of Buckenmeyer Architecture (architect) and Charlotte Cooney of Domestic Arts (interior designer) Location: Portland, Oregon Size: 195 square...
8 Relaxing Backyard Around The World Decks
This coffee-break escape offers dozens of cleverly placed decks that are worth a peek. 5 & 8 are my favorites - what are yours?... Do you long for a deck to stretch out on but have only a postage-stamp patch of an outdoor area? Never fear, this collection of...
5 Fabulous Front Entries
Unlike mudrooms, which are transitional areas that tend toward the simply utilitarian, front entryways, or foyers, are opportunities to establish a flow and feeling that continues throughout the rest of the home. Whether you have a soaring ceiling (and budget) or...
To-Dos: Your April Home Checklist
With lengthening days and milder temperatures in many parts of the country, April is a wonderful time to freshen up the home inside and out. To get sparkling windows, a clutter-free garage and more, here are 14 tasks to make the most of the first full month of spring....
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