Articles in Category "General Home Improvement"

Building Your Own Home: Who to Get in Your Corner

by Jennifer Jordan
Building your own home is not a task for everyone. It takes money, hard work, knowledge, and, above all, patience. For those willing to embark on this adventure, there are certain people to put in...
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Front Doors: How to Choose the Right One

by Jennifer Jordan
When a person is choosing a brand new house or a brand new car, it’s fair to say they shop around. They look and flyers, they ask for advice, they study prices, they search the Internet, they...
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Getting an Edge When Selling Your House :: Exterior Hand Carved Doors

by Jennifer Jordan
In today's housing market, many people are finding that they have a better chance of selling an ice cube to an Eskimo than their house to a buyer. One reason for this is because the present market is...
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Rustic Decorating Tips

by Jamie Hollier
Decorating in the rustic style is not always an easy task. Finding the right balance between many different elements with a great deal of character can be a daunting task. This article will give you...
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Tips for Living Big Outdoors

by Jamie Hollier
When the warm months come around, people love to be outside enjoying the sun, flowers, and fresh air. Creating a usable outdoor living space is a great way to enjoy being outside while also...
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How to Throw an Open House

by Jennifer Jordan
Good old house selling. There might be a million things that are more fun, but few that are more necessary. Perhaps you are being forced to relocate for your job, maybe you need to downgrade to a...
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Renovate or Buy a New House: What to Decide

by Jennifer Jordan
Anyone who is thinking about moving has a few options: move, stay put and do nothing, stay put and renovate to your heart's content. All options have their advantages (staying put and doing nothing...
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Getting What You Want: Things to Look for When Buying a New Home

by Jennifer Jordan
There are certain things to look for whenever you are relocating. The price, the size, and the age, for instance, can all be factors in helping you chose the house you want. These may be some of the...
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Saying Goodbye: When your Mattress has Got to Go

by Jennifer Jordan
Sometimes it’s hard to know when our mattress has gone bad: it isn’t always the most obvious thing. A bad mattress isn’t out knocking over bed and breakfasts or robbing bedroom...
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HDTV: Are you on the Bandwidth Yet?

by Jennifer Jordan
Some of us are always up on the most recent technology: we keep in step with the Joneses so much that we have the latest and greatest gadgets practically before they are invented. Others of us...
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Feng Shui? What’s Your House Got to do with it?

by Jennifer Jordan
For the past few years, Feng Shui hasn’t been a foreign concept; it has made its ways into living rooms and bedrooms all over the world.  Still, the knowledge of it is, in itself, foreign...
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Pack it up: Moving Efficiently

by Jennifer Jordan
It is estimated that the average person lives in eleven different places during their lifetime. This can include extraordinary moves, such as picking up in Ohio and setting down in London, or not so...
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Cha-Ching: Tips on Wedding Registries

by Jennifer Jordan
So, you’re getting married. Let me be the first person (or the hundred and first person) to say congratulations. Planning a wedding can be hectic - getting a place, hiring a caterer, finding a...
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Preparing Yourself For Home Improv

by Jennifer Jordan
In a perfect world, the word "improv" wouldn't be inside Home Improvement. After all, improving a house takes time, money, and, above most, patience. However, in the hustle and bustle of every day...
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The College Apartment 101

by Jennifer Jordan
As fall looms around the corner, those of you who are college kids are likely getting ready for life on your own. Packing up clothes and filling suitcases with your parent's stuff - a stapler...
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Five Things You Need Before Do It Yourself Home Improvement

by Jennifer Jordan
  Do it Yourself, or DIY, is an increasingly popular trend in home improvement: it allows you to think outside the tool box. As many people question why they should hire someone else for things...
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Five Things Every Home Should Have

by Jennifer Jordan
When it comes to a house, there are things that are essential. Sure a floor, a ceiling, and walls all fall into this category, a house can’t exist without them. But, once the basics are in...
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Upgrading a Home Office

by Jennifer Jordan
Many of us have a home office, a place where we can work from our house or, for those of us who are slackers, “work” from our house. Whether we use our home office to get end of...
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Five Reasons to Finish your Basement

by Jennifer Jordan
For those of you with a list of home improvement tasks – a few you’ve assigned yourself and a lot your spouse has assigned you – chances are a finished basement hovers...
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How Colors Enhance a Room

by Jennifer Jordan
With all the colors in the world, it's hard to know exactly which one to use when painting your house. Those of you determined to fairly represent each hue might set out to paint one room red, one...
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Top Home Improvement Things to Do Before You Sell Your House

by Jennifer Jordan
Selling your house gives you a list of things to do: pack up your belongings, forward your mail, vow to your kitchen sink that you’ll never forget it. While all these things are important â...
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The Best Home Improvement Shows

by Jennifer Jordan
  It used to be that the term “Home Improvement Shows” garnered images of Bob Villa, standing in an old house, describing every action as he hammered. While these types of shows...
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Getting Your Kids Involved in Home Improvement

by Jennifer Jordan
Home improvement is a concept generally limited to adults: power saws and drills, for obvious reasons, just aren’t suitable for children, at least not children who want to keep all of their...
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Home Improvement Ideas Gone Awry

by Jennifer Jordan
For every great home improvement idea there are several bad ones, lurking in the corners next to vinyl siding and Dutch doors. But, of course, bad home improvement is not an objective term: one...
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Home Improvement Mistakes to Avoid

by Jennifer Jordan
Home improvement can be a bit of a pain, a pain in the neck and a pain in the checkbook. It typically involves long hours, patience, and a good amount of money. If this wasn’t enough, home...
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Five Hints a Home Needs Improvement

by Jennifer Jordan
Home improvement, for many of us, may be little more than a former television show starring Tim Allen. We may never think about redecorating, never ponder painting with a new color, and never...
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