Sound-Proofing Your Backyard Retreat

The backyard deck. For many this is intended to be a relaxing retreat from the demands of everyday life. Someplace where you can sit back, sip on a cold one and enjoy life. Sounds great, doesn’t it, except for the constant hum of cars from the busy nearby freeway. Or how about barking Fido next door, or the children playing in the neighborhood park — so much for your relaxing retreat.

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The Grass Could be Greener

You probably never thought that your garden could be greener, without adding more water. But these days everyone’s talking about eco-friendly ideas, and yes, your home garden can be part of the solution. The most obvious eco-element is trees, of course. Not only do trees add shade and remove carbon dioxide from the air while producing oxygen, they also help prevent soil erosion.

The Grass Could be Greener : 1:54 (474 words)

Moving Your Outdoors to Your Indoors.

With the idea of more ‘outdoor living’ coming into vogue, many of us are planning to change our interiors so that they can include the outside more easily. Often fads in home design are ignored by many because they are just that: fads. However, the outdoor living idea is being adopted by the majority, perhaps because it is something many of us were already doing.

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Great Idea - Kitchen Great Room!

For those who are getting spring fever and want to do something to ‘change the look’ of the home, how about knocking down a few walls - carefully, that is! The latest idea of great rooms is really catching on and if a home is going to keep up with the latest and newest on the market - its living room is extinct!

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Polish Your Home

Real estate is like any industry, a product has to look appealing for people to want to buy it. Just like the bruised and scabby apples will be the last ones chosen in the produce isle, so the houses with glaring flaws sit on the market, unsold. Sure, there are those that scout-out the best deals and often buy up damaged homes on potentially valuable lots, however your average home buyer needs to want to live somewhere in order to consider buying it.

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Think Like a Panda: Go for Bamboo!

Bamboo isn’t just for pandas anymore. Bamboo has proven itself to be a hearty, versatile, and environmentally friendly option when it comes to home flooring. It is comparable in durability and strength to other hardwoods, and is insect and mildew-resistant, while still being comfortable underfoot. Not only that, but bamboo can be found in enough colors and styles to suit any homeowner’s taste.

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Time for a Trim, But Can You Hack the DIY?

Crown molding is the latest craze in high impact, low investment renos. It adds texture to your walls and the appearance of height by drawing the eye upward. It can also be the first major step in turning an architecturally boring room into an interesting and stimulating space. But should you install it yourself?

Time for a Trim, But Can You Hack the DIY? : 1:32 (384 words)

Is Your House Boring?

Are you the proud owner of a boring crackerbox condo? Do you have a functional house that needs something extra? Fortunately, it’s possible to make your good but lousy investment look great too without too much fuss. Better than a paint job, more permanent than a new bedroom suite and packing a solid:” I love what you’ve done to this place!” punch here’s one little trick that often gets overlooked:

Is Your House Boring? : 1:59 (495 words)

Gardening - A Labor of Love…Or Just Labor?

Gardening for many is a labor of love. All those hours spent weeding, pruning, watering, and fertilizing is worth it when your first spring bulb flowers, or your vegetable garden is ripe for the picking. Some don’t consider gardening work, but therapy - a way to relax and escape for a few hours a week. For others, however, gardening as another chore added to their already busy lives. If only there was a way to save some of those labor hours, but still reap the benefits of a healthy garden.

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The Perfect Lawn

Imagine the perfect lawn. One that never has to be mowed, watered, fertilized or weeded. No you’re not dreaming. Ask anyone with an artificial lawn, and they’ll tell you it is very much a reality. These simulated lawns feel and look like grass and always look green, but without the work. It doesn’t matter if your lawn is subjected to heavy traffic, shade, or pets, it always looks great.

The Perfect Lawn : 1:42 (425 words)
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