2,196 articles related to "home improvement"

Quick and Dirty Guide to Wood Flooring

Quick and Dirty Guide to Wood Flooring by: MJ Plaster If you've always longed for hardwood floors, you're in good company. While soft wooden floors date back to the Colonial era, hardwood floors first burst on the scene in the late 17t...

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Prepare for Winter Before It Arrives

Prepare for Winter Before It Arrives  by: Darlene Dipo Even though we are still enjoying warm weather and winter seems far away, now is a great time to begin preparing. If you do a bit at a time before winter hits the tasks are not at all overwh...

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Fish Health in Hot Summer Heat

Fish Health in Hot Summer Heat by: Brett Fogle Summer is over, but for many of us - the heat remains. Here a couple of things to do to keep your fish healthy and your pond clear going into winter. First, remember to keep your pond well aerated. ...

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Save Money When You Renovate

Money When You Renovate by: News Canada (NC)-If you're planning a home renovation, now is the time to think about making your house more comfortable and energy efficient - and saving money along the way. In many homes, upgrading the roof, t...

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Tylers Lock - Wedding venue extraordinaire reborn from the ruins of a canal pumphouse

tylers lock-history reborn !! The new site everyone is talking about, and featuring the now massive cult statusStiffsteiff Teddy Bear family, also containsdetails of this famous Worcestershire landmark. Nestling on the Worcester and Birmingham canal...

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Spice up your Garden with Rare Flowering Bulbs

Any experienced gardener knows the secret to a beautiful garden is in the bulbs. Flowering bulbs are usually quite hardy and undemanding and can provide the most amazing shower of spring and summertime colors. Bulbs naturally package all the essentia...

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How to Transplant Lilacs

Lilacs are exceptionally easy to transplant. I have transplanted many lilac bushes from the original bushes that my grandmother planted on our Wisconsin dairy farm 70 years ago. Early spring until late spring, from when the lilacs develop buds until ...

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Avoiding Flooded Basement Cleanup and Other Water Damage Cleanup Livingston County, MI

Access to the proper roof runoff system is vital to the idea of avoiding water damage cleanup. Downspouts that carry the stormwater away from the roof of the house can direct the water towards vegetated places. The idea is to give the soil the opport...

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Granite is Tough; Taking Correct Care of It Isn't

Granite is Tough; Taking Correct Care of It Isn't by: Edward Green Crystal like granite countertops and spa type bathrooms built with natural stone are all the rage in home interiors, but not surprisingly it will lose its investment value f...

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Thinking Vertically

Thinking Vertically by: Marc Rifkin I’ve often wondered why we describe houses and other buildings in terms of square footage. Though we live in a three-dimensional world, when it comes to real estate, only length and width seem relevant. What...

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