Love Where You Live | 03.24.11

Tips for Installing a Glass Tile Backsplash

Glass tile is a beautiful addition to any home, but installing it can be tricky. Follow these tips below to make sure your work is as beautiful as your vision.

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Care & Maintenance | 03.24.11

What To Do When a Carbon Monoxide Alarm Goes Off

Last night at 11:15 Kristin and the kids were asleep and I was sitting in my chair watching TV when all of the detectors in the house went off at once and a none too reassuring voice shouted, “Carbon Monoxide Alert…[repeatedly].” So what are you supposed to do then? Here’s what we did.

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Love Where You Live | 03.24.11

Guest Room Design Tips

What is the qualitative value of your guest room? Quantitatively speaking it allows for 2 more people to “sleep” in your home.

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Love Where You Live | 03.24.11

Beat the Heat

5 Tips to beat the heat in a poorly performing house:

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Love Where You Live | 03.24.11

Welcome to Summer

The message I have for you today is a bit counter-intuitive. A properly designed house could have intentionally been DESIGNED to not be comfortable on extreme weather days.

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Thompson Times | 03.24.11

2010 Father's Day Gift Guide

Gifts from Woodcraft

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Love Where You Live | 03.24.11

Five Timely Considerations

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Thompson Times | 03.24.11

EPA's New Lead Paint Law

The Renovate, Repair and Painting Rule will affect you when you go to paint, repair or remodel your pre-1978 home — unless you do the work yourself. The rule states that contractors working on such homes must:

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Love Where You Live | 03.24.11

House Problems by Decade

I recently had coffee with Bill Moss, Firm Foundation Home Inspection, LLC (616-260-0779, ffhomeinspection.com). An interesting part of our conversation was about common problems he sees in homes every day.

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Love Where You Live | 03.24.11

Mudroom Organization

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Love Where You Live | 03.24.11

5 Reasons Your Home is Drafty

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Love Where You Live | 03.24.11

5 Minutes, Less Stress

Last Wednesday I tripped over something at the bottom of our staircase down to the basement. I needed to bring up all the Christmas decorations and what was before me felt like a sea of stuff in the basement. Emotions I dare not share welled up inside me and I went on a 5 minute power clean. I didn’t call a family meeting, I didn’t ask for help, I just started stacking and sorting.

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