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Family Room – The Perfect Way To Design Yours!

What is a family room? Aside from maybe the kitchen, it may be the most important room in the house. This is the place where the whole clan settles down for a movie, where the kids spend rainy afternoons building blanket forts, and where everyone crashes for some relaxation each evening. Your family room is
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Sustainability-Money Saving Improvements

Last week was Earth Day, which always get us thinking about ways to bring sustainability into our homes. Getting on Mother’s Nature’s good side is a wise idea for many reasons. First, there’s the fact that we live on a planet with finite resources that we should strive to preserve for future generations. And then
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Home Exterior – A Spring Cleaning Guide

The temperatures have hit the 70’s, flowers and trees are in bloom, and birds have returned from their winter vacation in Florida. All of it can only mean one thing: SPRING IS HERE! After a winter like the one we just had, it’s a beautiful thing to be able to throw open the windows and
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Interior Lighting Tips for Every Room

Let there be light! In your homes, we mean. If you’ve been keeping up with the latest studies, you know that lighting can affect everything from your sleeping patterns to your mood. All the more reason to take the lighting arrangements of every room seriously!   So, what’s the best way to light each room
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Roofing Contractors-7 items for hiring right!

There is no doubt in the fact that roofs are kind of the most important component of the house. Like, we can accept houses with few windows, maybe no backyard but however, no roof equals no house for everyone who doesn’t want to be drenched in rainwater or sunbathe in the comfort of their own
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DIY Home Remodeling -5 Reasons to Say “No!”

In the age of Pinterest, YouTube, and Wikipedia, you can learn how to do just about anything online. Whether it’s building your own bookshelf or installing a new carpet, you’re bound to come across some DIY video on the Internet explaining how to get it done. But there’s a big difference between a small home-improvement
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Exterior Color : The Right Choice For Your Home

Home is where the heart is or in this case, heart is where the home is. But is it that easy? Your house, needs to have those certain qualities in it to fulfill anyone’s desire of a home. The desired shape, the desired exterior color etc. a balance of all your wishes is what makes
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Kitchen Remodeling – 4 Moves To Make

If your home had a heart, it would be the kitchen. So much more than a room for cooking, the kitchen is often the place where meals are shared, messes made, art projects attempted, and homework finished.   Because of this room’s importance, you should put a lot of thought into your kitchen remodeling project
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Remodeling-5 Monkey Wrenches-How to Prevent Them

No matter what anyone says, remodeling is NOT easy! Coming up with the design ideas alone can be time consuming while organizing the project itself is downright painful to the head. Even if you are remodeling a room or a house, sometimes the work criteria is the same and tasks mutual and crucially important, especially those
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Age in Place: Home Renovation Essentials

For some, a retirement community is an option, while other retirees choose to “age in place.” The oldest of the “baby boomers” started turning 65 back in 2011, and as the years have zipped by, more and more are getting ready to retire! While many are sure about how they want to spend their retirement
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Foyer Remodeling – Optimize Your Entryways

In last week’s blog post we talked about what it takes to make your home’s bathroom feel like the Spa at the Hershey Hotel! In our current blog post it’s the room in your house we want as beautiful as Caesar’s Palace but as functional as a Swiss army knife. Courtesy of the guys at
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Philadelphia Bathroom Remodeling – Standard to Spa

In this day and age, we’re all so sapped for time that we need to make every minute count. Maybe that’s why so many homeowners these days are exploring bathroom remodeling to transform what was once standard into spa-like retreats, so that even a quick shower becomes a soothing escape from day-to-day stresses. Bathroom Remodeling-
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Basement Finishing – Five Surprising Benefits

In today’s economy, many homeowners who are craving a change would rather remodel than sell their homes. After all, buying a new home is a major financial commitment, and there’s no guarantee the old one will sell anytime soon. Luckily, there’s one remodeling project that can pack an old home full of new life: let’s
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Boost Home Value – 4 simple ways!

Last week, we talked about some of the latest design trends when it comes to home remodeling. Remodeling itself can do a lot to boost home value, but the trick is to know the most efficient ways to do it. Obviously, you want the best return on your investment and time! Whether you’re a DIY
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Remodeling Trends – What’s Hot For 2015

We may be through with January but there’s still plenty of time to carve out room for a New Year’s Resolution. And if you’re a DIY-nut who loves a good home improvement job, then a home remodeling goal is just the resolution you’re looking for. Whether you’re looking for a fresh update through kitchen remodeling
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Competitive Bids – Why You Should Get 3

When hiring a contractor for your renovation or building project a good practice is to get three competitive bids. In my opinion as an informed consumer you should not even consider a contractor to submit his proposal without seeing a certificate of the proper insurances. Liability insurance is very important but you should also require
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Detailed Proposals-The Key To A Successful Remodel

I can’t stress this enough be very wary of contractors that do not give thorough estimates. Estimates that are missing line items or don’t give full explanations of materials that will be installed, or manner in which they will be installed cannot be compared accurately. This is the reason you should always require a detailed