• When to remodel a kitchen?

    For as long as humans have taken up residence inside, well, residences, the kitchen has served as the beating, thrumming heart of the home. In the earliest homes, kitchens were warmer than other parts [...]

  • Kids pets and flooring

    Summer - and the school vacation that comes with it - is just around the corner. Among other things, that means kids (and maybe pets) tromping in and out of the house and wreaking [...]

  • Bathroom remodel

    Built in the late 1980s, the home was plagued by outdated everything. Particularly the master bath, where a phone booth-sized shower sat sealed behind an unevenly installed door, a boxy vanity sprang endless [...]

  • Home value

    Stocks? Gold? Bonds? Real estate? This is question often tossed about in a troubled economy. As in, where does one put one's money inn turbulent times? While we're not economists, we've got a few [...]