Your Guide to Home Improvement Archive


How to Prune Your Garden Budget This Spring

Monday, March 9th, 2009
RISMEDIA, March 10, 2009-(MCT)-One way to rein in your plant purchases this spring without putting a damper on your dream garden is to use annuals-especially those you can start from seeds sown directly into the garden. For 15 to 25 bucks-the price of one or two flats of flowers or ...
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Strategies to Help Homeowners Maximize Real Estate Value and Sales Price

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
RISMEDIA, March 4, 2009-For home owners contemplating selling their homes in the current market, Relocation.com, a leading online consumer resource for moving services, offers several tips to help sellers maximize the final sale price, get the home sold quickly and move on to their new home. While many factors come ...
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Alternative Lawns Can Help Save Water

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
RISMEDIA, February 25, 2009-(MCT)-It may be time to rethink that large expanse of green growing in front of your house. ...
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Healthy Humidity and Your Home

Monday, February 23rd, 2009
RISMEDIA, February 24, 2009-Winter generally brings very low humidity to our homes and the extreme dryness can cause health and other problems. Here, we discuss some ideas on how to combat both low and high humidity in your home. ...
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Home Improvement Q&A – Questions to Ask When Interviewing Contractors

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
Q: We're ready to go to bid on potential contractors-the plans are done, all the options that we can foresee have been selected, and we have a list of recommended contractors we're going to ask for proposals. One of our biggest concerns is that we'll "miss something" when we interview ...
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Home energy Q&A – Daylighting Your Home

Sunday, February 22nd, 2009
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Make Your Own Cleaning Supplies

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
RISMEDIA, February 19, 2009-(MCT)-The ingredients are probably all right there in your kitchen or bath cabinets-baking soda, ammonia, vinegar, rubbing alcohol. ...
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How Not to Get Soaked When Buying That Dishwasher

Monday, February 16th, 2009
RISMEDIA, February 17, 2009-(MCT)-For as long as there have been plates and forks and hungry folk who have polished off a meal, there's been the art-nay, chore-of doing dishes. As recently as 1970, 8 out of 10 American households got the job done the old-fashioned way: scrubbing with soap and ...
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Economic Woes Freeze Remodeling Market

Sunday, February 8th, 2009
RISMEDIA, February 9, 2009-The residential remodeling market declined further during the final quarter of 2008, according to the latest National Association of Home Builders' (NAHB) Remodeling Market Index (RMI). The current market conditions indicator slid to 27.7, from 33.5 in the previous quarter. Future expectations of remodeling work plummeted to ...
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