Homeownership comes with a lot of financial responsibility and a never-ending list of home improvement projects. But for anyone who pays a mortgage, the good news is that you can deduct several home expenses come tax time — especially if you itemize your taxes — or enjoy other tax breaks as a home owner. Here…
Top Ways to Make Your Next Home Renovation Project Count | featured
Home renovations are a great way to make your home more comfortable, functional and stylish. And if you’re a homeowner who’s been thinking about making some changes, now is the time. According to the study released at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, homeowners are expected to spend $430 billion on home…
Appliance Review: Our Ilve Range
I designed our kitchen around having all the appliances hidden except one: our beautiful Ilve Range. If you’ve seen it then you know it’s not just an oven but it’s a piece of art. It fits so beautifully into our kitchen’s design and all the reviews pointed to it being just as functional as it…
12 Organizing Ideas for your home if you are closet challenged
January is all about organizing, decluttering and hitting a reset button. This year, especially, that reset and fresh start is feeling bigger than ever. I have taken down almost all the Christmas trees (there are a few haha) and packed away most of the other holiday decor. But we left the living room tree up-…
LARSO Begins First Steps Of Larger Renovation
LARSO News: The Los Alamos Retired and Senior Organization (LARSO) recently made a kitchen move from the Betty Ehart Senior Center to the White Rock Senior Center. “When life handed us lemons, we made a lemon vinegar cleaning solution and it got to work,” said LARSO Executive Director Bernadette Lauritzen. “Well not exactly, but while…
Weekend View – French Country Cottage
The Weekend View is a rainy day version this week. Rain Rain Rain It has been a bit of a rainy start to the new year- in just a couple days- almost 12″ of rain- and we have more on the rain every day in the forecast. I am keeping fingers crossed that California is…
Make Your Own Whirlig Toy
What is a Whirligig Toy? The word whirligig derives from two Middle English words: whirlen (to whirl) and gigg (top), or literally “to whirl a top”. So the gist of the whirligig toy then is basically to use a scientific force (in our case we create it) to get the thing whirling and then we…
Mel Gibson Is On The Line To Save His Family In New Trailer [EXCLUSIVE]
Home Improvement Contractor Registration At Walmart, you can find everything you need for home maintenance and improvement, so you can get your to-do list done sooner. Parents need to know that Home Improvement finds its humor in family-friendly issues like sibling dynamics, parenting challenges, and an accident-prone Mr. Fix-It dad. Very little about this series…
Antique Round Table – French Country Cottage
A simple and sweet and oh so charming antique round table. Does anyone else shop vintage during the holidays? Surely, I can’t be the only one that all the thrift stores call to even when busy decking the halls. And so, it happened. Though this was another online find at Marketplace- and also another find…
How a Data Nerd Approaches DIY Home Improvement Projects
I started 2021 by buying an 1885 hulk of a home, sight unseen, with visions of restoring its earlier grandeur. In almost two years, I’ve restored three of many rooms and tackled multiple smaller projects, by myself. Do-it-yourself home improvements can save a lot of money, but that’s hardly the only reason to dive in….