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56The air we breathe -- in the bathroom
Production homebuilders sometimes will choose the least expensive items to install in their homes to keep costs low when building hundreds of home per year. Such is likely the case with your bathroom fans,...
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63Disney's "Back to the Future" of Housing
That line from the classic movie, The Graduate shows a scene from Benjamin’s graduation party. “It’s plastics, my boy – now there’s the future . . ., ” was indeed a sign of the times when the...
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61Put Some Light on the Subject
Time was when lighting fixtures were placed merely to illuminate, such as to do homework on desktops, read music at the piano or to cast light next to a comfy chair where Dad read the evening paper. Hit...
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55Making Your Kitchen Svelte
There are connections behaviorists have somehow put together over the years. For instance, smoking and drinking can go hand in hand for a lot of people. But clutter and weight problems? One expert says...
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61Enthusiasm for Your Curb
How important is the appearance of your front yard when planning to sell your home? The fact is, the view of your front yard is the first impression buyers and drive-by visitors may see, either giving them...
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65Tree Hugging Alternatives to Traditional Lumber
How about building your home with shrubs? A species known as Western juniper (considered by many a worthless desert weed throughout parts of Oregon, Idaho and California) has now become one of the most...
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65Ancient Architecture -- American Style
While homes have gotten bigger, building lots in general have gotten smaller over the past decade, forcing the homebuilders to look for ways to make better use of space both inside and outside a home. As...
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65Moving is Scary for Kids
From our adult perspective, relocating centers around timing, packing, transferring finances, getting help -- all of the serious but bothersome elements that we know will not even be issues a few weeks after...
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59When You Want Your House to SHUT UP
After a long day at work, wouldn’t you love to get home to the sound of – nothing? Now that we have talking appliances, musical cell phones, and chattering GPS devices navigating us around, many...
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60What Does the Rescue Plan Mean to Us Average Joe Six-Packs?
Somehow I don’t think you and I are going to get a “Thank You” card for bailing out the financial markets. And I've never been referred to as Joe Six-pack until recently, but I do know the way we...
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