Sometimes cheap is good! A great sale on a TV might pop up, a holiday weekend special on appliances, or a vintage item you find at a garage sale that perfectly tops off your eclectic style. In other cases, however, cheap is not good. In fact, it can be risky, and even dangerous. The price…
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A car could have the most beautiful paint in the world, but if the inevitable smudges and debris aren’t cleaned away now and then, the benefit of the paint is lost. The same is really true for your interior paint. No matter how hard you protect it or how sparkling clean your home may be,…
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Let’s be honest. It’s easy to overlook your baseboards, isn’t it? Your walls tend to steal the show, with ceilings, trim, cabinetry, and other elements of the space following after. Baseboards just aren’t very exciting. They are a high-traffic surface, however, and this means that they’re going to collect dings, gouges, scuffs, and scrapes. And…
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We’ve noticed over the years that many homeowners let gutter cleaning slide off the bottom of their maintenance to-do list, or maybe never make a place for it at all. Part of this may be due to the fact that gutter cleaning isn’t exactly a fun activity; nobody really looks forward to it (at least…
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Don’t look now, but fall is coming! This means that in no time at all you might get the urge to wrap up a little exterior painting before the snow flies, pull leaves out of the gutters, or maybe hang those lights you’re famous for along the porch roof. And, there’s also a good chance…
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Is it worth the extra step? When it comes to interior painting, or really any home improvement project, the tedious initial steps are no fun compared to those final stages when the magic really happens. Tearing a bathroom apart, for example, is just tiring (and sometimes scary) compared to watching the new vanity and that…
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