At Home with Wildlife
Tips to keep a safe distance and maintain a respectful relationship with our Colorado wildlife by making your home wildlife proof.
Fall Fix-Ups to Winterize Your Home
The perfect time to prep your home for winter is when fall weather is at its finest. Cooler temperatures and mountain snow will be here any day, so don’t wait to prepare. Here are steps to take to get ready for falling leaves and freezing temperatures, as recommended...
Design Recipes: Space Saving shapes and tips
Whether it’s to accommodate a home office or in- home classroom space for children or just create extra space to relax and unwind maximizing one’s home foot print is more important than ever.
The Lighter Side: Winter’s coming: Get Out the Flannel Sheets
It’s fall in Colorado which means it will be winter any day. Yes, we have both flip-flops and snow boots by the front door, but soon it will just be the boots. It’s the time of year to get out the flannel sheets.
Design Recipes: How to Create More Work-Life Balance When Work is Home
As home and work converge for many through the pandemic, you may be wondering how to separate the two.
Love Your Kitchen Counters Again
Before you resign yourself to replacing your kitchen counters, at a cost you don’t even want to think about, call Miracle Method in Longmont.
Style at Home: Welcoming Fall 2020
As far as bringing the fall festivities in early this year, I can’t be the only one ready for a change at my house.
Design Recipes: How to Find the Right Color Combo for your Space
Pairing the right colors together can add interest while also creating an inviting space.
Design Recipes: Furniture that fits
Have you ever purchased furniture, only to have it delivered and realize it’s not quite the right fit? You are not alone.
THE LIGHTER SIDE Who’s missing garage sales? Some kooky folks but not me
For some people, the lack of garage sales during the pandemic has been a loss. Not for me; I’ve had enough for a lifetime.
Northern Colorado Air, Inc. Improving the Air You Breathe
The pandemic has brought Northern Coloradans indoors with more hours working remotely and limited social outings—and breathing stale air makes the experience less than pleasant.
Ask Angie’s List: How Can My Landscaping Prevent Basement Flooding?
Landscaping is your first and most effective line of defense against a flooded basement. Consider these steps to ease up the water pressure. A landscaping professional can help you sort out your options and recommend the best steps.
Design Recipes: How to Maximize Furniture Placement in Small Spaces
Whether a bedroom, living room or other space, regardless of the home’s size, some of the biggest furniture placement challenges often come from rooms that are oddly shaped or overly small. How do you properly place furniture? Here are some top tips for small spaces.
The night sky: Colorado’s darkest natural resource
Since gold-seeking pioneers of the late 1850s pulled their wagons into what’s now Settler’s Park, Boulder’s inky night sky has acted as both a resource and an asset to our area’s quality of life.
The Lighter Side: Houseguests coming – Finally things will get done
Like most writers, I need a deadline to really get my brain popping and my fingers clicking. Unfortunately, this doesn’t just apply to my work, but my personal life as well.
Top tips for an Impeccably Tidy Home for Fall
The silver lining of our pandemic summer is a welcome opportunity to pare down & clean out, especially with the start of school approaching.
The Lighter Side: Musings about Houseplants: From Hipster to Horrendous
It’s funny that certain houseplants – and houseplants in general – are now considered in style. Every creative hipster has a few in their well-designed abodes: usually one in a glass orb hanging from the ceiling, a couple of structural succulents on table tops, a fiddle-leaved fig in a corner, and some vine-y plant tacked to a wall, usually behind a bed frame. I love it all!
Does Your Home Fit You Anymore? – Part One
Once upon a time, your house was your home and your office was your work place. But in this New Normal, maybe your house doesn’t fit you anymore. What to do?
The Lighter Side: And Now for Some Soft News: In Praise of Accent Pillows
Times are hard, so let’s talk about something soft: accent pillows. I am Spock-like logical when is comes to buying most home furnishings, but accent pillows are my shopping Achilles’ heel.
The Lighter Side: Those Darn Kids – How They Ruin Your Home Stuff (and Make it Better)
My neat-as-a-pin mother-in-law used to like when her grandchildren visited her house and left their grimy paw prints all over her pristine glass doors. She would say lovingly, “It makes me so happy to see those handprints after you all have left and remember our good time together.” I
K-Guard Leaf-Free Gutter System: Maintenance-Free for Life
K-Guard gutters have no choke points, cannot clog, and require no maintenance. Ever. Your days of scooping out leaves and undetermined gunk are over.
Nex-Gen Windows and Doors: Making Your Home Safe and Comfortable
With COVID-19, people are spending more time and working more hours in their homes. Replacing windows and doors can create a more comfortable environment.
The Lighter Side: I’m a home nerd. How about you?
Confession: I’m a home nerd. I’m a bit too much into all our house stuff: mechanical systems, appliances, finishes, you name it. I’m also way overly fond of tools and gadgets. Perhaps if you’re reading this, you share this affliction.
Top 2020 Kitchen Design Trends
Even as businesses slowly begin to reopen, it’s clear that restaurant dining won’t be as prevalent or easy as it was in pre-pandemic times. This means more time in the kitchen, so it’s a perfect time to make your kitchen a happy, comfortable space where you and your family can cook and gather.
Entertaining: Easy Breezy Dining
One of the biggest challenges of cooking is all the time meal prep takes. Hot meals can eat up entire afternoons with work. But it turns out there are several ways to speed up the process and keep the table satisfied. The keyword is “efficiency.”
