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Design Recipes: 8 tips for brightening your home with yellow
From bright lemon to deeper tones such as mustard, yellow is both versatile and a color that can be dressed up or down when staging and styling a space.
Here’s why homeowners are pumping the brakes on home remodeling spending
After hitting an all-time high in 2017, home remodeling has dropped off in more than half of the U.S. housing markets. (Photo: Dreamstime/TNS).
Design Recipes: Put these 10 tasks on your summer checklist
Whether you live in a warm climate year-round or an area where you see a change of seasons, these maintenance items should make it onto your summer checklist.
Home improvements with best ROI
In Colorado and its fellow Mountain Region states, homeowners recoup considerably more of their costs for some home improvements than others.
Tips for remodeling your kitchen
When planning your dream kitchen, it’s easy to get carried away with aesthetics before planning for functionality. Jennifer Egbert, Porchlight Real Estate Group Kitchen renovations are among the most exciting improvements you can make to a home. This high-traffic area...
Design Recipes The art of the move
Spring is a popular time for those looking to make a life transition and take the plunge. When it comes time for you or your family to make your move, here are some key tips to keep in mind.
Design Recipes The do’s and don’ts of affordable family room upgrades
Creating a family-friendly family room doesn’t have to break the bank. Often, creative planning and even “shopping your home” can help refresh a family space easily and affordably.
The fastest way to turn your home into a money pit
The fastest way to turn your home into a money pit? Neglecting it. Ignoring routine household maintenance can cause damage to your home – and even create dangerous living conditions down the road!
Design Recipes: Try these shades of gray
Gray remains a go-to color for those looking for a neutral color that blends well with other colors without feeling overly harsh.
Ask the Expert – Significant home inspection issues
If you have any doubt as to the condition of your property, here are some potentially big ticket items found during inspections.
5 Cheap Ways to Stage Your Home like a Pro
If you’re selling your house, the place has to look its best so buyers can see its potential and imagine themselves living there. That’s what home-staging is about.
Get the look: Organic modernism
If you haven’t heard of organic modernism yet, then get ready – it’s about to become your favorite design trend. It all started in 1941, when the Museum of Modern Art in New York hosted a show titled Organic Design in Home Furnishings. The furniture featured in the exhibition brought together crisp, modern design and natural elements. Now, this trend is reemerging, covering entire rooms in clean lines, curved furniture and the healing power of nature.
Celebrating the kitchen, the heart of the home
I have found bringing decor and design into the kitchen a challenging but fun experience. Here are a few tips and tricks to keep in mind when decorating your kitchen.
The Air That You Breathe
The warming signs of spring are hard to ignore. The days are getting longer and crocuses are popping up. And you can’t miss the annual appearance of brightly colored flyers in your mail and stuck in the screen door.
March Madness: Using a bracket to master your to-do list
If you’re feeling paralyzed by the scope of your to-do list, give your list the bracket treatment at the start of the month or after a big move.
Home upgrades to make you feel lucky
From stain-repelling furniture to robot lawn mowers, these improvements will leave you feeling lucky every day!
How to make the most of shelves
From metal to colors and even shelving of various lengths, here are some tips for how to incorporate shelves into your existing decor.
Style at Home: Finding the Perfect Lamp is Easy
Lighting has such a large impact on a space, it might be surprising to find out it can easily be overlooked when designing a room. It has the ability to impact our mood, and of course, enhance the design of a room.
Ask Angie’s List – How do I prepare my home for spring?
With the change of seasons, it’s time to update your home task list and get ready for spring. Don’t overlook basic maintenance during your preparations. These tasks may be among the least glamorous, but they’re crucial to keeping your home in tip-top shape.
Design Recipes: These are the hottest trends in decor right now
What’s hot? What’s current? What’s now? When it comes to interior design trends, the answer is some timeless trends as well as a number of new ones. Curious? We’ve compiled a list and style guide.
Top Smart Home Trends for 2019
HomeAdvisor sent a team to the recent Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to check out the latest innovations. Here are five ways technology will impact the American home in 2019.
Style at Home: A guide to sourcing quality wood furniture
Investing in quality wood furniture can sometimes seem like a daunting task. I often find welcoming new pieces into my home feels a bit like dating and marriage. There’s the initial excitement of finding the perfect piece that ties a room together, the comfortable years where it seems to almost blend into the background, and finally the love and appreciation that only comes with time – along with a few dings and scratches.
Has the shiplap trend sailed?
We probably don’t need to say that shiplap is all the rage right now. After all, it’s everywhere. And it’s a budget-friendly trend that complements a variety of home designs. But what’s the catch? And can we count on this trend to stick around?
Resources to make your home healthy
Our home is our sanctuary from the world, feeding our feeling of comfort and enriching our aesthetic sense. But is it good for our health?
Top home design trends for 2019: What’s in, what’s out
When it comes to fresh, relevant decorating, yesterday’s to-die-for can be today’s buzz kill. That’s why we’re taking stock of home design trends and reporting what’s in and what’s out for 2019. WHAT’S IN If your home needs a fresh start or you are putting...
5 ways to improve energy efficiency in your home
As the winter cold sets in, your heating expenses are probably rising. At this time of year, we all tend to think about energy efficiency and how to save money on home-related expenses. Here are a few ways that you can reduce your energy consumption costs. Suzanne...
High-end home improvements that are worth the splurge (and when it’s best to scrimp)
The only thing harder than setting a realistic remodeling budget is sticking to it. The secret? Knowing when to splurge and when to save. Here are top picks for each category from the pros at HomeAdvisor, including the architects and designers who draw up the plans,...
Style At Home: The do’s and don’ts of window treatments
Mix window treatments throughout a home. (Photo: Shutterstock). Should you have window treatments or go without? Install solar shades or drapery? The reality is when it comes to dressing windows, there really aren’t rules, just a myriad of options based on your...
Feeling down? Use lighting to improve your mood
Find places in your home where you spend the most time and consider installing windows or skylights. (Photo: Shutterstock). Lighting alters more than the aesthetic appeal of your home – it can affect your mood as well. Studies show that we are deeply influenced by our...
Design Recipes: How Fine Details Can Make Your Decor Shine
Just like the icing on a cake, when it comes to decor, a room can come to life with the help of fine details. From artwork to accessories, look for fine details to help make individual spaces stand out. Brass accessories, one of the hottest finishes in home decor, can...
