3+ hour, 24+ min ago  (589+ words) I like an organized home. When things get all chaotic and messy, I find that my mind kind of gets that way too. But when everything has a place " and everything is in its place " I feel a sense of…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (664+ words) by Mary Hunt at CDN - Today is a good day to reach into my virtual mailbag and pull out letters from two of my dear readers. Dear Mary: We are homeowners with about $175, 000 in equity, which we will need to…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (487+ words) Summer has a way of exposing everything you meant to get to earlier. The first hot stretch arrives, and suddenly the house starts telling the truth. The air conditioner runs longer than it should. One room feels warmer than the…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (625+ words) Every spring the same thing happens. The sun comes out, the grass wakes up, and suddenly the yard starts whispering all the little things it needs. A loose plant leaning sideways. Bare spots in the lawn. Garden tools scattered like…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (797+ words) Hiring a professional painter is like hiring a magician. One day your walls are dingy, the next they're flawless. The only trick? The bill. A single room can set you back $400-$600. Multiply that by a few rooms, and you might…...

10+ mon, 6+ day ago  (696+ words) You're standing in the appliance aisle at your favorite home store, staring down two dishwashers. One is modestly priced at $499. The other is more than double that " $1, 299 " and comes with all the bells, whistles, LED lights and an app that…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (689+ words) There was a time when every fridge had a matching set of ice cube trays, stacked neatly like they had a purpose. These days? If you still have one, it's probably buried behind a bag of frozen corn, cracked from…...