Maintaining Your Gardens & Lawn Care This Fall
We will be passing on a series of tips to help you transition your home and yard to the fall season. We will cover the following in a series of blog posts: ~ Home Exterior ~ Keeping Warm/Doors and Windows ~ ~ Gardens ~ Lawn Care ~ Attic Pest Control ~ ~ Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Detectors ~ We have covered “Your Home’s Exterior”, “Keeping Warm/Doors and Windows“. Now let’s talk about your gardens and lawn care. Gardens Fall is the perfect time to divide or move perennials. Remove dead annuals and mulch hardy perennials. Annuals typically die when temperatures drop below freezing. But perennials often appear as though they too have bitten the bullet. That’s because their top growth...
Read MoreIt’s Fall Y’all! Fall Maintenance Tips – Your Home’s Exterior
We will be passing on a series of tips to help you transition your home and yard to the fall season. We will cover the following in a series of blog posts: ~ Home Exterior ~ Keeping Warm ~ Doors and Windows ~ ~ Gardens ~ Lawn Care ~ Attic Pest Control ~ ~ Carbon Monoxide and Smoke Detectors ~ Home Exterior Regularly clean gutters and downspouts. Make sure all drainage areas are unblocked by leaves and debris. Consider installing gutter guards to make the job a lot easier. Use a screwdriver to probe the wood trim around windows, doors, railings and decks. Use caulk to fill the holes or completely replace the wood. Lower humidity and cooler (not yet cold) temperatures make fall a good time to paint the...
Read MoreEnergy Savings Tips For Your Home
Energy Savings Tips For Your Home Indiana winters bring cold air. Some days are colder than others. (as we have found to be true this week!) Winter also means larger electric bills. For most people, heating systems account for the the biggest portion of our electric bill. Following are some tips that may save you a little money: Fireplace Getting your fireplace ready before winter will result in savings. Fall is the best time to clean and repair your fireplace. However, one tip that can save you money now in the midst of winter is to turn down your alternative heat source when you are using your fireplace. This will save you as much as 8% on heating cost. Furnace The furnace will work extra hard if the filter is full of dust. To avoid this, make sure that your...
Read MoreHow To Shop For a New Water Softener
So what does “hard water” mean in plain English? Hard water can be bad on your skin, hair, laundry, dishes and plumbing! The solution to this would be a water softening system. The official definition water softening is: “the reduction of the concentration of calcium, magnesium, and certain other metal cations in hard water. These “hardness ions” can cause a variety of undesired effects including galvanic corrosion, interfering with the action of soaps, and the build up of limescale, which can foul plumbing. Conventional water-softening appliances intended for household use depend on an ion-exchange resin in which hardness ions are exchanged for sodium ions. Water softening may be desirable where the...
Read More5 Ways to Cut Energy Usage in the Kitchen
We all know that our laundry rooms and kitchens use energy. The fact is, they statistically account for the bulk of our energy and heating bills. There are ways to save money in the kitchen alone, which could have a substantial impact on the household bills at the end of the month. Cooking Keeping a lid on a pot while waiting for it to boil will actually save energy. It takes double the time for a pot without a lid on to boil, hence double the time the stove needs to be on. Cooking times will be faster thereby reducing the amount of gas or electricity used. Also, make sure you use the right size pot for what you are cooking; boiling one lonely egg in a large casserole sized pot is not sensible. Microwave When reheating food, quickly put it in the microwave...
Read More5 Quick and Easy Ways to Add Kid-Friendly Style to Living Spaces
Any parent knows managing a home with busy kids – be they toddlers or teens – can pose decorating challenges. But having children doesn’t mean delaying the dream of a stylish home. Here are five easy ways to add livable style that meets the demands of those busy family spaces. 1. Choose Your Paint… Wisely! Decorators agree, a freshly painted color scheme is one of the easiest ways to update a room at minimal cost. Nowadays most paint brands offer easy-clean – termed “scrubbable” – paints in all sheens, including popular flat. These durable paints are an ideal choice for updating family spaces in easy-clean style. 2. Add Pop with Fashionable, Functional Fabrics Here’s another...
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