How to Keep Your Home Healthy and Safe

How to Keep Your Home Healthy and Safe

Before we look at ways to make your home healthy and safe, let us start with some of the things that make a home unsafe. Most homes have health hazards that you may not be able to detect. This includes radon, carbon monoxide, lead-based paint, pests, structural...
5 Home Safety Essentials for Your House

5 Home Safety Essentials for Your House

While you encourage safe behavior in your home and promote healthy living, if you don’t have basic home safety essentials, you and your family may be at risk. Here are 5 items to keep in your home that make it safer for everyone. A First-Aid Kit Contains Home Safety...
Things to Expect as a New Homeowner

Things to Expect as a New Homeowner

You have closed on a home and are ready to move in. The process involved real estate agents, home inspectors, notaries, insurance agents, and attorneys. There was a long tab of escrow, inspection fees, and closing costs and you’ve signed all of the paperwork. As you...
5 Home Maintenance Tasks for Fall

5 Home Maintenance Tasks for Fall

The transition from summer to fall often sneaks up on homeowners. In autumn, it is time to switch gears with your home maintenance. Before you know it, the temperatures will drop below freezing and your home needs to be prepared. Here are 5 home maintenance tasks for...
7 Tips to Protect Your Home from Wind Damage

7 Tips to Protect Your Home from Wind Damage

From tornadoes and hurricanes to severe rain and snowstorms, no home is immune to wind damage. Even wind gusts from an afternoon thunderstorm can loosen shingles and bring down weakened tree limbs. Better prepare for bad weather with these tips to protect your home...
Ideas for Your Outdoor Kitchen

Ideas for Your Outdoor Kitchen

During the summer, your family likely spends more time outside. A well-equipped kitchen outdoors provides a place to enjoy the pleasant weather and entertain guests. Get more inspired preparing meals for family and friends with these outdoor kitchen ideas. Choose a...