4 Money Saving Tips for Homeowners
Implement these 4 ideas to help sell a house or upgrade a home without straining the household budget. Those Saving money is now back in vogue, especially when it applies to real estate, but homeowners...
View Article4 Perks of Paying (a Little Bit) More
Right now, we’re saving money by virtue of the fact that we’re at a standstill with the renovations. It will take at least another week before the countertops arrives. Until it is in place, we don’t...
View ArticleCountertop Chaos – Learning from our Mistakes
What should have been the simplest part of the whole renovation process turned out to be the most trying. Here are the lessons we have learned this week, and not without some suffering: 1. Get your...
View ArticleDebt-Free Renovation: Steps for Success
The reckoning has begun. Our kitchen is well on its way to completion – just the floors need to be done – and the bills have started to roll in. I was telling the accountant at work about the...
View ArticleGive and Take in Household Renovation Priorities
This spring our attic has been insulated. We’re also getting new exterior doors for the front and side of our house. A new furnace and air conditioner, too. We started making our house more energy...
View ArticleRethinking housing
I’m getting a new deck this summer. The fence in the back yard is falling down and desperately needs replacing, and my last attempt at making a patio in the back yard has turned into a muddy mess. So,...
View ArticleWhy Do Queers Spend More on Home Improvements?
A national survey conducted by Target 10, an LGBT marketing agency based out of New York, gays and lesbians are more likely to spend money on home improvements than heterosexuals. In fact, gay couples...
View ArticleSave Money on Summer Gardening Projects
How many of you have started summer gardens as a way to defray your family’s grocery costs? James had some great tips for container gardening back in February. And I had some ideas last Fall about...
View ArticleWhy Gays Spend More Money on Home Repairs
A few weeks ago I wrote about a study that said gays and lesbians spend more money on home repairs. I was full of questions – you can thank my statistics professor for my skepticism. Well, I got an...
View ArticleShould We Boycott Home Depot?
Gay men and lesbians have a reputation of being major home improvement shoppers. You may not be surprised that some LGBT spend More on Home Improvements. So that is why […]
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