Home & Design

Calming Color

  Updating your home can provide the perfect opportunity to explore new design styles or refresh living spaces with a new color scheme. In fact, a coat of paint can help set the mood for entire rooms in your home.…

Improve Your Home and Its Value

Home upgrades happen for different reasons, but enhancing your home’s curb appeal and value is often at the top of the list. These projects can make it easier to enjoy your home, knowing they carry a return on investment of…

5 Steps to Prep Your Yard for Spring

When spring arrives, days of enjoying your outdoor living space aren’t far away. Getting your yard ready for months of outdoor enjoyment will take a little work, but you’ll quickly see and appreciate the results. These five steps can have…

Strong, Stylish Spring Home Upgrades

Springtime is a perfect opportunity for homeowners to begin planning renovations to enhance the interior and exterior of their living space. Because of its strong performance capabilities, low maintenance, and design flexibility, brick is a popular building material choice when…

Travel Trends Break from Routine in 2023

Travel in 2023 will be about saying “no” to normal, breaking routines, and searching for experiences without compromises. Whether flying to those once-in-a-lifetime events or hosting group celebrations at a vacation rental home, travelers are no longer adapting to the…

Unexpected Hotel Travel Trends For 2023

Following the COVID-19 lockdown, outdoor and drivable destinations were in high demand for domestic travelers. As the country reopened, Americans embraced the idea of returning to normal and began traveling much as they did before the pandemic. However, travel trends…

Clean Energy Home Upgrades

When you’re considering upgrades for your home, earth-friendly enhancements that impact your energy usage are smart investments. Energy-saving home upgrades can offer long- and short-term advantages for the earth, your wallet, and even your safety. Many homeowners evaluate their energy…

Be Ready for Winter Weather

Americans should brace for a potentially cold and wet winter, according to NOAA and this year’s Farmer’s Almanac Winter Outlook. That means now is a perfect opportunity to think about preparing your family and home for the colder months ahead.…

Surprising Home Upgrade Ideas

  Not all great things come in big packages, and home upgrades exemplify the truth in this wisdom. Unexpected, smaller spaces may not get the same attention as high-traffic areas like kitchens, bathrooms, and living areas, but their impact can…

Fill Your Home with Balance and Hope

  In the world of design, what’s old inevitably becomes new again, and a similar pattern is inspiring today’s on-trend color palettes for home decor. The latest styles reflect reviving and comforting colors influenced by heritage and romance, lending to…

4 Home Improvement Ideas

                      Whether you’re thinking about a bathroom update, kitchen overhaul or any other type of home improvement project, these tips from the experts at the National Association of the Remodeling…

Award-Winning Outdoor Space Inspiration

                          Renovating your home’s outdoor spaces not only enhances the aesthetic but can also provide a host of recreational benefits. Taking a look at award-winning projects can help…

Tree Talk: 4 Tips for Planting Trees

Trees are virtually everywhere you turn, from your own backyard to nearby parks and forests where you enjoy hiking. They provide shade and beauty, and some even bear fruit. Beyond all the immediate benefits, you may be surprised to discover…

5 Steps to Prep Your Yard for Spring

(Family Features) When spring arrives, days of enjoying your outdoor living space aren’t far away. Getting your yard ready for months of outdoor enjoyment will take a little work, but you’ll quickly see and appreciate the results. These five steps…

Improve Your Home and Its Value

6 high-ROI ideas to increase the value of your house (Family Features) Home upgrades happen for different reasons but enhancing your home’s curb appeal and value are often at the top of the list. These projects can make it easier…