Posts Tagged House
How Your House Works: A Visual Guide to Understanding & Maintaining Your Home
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Why is my faucet leaking, my toilet running, or my dishwasher refusing to start? Can I fix it myself? What’s causing the heating system to smell bad or the foundation to crack? Do I need an air filtration system? Is the new “engineered lumber” as good as conventional wood? These are just a few examples of questions homeowners face when repairs are needed, or when a new house or addition is being planned.
There’s no question that it pays to be an informed con… More >>
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This Old House
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This Old House brings yesterday’s craftsmanship, tomorrow’s ideas, and today’s living all under one roof.Amazon.com Review
Who Reads This Old House?
This Old House is a magazine for homeowners in search of practical, affordable, and inspirational ideas for enhancing and maintaining their homes. What they find is a balance of step-by-step instruction for DIY interior and landscape projects; lively how-to’s about ke… More >>
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House Thinking: A Room-by-Room Look at How We Live
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Ethan Allen and HGTV may have plenty to say about making a home look right, but what makes a home feel right? In House Thinking, journalist and cultural critic Winifred Gallagher takes the reader on a psychological tour of the American home. By drawing on the latest research in behavioral science, an overview of cultural history, and interviews with leading architects and designers, she shows us not only how our homes reflect who we are but also how they influence … More >>
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Garages – How to Create Energy Efficient Garage Doors
Many people don’t really consider garages as a part of the house, but simply as a storage space for the cars and maybe the workbench. It’s a room you may not give a second thought. Remember, it is under the safe roof as your bedrooms, living rooms and other living spaces.
Even though air vents are typically a part of its construction, but attached garages actually have a huge impact on the energy efficiency of the home. Here’s how it affects your bill and what you can do to improve its impact.
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What is Feng Shui? A Short Introduction For Laymen
Everyone likes to live in beautiful and comfortable living environments. Feng Shui goes beyond this comfort level and maintains that your surroundings affect your health, relationship, and even success. But just do not think that it is all about changing a position of a chair in your living room and then your physical health and financial success will be guaranteed. Thing are not that simple.
Feng Shui analyzes how arrangement of things within your house affects the flow of energy and how those things interact with each other to affect your energy flow. Your energy flow, in its turn, influence your thoughts and behavior. Finally, your thoughts and behavior have considerable influence on your overall performance and success in your life. One could say a butterfly effect in our living room.
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