Fall is the time of year when our attention turns to our yards and landscapes. As everyone knows, Fall is the perfect time for planting and over-seeding, but it is also a great time to add outdoor lighting to your landscape. As the days get shorter, everyone can extend their enjoyment of the great outdoors and their very own backyard oasis. So why is Landscape Lighting a great way to enhance your home? Here are five great reasons and why you should use a professional for your outdoor lighting needs.SECURITYHigh Voltage Lights such as street lights and post lights may actually make the dark ar…

 With the slowdown in new home construction, many homeowners are looking at ways to "feather the nest" they already have. One way to improve the look and weather resistance of existing windows is with a "sash kit" replacement. Replacing complete window units can be a fairly major construction job with a correspondingly high cost. A cost saving alternative is to replace the sashes only. It’s time for a quick Windows 101... A complete window unit consists of several separate parts. The two primary parts of a window are the frame and the sash. The sash is generally the part of the window that ope…

 When the plastic pumpkin displays start popping up, you know the holidays are around the corner. Now is the perfect time, when the kids are newly back in school, to breathe a sigh of relief and do some serious advance preparation. It will lighten your load later and enable you to enjoy the whirlwind of family and friends descending, whether for a game day party or a pull-the-stops-out Thanksgiving.Take a look at your home as if you were a first-time guest. If you expect overnight guests, they will have luggage and toiletries. Is there room for their things? Making space for your guests create…

 With the economy as it is, people are appropriately concerned about their investments and are especially cautious about making new investments, if they choose to make them at all. In fact, many are examining and reprioritizing all spending and purchases, separating needs from wants. This exercise often results in a new appreciation for the things that are really important— things that may have formerly been taken for granted, like mattresses. It’s just human nature. When things are going well, we tend to dwell on what we want rather than need. But now more than ever, investing in a new qualit…

 The crowds were finally thinning out. The long line of people snaking into the Smithsonian Museum of Modern History was moving at last. Carol stepped out of the hot, humid Washington DC summer into the air-conditioned exhibit of American Homes in the Twentieth Century. Each display was a life-size diorama spotlighting the trends and fads of interior design through a century. Carol began to have the surreal sense of being pulled back in time. She imagined she was in her grandma’s living room, her auntie’s parlor, her mother’s childhood bedroom. Then she turned a corner and froze. For a split s…