Dreading those winter heating bills and wondering how to make your home more energy efficient? Call 211 and set up an appointment for a free home energy assessment that might save you some money.
When it comes to do-it-yourself projects that will save money on energy costs, many new products on the market make it possible to save hundreds of dollars over time, with just a few hours of easy installation.
With no place to go and not much left to eat in the dead of winter, deer can wreak havoc in your backyard and destroy new buds and leaves before they ever have a chance to grow. As seasons change, the preferred food sources of deer change as well.
The winter months bring not only high energy bills, but also an increased chance of certain kinds of damage to your home and its contents. A few precautions can help protect you from serious losses and disruptions this season.
To help protect your home and your loved ones, the experts have come up with the following easy-to-follow tips that could make all the difference.
Glistening metal discretely mounted beneath acres of gleaming granite – clearly, this is not the utilitarian stainless steel sink your grandmother washed dishes in decades ago. Briefly deemed too industrial-looking by some designers to be included in contemporary, upscale kitchens, stainless steel is back, better and more beautiful than ever. “A well-made stainless steel sink [...]
Whether you have rooms filled with houseplants or a choice few displayed throughout your home, growing houseplants is a great way to decorate and is good for both body and soul. But did you know that the No. 1 reason indoor plants die is people drown them with love? That’s right. They overwater them. If [...]
Gerry Whiteside, of Fleetwood in Westchester County, is featured on Fox News’ Good Day Cafe. Whiteside, a systems analyst, says he got a cookbook as a gift from his wife years ago. He played with the gumbo recipe eventually creating his own concoction from a combination of 10 different recipes. Try it out.
Bulky space-consuming furniture is on its way out. Beautiful space-saving wood cabinetry is in, taking its rightful place throughout the home, from formal dining rooms to mud rooms. In fact, cabinetry is fast becoming the new furniture of choice. From floor-to-ceiling wall spaces to nooks and crannies, cabinetry can fit just about anywhere, such as [...]
Most Americans are unaware of an important fact: The air we’re breathing inside our homes, schools and offices can be highly polluted. In fact, most people don’t even think about the air that they breathe, but they should. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says levels of indoor air pollution can be between two and [...]
