Home Improvement

Five Easy Ways to Refresh Your Home It’s never easy to plan for home improvements, it usually takes a lot of time and a lot more money. Various seemingly minor repairs can sky-rocket a bill pretty quickly. For the savvy homeowner, there are ...

When you're shopping for items to fill your new home, we understand that you want it all to be perfect. From the next big screen TV down to the kitchen cabinet handles, we get that you want everything to be just the way you envision it in your dream ...

The following is a guest blog post written by Jeri Norris, Owner of By Design LLC. Jeri is a Certified Residential Interior Designer with an Interior Design Degree from the Art Institute of Indianapolis. She specializes in the design and remodel of ...

Tips for Organizing Your Garage Oh, the nightmare of having a messy and cluttered garage. The garage can be like a black hole, which displaces things to an unknown location almost as soon as you put something in there. Home decorators and interior ...

The walls of your home have the power to transform your space with the help of paint or wallpaper. A dramatic room can instantly be made soft and airy with the application of light pale paint color. While a room that feels too big can instantly feel ...

There are many factors to consider when you’re outfitting your kitchen with new appliances. Price is obviously a main concern for many, but you should also look at which features are important to you and which models complement the total look ...

There is a category of task which I have imperially dubbed “household development.” These tasks include all things related to home improvement and organization, and they are a category of tasks which are, at least for me, never ending. ...

The following is a guest post by Cecily Hood of Contain Yourself Design, an Indianapolis-based company that specializes in seasonal container design, as well as landscaping for both commercial and residential clients. Ms. Hood graduated from Ball ...

You've just purchased a new home, and you already have a To Do list a mile long of improvements you want to make to it: add crown molding, paint the bathroom, add on a deck, maybe knock out a wall or two. In a world where there are more DIY blogs, ...

Most of us would like to think that we could decently paint a room, right? How hard can it be? Pick a color, slap it on the wall, and you're good...right? Well, there's a bit more to it than that. In fact, we would argue that there's an art to ...

The hot summer months make us all crave a way to stay cool and if you’re thinking that installing a swimming pool might be your families future solution, here are some things to consider and a few ideas for area contractors. What to consider ...

When you're a new homeowner, you're constantly looking for decorating ideas for your new abode, DIY tips, and ways to save money. One of the best ways to do all of the above is to check out other people's ideas on their blogs.  Blogs (which is ...

If you are a home owner, then you understand the joys - and the challenges - of home ownership. You likely love that you are not limited in painting like renters. Nor do you have to worry about rent rising or finding a parking place. On the other ...

Earlier this month, I went to the 2014 Indianapolis Home Show. I went because I thought there might be something worthwhile to pass along. I went for you. However, before I ever set foot in the event, I made a crucial error which had two very ...

Well, the worst winter Indy has seen in thirty years doesn’t seem to be slowing down. This week was the third time I was inadvertently held hostage in my own home by the snow. One would think that might not be such a bad thing, and yet, when ...

Pinterest is one of those new, shiny social media channels that everyone is telling you to get on, RIGHT NOW, but then if you're like many of us, you click on pinterest.com and after a few seconds feelings of overwhelming sadness come over you. What ...