As summer heats up many of us will be trying to keep cool inside our homes. Portable air conditioners have come way down in price and actually have become much more efficient. Central air conditioners have been doing the same, and there are also some pretty novel approaches to keeping cool that will not break [...]

Talk to any Designers, Architects, or builders and one high growth aspect of home building and renovation is outdoor living. Decks, Patios, Porches and outdoor kitchens are popping up all over. From starter homes, to some of the most exclusive addresses around the country bringing your living space from indoors to out has continued as [...]

I have been building and renovating homes for almost 20 years.  And the comment I get a lot is how people are so surprised by how expensive remodeling can be.  While this is true, the real spending comes after we leave and the decorating starts including the furniture, the lamps, artwork and the piece de [...]

Too bad I didn’t grow up as the son of the Maytag Man, since I knew nothing about appliances. Confronted with my dead oven, I flipped the circuit breaker hoping that would re-set things, but no luck. I called the repair service, and when the technician came he pulled the unit out of the cabinet about six inches, hit a re-set button, and slid everything back into place. In about three minutes he was done, after which he gave me a bill for $142.50.