Sometimes the smallest home upgrades have the biggest impact.
Motion sensor night lights are inexpensive, easy to install, and can make your home noticeably safer for everyone. Whether you’re walking to the bathroom at 2 a.m., carrying a sleeping child to bed, or helping an aging parent navigate the hallway, automatic lighting reduces the risk of trips and falls while adding convenience and peace of mind.
Here’s why they’re worth adding to your home.
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An accessory dwelling unit, or ADU, gives you a way to add useful living space without building an entirely new home. But because ADUs are often designed around a smaller footprint, making the space feel comfortable and open can take some creativity.
Natural light can make a big difference.
While windows are an obvious way to bring daylight into an ADU, they aren’t always practical for every room. The location of the ADU, neighboring structures, privacy concerns, and the layout of the space can all limit where you can put them.
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The holidays may still seem a long way off, but September has a way of disappearing quickly.
Before you know it, you’ll be thinking about Thanksgiving dinner, holiday shopping, family visits, travel, and end-of-year activities. The home projects you’ve been putting off can suddenly feel much more urgent.
That’s why early fall is a good time to look around your home and decide what really needs to be finished before the holidays.
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The door that doesn’t quite close correctly. The loose cabinet handle. The section of drywall that needs patching. The shelf you’ve been meaning to install for six months.
None of these projects may be large enough to justify hiring a specialized contractor. But when you add them all together, that list can become surprisingly long.
All of these small tasks that seem to multiply over time are a handyman’s bread and butter. But how do you find a handyman you can trust? Someone who can get the job done right, on time, and on budget?
A look through your local phone book may give you one or more names to call, but finding a great handyman involves more than finding someone who can get the job done.
The challenge is finding someone who does quality work, shows up when promised, charges a fair price, and is someone you feel comfortable allowing into your home.
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If you’ve ever toured an older home and discovered a mysterious little room tucked beneath the stairs or in the basement, you may have found a root cellar.
Before refrigerators and freezers became standard household appliances, root cellars gave homeowners a simple way to keep certain foods cool, dark, and humid. Potatoes, carrots, apples, onions, squash, and other produce could be stored for months without electricity.
Today, root cellars are getting a second look.
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