Maintenance Tip: Remove Mineral Deposits From Shower Heads & Faucets

Remove Mineral Deposits

Hard water that contains minerals like calcium, magnesium carbonate and manganese can cause mineral deposit build up on your plumbing fixtures. The water pressure in your shower heads and faucets can be significantly reduced because of mineral deposits that accumulate over time. This becomes a frustration for everyone in the family. Perhaps more importantly, these mineral deposits can discolor the water and be included in the water that you use for showers, baths, Read More


Ways to Go Green at Home Infographic

Go green at home can start with simple recycling and evolve to using renewal energy systems. Try adding run off water systems to store rain water. Once this system has gathered the water, you can use a water filtration system to use this water for drinking. Add solar panels to your home in order to gain renewal energy from the sun. Simple home maintenance tips to manage areas around the house can also help in go green initiatives. Excess paint in a house can be toxic. But removing this paint requires taking the paint to a safe disposal company that has the means to discard the paint. Here are some tips on what else you can do in your home to be environmentally conscience.

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Making your Calendar Work for You

Calendar

Guest Blogger:  Amy Tokos

The key is not to prioritize your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. ~Stephen Covey

Most everyone uses the planner or calendar to schedule appointments but there is so much more that it can do for you. How do you use your planner? Do you include details or just the time of appointments? With that, here are a few opportunities to have your planner help you be more organized. Read More


Home Remodel Tip: New Bedroom Floor

New Bedroom Floor

Replacing the flooring in a bedroom is a common project.  Many people put in new carpets but almost equally popular is putting hardwood floors in a bedroom. The choice of carpet or hardwood floors is a matter of personal preference. Carpets are soft and warm and can complement almost any design theme. Wood floors can become the design highlight of a room because of how dramatic they can look especially combined with wood furniture. What do you need for a new bedroom floor? Read More


Decorating with Sunshine and Smiles

What can you say about the color yellow? It is used often in baby’s rooms and often forgotten about in other rooms in a home. But yellow brings joy and happiness to a room. Yellow represents sunshine and smiles. The sunny side of yellow always brings so many smiles to people. It illicit feelings of happiness and warmth. It has a freshness about it and has been said that it can help boost metabolism. So if you are trying to lose weight, add yellow to your walls. Read More