5 Tips to Choosing the White Shade that Works Best for Your Room

5 Tips to Choosing the White Shade that Works Best for Your Room
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The decision to paint your walls white is easy, but finding the right shade of white can be a challenge.

Most paint brands offer a variety of white paint options to choose from, and some larger brands may have dozens of options. 

Snowbound, Pure White, and Oxford White, among hundreds of other shades of white paint, could lead an indecisive soul to spend hours trying to decide. 

Besides the fact that white looks good with anything, there are lots of great reasons why people pick white. But despite its popularity, white paint is not a “one size fits all” solution.

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7 Steps to a Solar Powered Home

7 Steps to a Solar Powered Home
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People switch to solar for a variety of reasons.

Besides generating electricity that is completely pollution-free, solar has a full life-cycle pollutant level that is much lower than any fossil fuel (after accounting for manufacturing and the rest of the supply chain). 

By generating your own electricity, you reduce your reliance on the utilities and protect yourself from future price increases. For those who are truly committed to being independent, they can add batteries to their homes and be disconnected from the grid.

Despite all these compelling reasons to go solar, there are some relatively easy and even free things you should do around your house first, before you invest heavily in solar panels. Some of these are obvious, but others are little vampires that you may not even realize are draining your energy and money.

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7 Great DIY Home Sauna Ideas

7 Great DIY Home Sauna Ideas
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If you’ve ever spent time in a sauna, you know just how relaxing they can be, especially after a hard workout. Aside from the physical benefits, saunas have been shown to improve health as well.

Unfortunately, having one installed at home is a luxury that many people cannot afford. But what if you could build one yourself?

You can! Here are 7 creative home sauna designs to inspire your own DIY sauna project.:

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Home Management Made Easy

Home Management Made Easy

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have the best tool possible to manage your home? We have the best tool you will need. It is not a hammer or screwdriver, not even a chainsaw. But is it is a digital home management platform that helps you track everything about your home in one central location. You may be asking what is a digital home management platform?

HomeZada gives you an website and a set of apps to track a home inventory, manage a maintenance calendar, leverage templates for home remodel projects, and review all home finances. Not to mention if you own multiple homes, you have one centralized location to track everything about your homes.

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10 Ways to Creating a Hotel Style Bathroom

10 Ways to Creating a Hotel Style Bathroom

You may be wondering how to create a luxurious hotel style bathroom that doesn’t cost another mortgage. These luxurious bathrooms don’t have to be too expensive, there are a few things you can do to achieve the same effect.