The Most Extreme and Elaborate Kids Playhouses

Building a treehouse or play-place for your kids can be a very fun and extremely rewarding experience. You get to go through the process of designing, building, and the best part, watching them enjoy it after it’s complete. The other fun part about this playhouse project is the fact that the possibilities are endless. Playhouses can be designed with different themes or with different materials.   Read More


U.S. Home Invasion Statistics [Infographic]

If you came home from work today to find your front door kicked in and almost all of your most valuable possessions missing, would you be prepared? According to the following infographic below, something like this happens to many people every single day. It’s sad, but it’s true. U.S. home invasion statistics who us that there are more than 28,000 property crimes per day.  One of our five homes will experience a break in. This is not funny and we Read More


Don’t Let Your Basement Go to Waste! | Basement Design Ideas

We’ve all seen them (and some of us still live with them). The unfinished basement with the concrete floor, a musty smell, and dark corners that you definitely don’t want to know what’s lurking in them. The only time you go down there is to fix the furnace or flip the switch on the breaker when the power goes out. Read More


The Top 10 Projects to Increase the Value of Your Home

If you are considering moving into a “fixer-upper” type of home, are into the business of flipping houses, or are simply at a point in your current home where remodeling is necessary, the list of projects to increase the value of your home below will help you out. This list gives you insight as to which project have a higher return on investment than others. Some of the projects are major projects that require experts to come and help you tackle the project components. While others may be simple like gardening and enhancing your outside. If you love to garden and do not mind hard work, this may be a project for you to do it yourself. Some projects may appear to have a lower return on investment but in the long run they may help you sell your home faster and for slightly more money because they can differentiate your house compared to others in the neighborhood. A great project to consider is painting your house, both inside and out, can actually give you a huge return on investment and also give you a fresh look to your home.  It will help you determine where to start in the process by showing you which projects have the highest ROI (return on investment). Read More


How to De-Clutter a House Full of Kids

De-clutterIt’s common knowledge that kids have short attention spans. This goes for holding a conversation with a kid, watching T.V. with a kid, going to a candy store with a kid, etc., but it also holds true at home. If you have ever seen multiple kids under the age of five playing in a living room, you’ll notice that none of them ever play with a toy for longer than 5 minutes. And what do they usually do when they are done playing with a toy they just got out? Drop it where they stand and play with the next toy that caught Read More