Month: November 2016

Add A Touch Of Style To Your Holiday Home

What sets magazine-ready holiday homes apart from ordinary ones? Whether it’s a property you own or rent year-on-year, certain holiday homes hold a special place in the hearts of many South Africans. A holiday house requires a lot of care and attention before it can become a home. If you are lucky enough to be the proud owner of a holiday home, here is how you can use solid surfacing to transform your holiday property into a beautiful getaway abode. Be inspired by your surroundings. Where Read more [...]

Choose the Flooring for Your Home Improvement Project Wisely

Choosing the materials you use on any construction you do in your house is just as important as knowing the precise measurements and most efficient design. If your next home improvement project involves an update of your floors, then perhaps it's time to consider whether engineered hardwood flooring such as maple hardwood flooring is the perfect option for your home. What is Engineered Hardwood Flooring? Many times when we are imagining a home improvement project, we dream big. The great thing Read more [...]

3 Ways to Protect Your Home From Freezing Temperature

Cold weather has a nasty tendency to stealthily damage your home if you don't take measures to protect it. Pipes, windows, gutters, and even HVAC units can suffer at the hands of extreme cold. It's important to winterize your home every fall to make sure things work as they should when spring comes again. Don't increase your chances of having an expensive home repair job when the ice melts — here are three ways you can protect your home against freezing temperatures so you can hibernate in peace. Cover Read more [...]

Boost Your Home’s Value By Replacing These Appliances

When you're getting ready to sell your home, you need to consider what you need to spruce up, fix, and replace in order to get top dollar. It's a given that the buyer is going to make an offer lower than your asking price, so get around this by adding value to the home with new appliances. It seems counterintuitive to put money into a home that you're selling, but it does pay off. You make your home more appealing to potential buyers and increase the possibility that you'll get an offer at or near Read more [...]

Products To Use In Your Tiny Home

Tiny homes are a trending housing movement that strives to create a comfortable living space with minimal square footage. Most tiny home are between 100 and 400 square feet. Compare this to conventional homes which averaged 2,598 square feet in 2013, and you can see why tiny homes require quite a bit of creativity to redefine American living. If you’re interested in scaling down and trying a tiny home yourself, these smart products can help you make the most of your small space. Folding Furniture Image Read more [...]

Ways To Combat Stuffy Indoor Air

There are times of the year when the windows just won’t get opened. What this means for the home is that no fresh breezes can circulate the air. Rather, the air inside the home gets recycled through the HVAC system, becoming stale and sometimes even kind of smelly. It’s times like these when you can either suffer in silence or do decide to something about it. Air fresheners aren’t enough for this kind of problem, because they can’t do much more than attack bacteria. You need to get deeper Read more [...]