Caring for your Oriental Carpets
Caring for your Oriental Carpets - Just as there is much confusion about the different categories of oriental carpets, there is also much confusion ab Just as there is much confusion about the different categories of oriental carpets, there is ... [... more]
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Home Maintenance Checklist
Home Maintenance Checklist - Here's a simple bi-annual Top to Bottom checklist to keep your home in shape year round. Here's a simple bi-annual "Top to Bottom" checklist to keep your home in shape year round. Check roof and around vents, ... [... more]
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Lighting the House
Lighting the House - Behind the Scenes - Victorian Restoration Lighting plays a crucial role in the interior design of any home. The renovated interior of Home Again's Medford, Mass. Victorian house provided an ample playground for lighting ... [... more]
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Building an Inground Pool
Building an Inground Pool - Installing an inground pool is a major construction project that will enhance your leisure time and your property. Take th Installing an inground pool is a major construction project that will enhance your leisure time ... [... more]
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Concrete Pool Decks
Concrete Pool Decks - A concrete pool deck must be safe, slip-resistant, and easy on the feet. Creating a deck that will last is another issue. Textur A concrete pool deck must be safe, slip-resistant, and easy on the feet. Creating a deck that ... [... more]
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Finishing Touches for Windows
Finishing Touches for Windows - Behind the Scenes - Vermont Farmhouse To frame the exterior views from the dining area in the Quechee Lakes farmhouse, two banks of four double-hung window meet at the room's corner. Bob Ryley, Home Again's ... [... more]
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Fireplace Safety
Fireplace Safety - More than one-third of Americans use fireplaces, wood stoves and other fuel-fired appliances as primary heat sources in their homes More than one-third of Americans use fireplaces, wood stoves and other fuel-fired appliances as ... [... more]
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Palladian Window
With this custom Palladian window from Marvin now installed, Bob's third floor family room is bathed in light and offers a spectacular panoramic view of Cambridge, MA. Palladian Window - Behind the Scenes - Shingle Style House Shingle Style - ... [... more]
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Heating Your Swimming Pool with Solar Energy
Heating Your Swimming Pool with Solar Energy - Swimming pools provide a great way to exercise and beat the summer heat. Building and maintaining a poo Swimming pools provide a great way to exercise and beat the summer heat. Building and ... [... more]
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Pool Fences for Improved Safety
Pool Fences for Improved Safety - Backyard pools are a major danger for children under five. Layers of protection will help you create barriers to kee Backyard pools are a major danger for children under five. Layers of protection will help you ... [... more]
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Trimwork and Paneling
Trimwork and Paneling - Behind the Scenes - Shingle Style House Trimwork and paneling are underway in the entryway returning some of the house's original formality and grandeur. This elegant horizontal paneling, reminiscent of paneling on the ... [... more]
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Building a Safe Room
Building a Safe Room - A safe room, or storm shelter, provides the highest degree of protection for you and your family from the dangerous forces of e A safe room, or storm shelter, provides the highest degree of protection for you and your ... [... more]
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