Major renovations that cost thousands of dollars typically aren’t impulse purchases. But the home-improvement industry still welcomes the speed and ease that made buy now/pay later loans popular. The U.S. home improvement industry will reach $600 billion by 2025, according to Statista. Bigger costs come with bigger risks, which in […]
Editor’s Note: Each Friday, WRAL TechWire takes a deep dive into the Triangle’s real estate markets. In recent weeks, we’ve covered how to win in the Triangle real estate market as a buyer and how sellers can prepare a home for sale in order to get top-dollar offers. Both of […]
Following a focused strategy will make the decorating process much easier. Photo courtesy of Getty Images In November 2016, a valued client asked us to decorate her home for the holidays. We agreed to take on this task, despite our limited experience with Christmas decorations. We had a call with […]
Adding a capacious walk-in pantry has become de rigeur in kitchen renovations. Ken Schaefer’s clients, however, removed the pantry from their Arlington kitchen. “Getting rid of the pantry increased floor space, allowing us to build a center island,” the owner of Right Angle Kitchens & Design says. “Without demolishing it, […]
Scott predicts that limewash will be the painting technique to watch for in 2023. “We’ll see unique applications of limewash such as the cloud technique to create the look of old worn walls,” he says. “Layering limewash in different ways can give you the look of 200-year-old walls—in just a […]
Market gardeners and knowledgeable gardeners in New Zealand are increasingly turning to permaculture principles to make their land more productive and sustainable. The roster of permaculture growers is impressive, from Pakaraka Permaculture in Thames to Freeman Farms and Roebuck Farm in Taranaki. Many are using relatively compact plots to churn […]
Trevor Tondro There’s a good chance your vanity is the focal point in your bathroom, especially since there’s a mirror over the sink that immediately draws your eye. So why not make that functional sink-storage combo space a gorgeous one? (It’s not called a vanity for nothing!) The possibilities to […]
As you think of what you want 2023 to look like, you might start to envision changes you can make around your home. Kevin Kozicki/Getty Images As you think of what you want 2023 to look like, you might start to envision changes you can make around your home. But […]
UBS U.S. homebuilders and building products analyst John Lovallo discusses whether housing has entered a recession after home search activity on Google plunged in November on ‘Varney & Co.’ El Paso, Texas, and Detroit may be the most affordable markets to move to in 2023, but that doesn’t make them […]
Tim Lenz While color experts are predicting that a surge of saturated hues will dominate our homes in the year ahead, nothing quite beats the quiet beauty of a soothing, neutral-hued room. Not only does an understated palette soothe the eye (who needs wall-to-wall patterns after a day squinting at […]
Alyssa Neilson sitting at the dining table in her Amsterdam apartment. Photo: Mikel van den Boogaard What makes a purchase “worth it”? The answer is different for everybody, so we’re asking some of the coolest, most shopping-savvy people we know—from small-business owners to designers, artists, and actors—to tell us the […]
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that nine projects and one individual are being recognized with 2022 New York State Historic Preservation Awards. Projects highlighted with this year’s awards include a community-led establishment of a historic district in Chautauqua County, transformational design of historic garden space in Westchester County, and the […]