Americans are absolutely obsessed with keeping their lawns mowed, and with good reason! According to The Week, regularly mowing your lawn helps to keep the grass healthy and reduces the incidence of dander related allergic reactions in the summer. Further, if your lawn is done right, it can increase the value of your home by as much as 11% when it comes to sell. Of course, all of this is dependent on your lawn mower. If you don’t have a reliable mower, you’ll still be able to cut your grass, but it’s more likely to look like one of Edward…

A toxic mold infestation is one of the most dangerous things that can happen to your home. As the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention detail, toxic mold is responsible for 93% of all chronic sinus infections. Beyond sinus infections, mold in homes and mold in schools has been tied to sneezing, itchy eyes, upper respiratory infections, and sudden onset asthma. In particularly bad cases, exposure to black mold spores has been shown to cause death. If you’re like most homeowners, you likely have no idea what to look for in a mold inspection to be sure you aren’t in…

Many homeowners can enjoy the beautiful landscape of their backyards perfectly fine, but some need a bit more outdoor privacy if they want to be able to relax outside. If you’re one of these folk, here are a few tips you can use to enhance your backyard’s outdoor privacy. Privacy Fences. The most obvious way to make a backyard more private is to put a fence up. Not only do they keep neighbors and other critters physically out of the yard, but fences also can keep them from seeing into. What’s more, they also make yards psychologically feel more private…

Unique furniture is a great addition to your house. Creating a living space that reflects your personality is a big part of being a home owner and taking pride in your space. Finding affordable contemporary furniture can be a challenge but with so many options out there today between modern furniture stores and modern furniture online, you can create the space that you have always dreamed of with the pieces that make your house a home. Buying modern furniture online may be daunting but many websites allow you to see what a piece would look like in a room. Some…

Unless you live in an apartment or rented building and your landlord controls your building’s temperature (and if that is the case, we really feel for you), understanding how your thermostat works is actually a very, very useful thing. We don’t mean just being able to turn on and off heating and air units with a thermostat — we mean really understanding how to use the thermostat to heat/cool your home efficiently and at the lowest cost possible. There are tons of new “smart” thermostats on the market these days that creepily detect when you’re home and which can be…

Here’s the thing: if your backyard floods every now and again, you might not think much of it — especially if you don’t go out in your lawn often (hey, some people are allergic to the sun… it’s not that weird…) — but homes in flood prone areas that experience regular flooding are much more likely to have basement water damage. It’s fairly common to have yard drainage problems; if you live in a mountainous and rocky area that just repels the water or in a dry desert region with very flat landscapes, whether you live around soil that is…

Dirt doesn’t just make your carpets look unattractive. It can also damage them over time and severely shorten their lifespans. When dirt lands on a carpet, it doesn’t stay on the surface. Every time you walk across your carpet, you’re grinding those dirt particles deeper into the fibers of your carpet. This can create tiny cuts in the yarn. As a result, every time you vacuum, you’re picking up shreds of your carpet along with dirt. Carpets that are subjected to too much of this will start looking threadbare, dull, and matted down. They’ll also be easier to stain. Dirt…

As solid as they may appear, trees are susceptible to a wide array of problems, ranging from harmful insects and diseases to weather. These different issues can cause significant damage to the plant, putting nearby structures, other trees, and people at risk of being struck by falling branches or trunks. For this reason, if you have a damaged tree on your property, it will likely be necessary to call in a tree removal company to provide tree removal services. While this choice will likely be difficult, this choice could be vital to the safety of your land and your family.…