Category: Home Improvement Blogs
(HIB) - When additive manufacturing technology — better known as 3D printing — was first invented more than 30 years ago it was intended to make the product design and manufacturing process more efficient. At that time, 3D printing was used...
Welcome to the Take Charge of Your Home series from Direct Energy! Hiring a professional to perform household maintenance may offer convenience and peace of mind. You can do many of these … READ MORE How to Winterize a Sprinkler System & Pre...
It can be easy to overlook your guest room until the holidays roll around. Follow along to see how Chelsea of Making Home Base thoughtfully preps her guest bedroom to prepare for Holiday visitors. Prepping Your Guest Room for the Holidays We’re entering the season of entertaining, which means having overnight guests. I love hosting... The …
(HIB) - Few sights make homeowners more furious than an attractive landscape destroyed virtually overnight by hungry deer. Rose bushes and ornamentals? Nipped off every bud. Expensive shrubs? Browsed within an inch of their lives. Trees? Damaged, disfi...
(HIB) - You’ve waited all summer for this but now it’s finally here again — the sports season trifecta. That’s right, football season, post-season baseball, the return of hockey and new professional and college basketball season...
We teamed up with DIY expert Ben Uyeda of Homemade Modern to convert a few shipping containers into a home built with materials and tools available at The Home Depot. Throughout the coming months, Ben will be sharing a more detailed look inside the container home and several DIY projects he completed within it. I’m... The …
Tabitha Jo, from Chica and Jo, restores the magic back into her Dad’s kitchen with new appliances from GE. Read her story below and see how she transformed this dated kitchen with help from The Home Depot. Giving the Perfect Gift: A Kitchen Makeover for Dad I grew up in the dark ages where we... The …
By now, most of us have heard of “energy vampires” — those appliances and electronics that draw small amounts of power 24/7, even when we’re not using them. Unplugging some … READ MORE Should You Unplug Appliances to Save Electricity? The p...
(HIB) - As temperatures drop, many people will start spending more time in the warmth of their homes. Animals don’t have the luxury of extra heating and take whatever refuge they can find, making chimneys a convenient place for pests to seek shel...
(HIB) - Holiday fantasies are not just for children. It turns out grownups actually celebrate the holidays living by their own set of myths, and they probably don’t even know it.If all the holiday prep and bustle is giving your inner Grinch a mig...
