A change in season is the perfect time to update your home. These springtime must-haves will help your home shake off the wintertime blues and get ready for warmer weather:

A stylish bathtub lets you extend your home's decor into the bathroom. Modern bathtub designs now offer a variety of styles that give your bathroom an extra shot of class. The bathtub you choose will depend on your decor, budget and usage. Here are six bathtub styles to help...

Depending on how you enter your home, you might not know how your front door appears to friends and neighbors. Fortunately, winter provides time to improve your entryway before spring. These seven projects can give your entryway a welcoming presence.

#1 Replace your door sweep.

Replacing your door sweep will...

When a room is small, the illusion of spaciousness can be created with a few simple tricks. While physically changing the dimensions of a room is difficult, establishing the appearance of additional space is easy. In fact, here are six tips to add a feeling of openness to any...

For many homes, utility usage is the primary culprit when it comes to increased energy bills. If you're searching for a way to lower your monthly utility costs, consider sustainability. While going completely green is tricky, there are several simple (and completely DIY-able) ways to lower your energy consumption.

The key to successfully staging is to accentuate its positive points and disguise the negatives, so the prospective buyer can project their own ideas onto a fairly blank canvas. This can be done surprisingly easy and cheaply without the need for expensive redecoration.

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Is your house ready for extreme winter weather? Winter storms can significantly impact your home and your life. To avoid a disastrous situation, take time now to prepare for whatever Mother Nature might throw at you:

#1 Make necessary repairs to your home.

It's not easy to make a small bedroom feel bigger -- especially when there are storage boxes, knickknacks and assorted pieces of furniture taking up valuable floor space. But it's definitely possible! Just follow these five steps to make the most of the space your small bedroom has to offer:

Ensuring a happy time with family and friends requires some preparation -- and some precautionary measures too. Follow these quick tips for staying safe as you're cooking and decorating this holiday season:

#1 No loose clothing in the kitchen.

Do you have a cluttered or messy house -- or do you feel like you just can't keep on top of the cleaning? House cleaning can be a huge job, especially if you do it just once every month or two. And sometimes, you just don't know where to start....

It's November, which means you need to start planning for that big (or small) Thanksgiving meal. If you're like most people, planning for the meal will take you more than a week. Avoid the stress and hassle of waiting until the last minute and use these tips to plan...

Moving is a hassle, and it can also be extremely expensive -- especially if you own a lot of stuff. Here are some ideas to help save money on your move, so you can put it into new home purchases instead:

#1 Cut down what you pack up.

Winterizing your home in the fall is essential to avoiding unexpected maintenance and repair bills in the winter. In fact, there are a number of imperative steps you should take to keep the interior and exterior of your home in top shape until spring. Here are some do's and don'ts...

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What makes certain ZIP codes in the US "hot" compared to...

HomeAdvisor recently compiled a report of Google Trends data to get a feel for what's trending in home improvement.

In case you missed the article, here are some of the highlights:

• Home improvement spending hit $303 billion in...

Going green at home doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive. There are many ways to improve efficiency without spending a fortune. Here are some quick and easy ways to increase energy efficiency while decreasing your monthly utility bills:

Perform an energy audit...

You can redecorate your home every season, every year or every ten years, depending on how often you want to update the look and feel of your home. But hiring an interior designer can get expensive. Plus, what you envision for your home might not be quite on point with...

If your yard feels cramped, dull or otherwise in need of of a pick-me-up, don't worry! You don't have to dig up the backyard and start from scratch to make it feel homey and new. Just make some small investments. Your focus should be the patio area, so start there....

Organizing your home may seem overwhelming from time to time, but it doesn't have to be. Rather than throwing everything out or leaving the clutter as it is, find a manageable way to go through everything. Tackle one room at a time and see what you can do to prevent...

When deciding what to plant in your summer garden -- whether you're starting fresh or adding on to your current assembly of flowers and shrubs -- it's important to account for climate and soil conditions. For example, you don't want to add species that require a lot of shade and...