With natural gas and propane prices continuing to rise, you’ll likely be looking to the old fireplace this winter to help cut your home-heating bills. But before you spark up the logs, take heed that fireplaces and chimneys are involved in 42 percent of all home-heating fires. So first make… read more →
Take time to enjoy these holiday festivities with your family and friends. They come around once year and before your know it, they are gone. Don’t limit yourself to driving around neighborhoods looking at your neighbors light displays. Get out there and in the mix! See the Holiday Lights Celebrate… read more →
What will you do when you get a formal notice to buy your house from the Maryland Transit Administration, because it is in the path of the proposed Purple Line light-rail project? Does the government have a right to take your property? What rights do you have? Do you have… read more →
As with any resale product, the person trying to sell said product will usually try to make the product look as new as possible to ensure the highest profit available. In reviewing many of the homes on the market today, however, some sellers don’t get that notion. Don’t make the… read more →
Each time you rent an apartment, you get to learn something which went wrong the last time. There are several types of landlords, neighbors, maintenance people, problems, and laws that can take a toll on you. However, it is hard for you to prepare yourself for everything ahead, but you… read more →
Classic is great- a simple table covering, decorative napkins and china. If this year you want to change it up a bit, try one of these looks. Or, to create a look that’s all your own, mix some together. Best of all, even if you dont get it quite right,… read more →
Life tends to fly by quickly the older you get. When we are young, we tend to take things in life for granted, and never really understand the effort it takes to acquire them. As we grow older, we begin to realize how lucky we are compared to others in… read more →