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Perhaps it’s been a while — like, 15 or 20 years? You’re starting to see a little paint peeling or fading on the trim around your sun-drenched doors or chipping on the stucco. Or you’re ready for an exterior face-lift to complement an interior renovation or new landscaping.
Whatever the reason, you’re ready to paint
Because today’s housing market is so competitive, many homebuyers are waiving inspections to appeal to sellers and expedite the buying process. This means that within a few months of buying their new home, owners might find issues with the property that need to be addressed as soon as possible.
After making a down payment and
That ominous Kentucky-shaped water stain on your ceiling. The single tile that came untethered from your kitchen backsplash. A backdoor hinge with a maddening squeak. There are likely several things around your place that need to be repaired, but often, you lack the skills, the tools, or the time to keep your home from falling
Only two years after leaving Berlin—and his issues with Germany—behind to move to the U.K., Ai Weiwei has told Artnet News that he was “shocked” to discover that a company that was supposed to be caring for and selling his old Berlin apartment instead allegedly used the space without his approval.
The Chinese artist claims
Caleb Scarbrough, owner of Mesquite Valley Woodcrafts, sweeps sawdust after cutting a fresh slab from a pecan log.
Mesquite Valley Woodcrafts owner Caleb Scarbrough sweeps sawdust after cutting a fresh slab from a pecan log. Dead or
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I am old enough to remember when a gardening newsletter was a real newsletter, one that came in the snail mail and was printed on paper. There were lots of them. I still have several copies of my favorite, “The Avant Gardener.” I am blanking on which others I received, but they were
It was the runner beans that did it. My neighbour, who is in her 90s, dropped round an envelope filled with a small handful of dried beans, which looked as if they’d been dipped in pink and black paint. A few months later, I was eating the best runner beans I’ve ever tasted, and
Whether you plan to sell your home, refinance your mortgage, borrow from your home equity or just want to estimate your net worth, it’s important to understand how much your home is worth.
But figuring out your home value isn’t a simple task. You’ve probably picked up your tax bill and thought the assessment was
“The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.”
― Mary Heaton Vorse, American journalist
We’d been through a lot together, my old leather office chair and I. For a quarter of a century, I relied on her support, on those welcoming arms of
The school was at the top of a hill and picturesque, but its garden had acrid, lifeless soil and sporadic sunlight. I lived two blocks away, and what began as infrequent visits to help water slowly turned into weeding and planting and composting and pulling and plucking, until finally, I became a guardian to this
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