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Spring Home Maintenance Projects To Tackle Before June
After a long, harsh winter, finally, Spring is here! It’s time to go outdoors and tackle my home maintenance projects and then maybe go for a hike or camping. The comfortable spring weather pumps me up. It allows me to do all the outdoor chores from organizing the garage to preparing the garden before June so that I can enjoy and relax in the long, lazy summer coming ahead. I am ready to get my hands dirty this Spring season and I am sure many are ready too. Here are a few maintenance projects I like to complete before summer arrives to ensure that my home remains in excellent condition…
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Bringing the Outside In When It’s Too Chilly To Be Outdoors
When the air gets colder, and the snow starts falling, the last thing I want to do is leave my house. The chilly days even make an outdoorsy man like me home bound within no time. No doubt snow storms are terrible and during that time staying at home is delightful and relaxing. But to be honest, if it is more than two days, I start missing fresh air and other natural delights. However, being stuck inside my house during winters doesn’t mean that my days have to be tedious. I love to utilize my time doing something creative and productive. I am sure many people like me love to…
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10 Ways to Make Your Yard Look Awesome
If you’re like me, you put a lot of effort into taking care of your house. And, for a lot of us, we’ve pictured the perfect lawn and landscaping inside our heads, but the reality we look at outside our door doesn’t match that vision at all. Well, if you’re willing to roll up your sleeves and spend a couple of weekends cleaning up your lawn, you can make it look awesome without spending tons of cash. Don’t despair. Here are a few ways to make your yard look awesome: 1. Plant Some New Stuff: Plants make your yard look full of life. Buy new flower pots and put them…
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7 High Return Home Makeover Projects that Typically Cost Under $1,000
Those who are on a budget know how difficult it is to renovate your home while not spending way too much money. Regardless of what we do, the costs always seem to add up – and we end up paying a lot for projects that barely seem to show any differences. Still, you can actually come up with a project with a high return – even if you are stuck with a budget of $1,000. By making the right choices, you can turn an aging room in an updated, new-looking one inexpensively. 1. Re-Tiling, New Paint, and New Kitchen Hardware The costs to renovate an entire kitchen can go well…
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How to Prepare for Any Home Improvement Project
So, you’ve decide to start your next home improvement project. The time is right, and your home is in need of a big change. However, you can’t just decide that you want to renovate; you need to prepare for it as well. Failure to do so will only lead to extra expenses and hassles – all of which can be easily avoided when you think about everything ahead of time. Here are a few things that you might want to add on your to-do list before diving into your renovation project. Decide On The Project What is it exactly that you want to fix or change in your house? Do…
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How To Get More Outdoor Time While Working On The House
At Gary’s Outfitters, we’re all about the outdoors. Being outside, in nature, is where we thrive and so anytime we can tackle chores that allow us to breathe fresh air, we’re all over it. This list is to remind you that there are tons of ways to get your time outside while still being productive at home. Gardening & Landscaping Let’s just get the most obvious one out of the way first. Obviously, any landscaping and gardening you need to do can be tackled while spending time outside. This can include: Trimming bushes Pruning shrubs Planting flowers Tending to the vegetable garden Raking leaves Plotting flowers before winter Adding mulch…