Home improvement loans ‘on the rise’ 08/31/10
Britons are borrowing more money to carry out home improvement jobs, new research has revealed. The study by Sainsbury’s Finance found that one in five personal loans taken out from ...
read moreGet Online to Remodel your home 08/30/10
Home improvement is one of the fastest-growing segments of e-commerce. But the consequences of a bad decision when it comes to finding a contractor or remodeling products online are far ...
read moreThe government has given a non-committal response to a new petition calling for it to cut VAT on home improvement work. Garvis Snook, chief executive of builder Rok, had submitted ...
read moreTired of cooling your heels waiting for a hot meal to be served? The Stealth dining room table’s built-in heat lamp keeps your legs warm even if dinner is served ...
read moreA fabric cultivated in tea vats is now being used to manufacture a new kind of fabric for the fashion industry. Fashion designers and scientists have innovated a new fabric ...
read moreIt was 25 years ago, and I was getting into it. No longer did I exclaim, “What do you mean you can grow lettuce here in January?” I was growing ...
read moreOne of the most popular exhibits at the Monterey Bay Aquarium will soon be off-limits to visitors. The outer bay exhibit — home to the aquarium’s sharks — will be ...
read moreGardening Without a Sprinkler 08/18/10
The perfect lawn has met its match. Homeowners, in the ever-expanding quest to save money—and water—are trading in clipped hedges and putting-green turf for landscaping that is much closer to ...
read moreMichael Holmes, spokesman for the National Home Improvement Show, has said that people are becoming more and more aware of the importance and benefits of the energy-efficient properties, but added ...
read moreGarden at the End of The World 08/13/10
VAVA’U, TONGA—You don’t mess with gardeners. They have patience and persistence. A case in point in Haniteli Fa’anunu. When he was eight, Haniteli was given land near his village on ...
read moreAs times change, so do notions of what constitutes a green product for home improvement. Once upon a time, harvesting wood was considered unsustainable, but now the tide has turned. ...
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