UK homeowners may see an increased need for storage facilities in the first half of 2010 due to an upturn in home improvement activity. New research conducted by Sainsbury’s Bank ...

IT’S GOOD that city officials are becoming more creative in finding the missing owners of derelict or unkempt buildings and property and making them do what’s right by their neighborhoods. ...

The mission of the Industrial Fabrics Foundation (IFF) is to engage in research; educate the public and provide information regarding specialty fabrics; and to engage in other charitable educational activities ...

People considering hiring professional interior designers to help them undertake home improvement projects could save costs by making a series of small changes, one expert has said. Speaking to the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 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 ...

Tired 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 ...

A 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 ...

It 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 ...

One 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 ...

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 ...