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7 Home-Improvement Projects You Shouldn’t Put Off Any Longer
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7 Home-Improvement Projects You Shouldn’t Put Off Any Longer

It can be easy to procrastinate when it comes to home-improvement projects, especially when the projects you’re considering don’t seem super urgent or necessary. But there’s a short list of updates that you can, and should, consider making, even if you’re able to convince yourself you can live without them.

“Think of it like going to the gym,” says Bruce Irving, a home-renovation consultant and real estate agent based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. “It’s about looking good, but it’s also about enabling your body to do some jumping quickly, it should need to.” That is: No one wants to be caught

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Legendary Television Writer and Producer, Matt Williams, Launches Aspirational New Project, “Glimpses”

Published: Mar. 21, 2023 at 7:00 AM CDT|Updated: 3 hours ago

In his new multimedia project, “Glimpses,” the creator of “Home Improvement” and “Roseanne” looks to spark kindness, inspire hope, and celebrate goodness.

NEW YORK, March 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Matt Williamsthe creator of the beloved television series “Roseanne” and “Home Improvement” has launched his newest project Glimpses: A Comedy Writer’s Take on Life, Love, and All That Spiritual Stuff. A multimedia project, Glimpses consists of a podcast series, essays, public readings, lectures, seminars, and a forthcoming book sharing the same title. The

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7 Ways to Use Dried Flowers in Decorating
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7 Ways to Use Dried Flowers in Decorating

While flower bunches are always beautiful – dried flowers bring charm to a room as well. Whether you’re using them to create a romantic, vintage-style mantel or a versatile seasonal centerpiece, dried flowers are the perfect finishing touch to any room and can be used in all types of designs. We just talked about how to dry flowers in this post Here – so today it’s all about how to enjoy those flowers in your decor.

Dried Flowers Decor

1. Create a floral arrangement

A floral arrangement is a beautiful way to display your flowers. Whether you place them in

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Contractor scams can be hard to prove. What to do if it happens to you

  • While the number of home improvement fraud cases has remained consistent, in recent years the Delaware State Police have increasingly pursued felony charges.
  • Home improvement fraud cases are difficult to prove as it requires proving the contractor intended to swindle a customer from the time a contract was signed.
  • The percentage of guilty pleasures in home improvement fraud cases is less than 25%.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated to clarify that most home improvement fraud complaints are neither criminal nor civil violations. Due to inaccurate data provided by the Department of Justice, a graphic was also corrected for

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Ring In the Spring With These 3 Home Improvement Projects
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Ring In the Spring With These 3 Home Improvement Projects

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STOREYS Editorial Team

The spring season brings with it longer days, warmer weather, and a newfound desire to get the best out of our homes. For many, this means putting some time aside for a deep spring clean. For others, it’s a great time to get the ball rolling on big-ticket home improvement projects that have piled up over the winter months.

And there’s a pretty strong case to be made for tackling home improvement projects in the spring. Many contractors will tell you that it’s actually the optimal time to renovate, with its mild temperatures and the

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our may 2023 box and a giveaway
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our may 2023 box and a giveaway

I’m happy to announce our May box giveaway! This May Box is all about spring and will be curated around the theme, Vive le Printemps. I love to live by the seasons, but I’m the first to admit that by the time we get to March I am totally over the winter, and longing to get to Spring!

I love the season because this is when I make plans for the garden, when I sow some seeds for the summer. I made planting layouts for the potager, and got excited to soon start dividing and replanting the dahlia tubers

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The Home Depot to Present at the 9th Annual JP Morgan Retail Round-Up Conference |
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The Home Depot to Present at the 9th Annual JP Morgan Retail Round-Up Conference |

ATLANTA, March 17, 2023 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The Home Depot®the world’s largest home improvement retailer, today announced that Richard McPhailexecutive vice president and chief financial officer, will present at the 9th Annual JP Morgan Retail Round-Up Conference. The presentation will begin at 9:00 am ET on Thursday, March 30, 2023.

The presentation will be a live webcast at http://ir.homedepot.com/events-and-presentations. A link will be displayed under “Events and Presentations.” The webcast will be archived and available at the same location for about one hour after the conclusion of the live event.

The Home Depot

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Collecting: Vintage Floral Dishes – French Country Cottage
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Collecting: Vintage Floral Dishes – French Country Cottage

Anyone else in the vintage dish collecting club? You know the one where you can’t walk by a pretty vintage dish without picking it up, contemplating bringing it home, setting it down and trying to walk away and then turning around to grab it before anyone else does? Yeah. I am right there with you in that club and did you know that I was once asked if I would trade several pieces of antique children’s furniture for 2 sets of antique china? You know I did.

So, I might even be in the running for being the presidents of

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