Homeowners, Here’s How to Get More Money Back on Your Taxes
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Homeowners, Here’s How to Get More Money Back on Your Taxes

This story is part of Taxes 2023CNET’s coverage of the best tax software, tax tips and everything else you need to file your return and track your refund.

It’s not easy affording a home, even after you’ve made the down payment and started a mortgage. The average homeowner spends $15,405 on top of their mortgage each year, according to real-estate company Clever.

Homeowners, Here’s How to Get More Money Back on Your Taxes

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All those expenses come with a silver lining, however — tax credits and deductions for your home that can lead to a bigger tax refund. For homeowners, learning as much as you can about your

Spring Table Centerpiece Idea – French Country Cottage
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Spring Table Centerpiece Idea – French Country Cottage

Layers of lovely on the table is my favorite thing. Pretty place settings & linens and a beautiful spring centerpiece are perfect for a simple and sweet table by the barn. This centerpiece has a little secret to creating it – sharing more about this idea today.

Spring Table Centerpiece Idea – French Country Cottage

Spring Table Centerpiece

I think of decorating as layers. Whether that is in a room design, a Christmas Tree design or a table setting. It is the layers that make something come together and create a moment.
For this table- I decided to use a couple of different pieces of this beautiful French

Monroe County Home Builders Association show set for Feb.  24-26
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Monroe County Home Builders Association show set for Feb. 24-26

Monroe County Home Builders Association show set for Feb.  24-26

The 42nd Home Improvement & Outdoor Living Show will take place Feb. 24-26 at the First Merchants Bank Expo Center at the Monroe County Fairgrounds, 3775 S. Custer Road. Times are 4 to 8 pm Feb. 24, 10 am to 6 pm Feb. 25 and 11 am to 5 pm Feb. 26.

The event is sponsored by the Home Builders Association of Monroe County.

“This year’s show will host vendors in new home construction, home maintenance, remodeling, hobbies/crafts and outdoor living. Get ideas and bring them home for your upcoming projects,” the HBA said. “Spring is coming. Now’s the time

Pamela Anderson Responds After Tim Allen Denies Claim He Flashed Her 32 Years Ago
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Pamela Anderson Responds After Tim Allen Denies Claim He Flashed Her 32 Years Ago

Pamela Anderson understands why her former co-star Tim Allen would deny her claim that he flashed her on the set of “Home Improvement” 32 years ago.

The “Baywatch” star made the eyebrow-raising allegation in her new memoir, “Love, Pamela,” as noted in an excerpt of the book published by Variety last month. Days ahead of the memoir’s release, Allen denied the accusation, telling E! News, “No, it never happened. I would never do such a thing.”

Speaking to Entertainment Tonight Canada this week, however, Anderson stood firm on her initial claim while addressing Allen’s denial.

“You can’t make that stuff

5 Pretty Bathroom Storage Ideas
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5 Pretty Bathroom Storage Ideas

Organizing. It is a thing this time of year right? It seems like you start a new year and decide to organize, purge and redo everything. If you live in an older home like me-closet spaces are a premium. And so, things are stored differently and pretty organizing ideas are key. Today I am sharing 5 ideas that I love and love to use at our house.

5 Pretty Bathroom Storage Ideas

5 Pretty Organizing Ideas

I was cleaning and organizing the bathroom the other day and was in love with how fresh it felt when I was done. I filled the basket with freshly

Lowe’s Home Improvement is looking at this spot in far north Fort Worth for a new store
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Lowe’s Home Improvement is looking at this spot in far north Fort Worth for a new store

Lowe’s Home Improvement appears to be eyeballing a site for a 12th retail store in Tarrant County.

The North Carolina-based company with nearly 2,200 stores in the US and Canada is seeking a permit for a drainage study of about 14 acres along Avondale Haslet Road near US 81 in far north Fort Worth.

The site appears to be adjacent to the Walmart Supercenter that anchors this fast-growing corridor that’s already home to numerous fast-food restaurants and apartments.

Lowe’s already has a store in Keller on North Tarrant Parkway, about 15 miles away from the site, plus other stores in

3 Mass.  men facing charges in connection with alleged home improvement scam
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3 Mass. men facing charges in connection with alleged home improvement scam

Three Massachusetts men are facing charges in connection with a home improvement scam after Arlington police said they bought an elderly man out of thousands of dollars.

Peter Gilheney, 21, of Quincy, was arraigned Friday in Cambridge District Court on charges including unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, number plate violation to conceal identification, malicious destruction of property, and larceny by false pretenses, while 18-year-old Richard Gilheney, of Randolph, and 18-year-old Patrick Gilheney, of Quincy, were arraigned on charges of malicious destruction of property and larceny by false pretenses, according to the Arlington Police Department.

On Jan. 10, officers spoke

Home improvements?  When a Utah couple buys a new house, they get the seller’s cat, too
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Home improvements? When a Utah couple buys a new house, they get the seller’s cat, too

A couple and their new cat have gone viral on TikTok after it was revealed that the feline was included in their recent purchase of a new home.

Tori Taillac, an aesthetic physician assistant in Salt Lake City, Utah, and her fiancé, Alex Kravets, moved into their new place last month. Eagerly awaiting them was Loki, an adventurous, outdoorsy feline who began courting the soon-to-be married couple when they first toured the house, Tilliac said.

“Most people ask for money or appliances during the seller concessions phase of buying a home — instead we asked for one of their cats,”