Home improvement contractors could become extinct in Louisiana |  Louisiana
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Home improvement contractors could become extinct in Louisiana | Louisiana

Home improvement contractors could become extinct in Louisiana |  Louisiana

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Under a proposed law in Louisiana, homeowners would have to hire a licensed general contractor for any home improvement work valued at over $10,000. Some worry the measure will destroy the market for trim carpenters, fence builders and other handymen who can perform jobs up to $75,000 under current law.

Currently, the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors (LSBLC) regulates two different types of residential construction professionals, aside from mold remediation experts: the licensed general residential contractor, which is required for jobs priced above $75,000; and the certified home improvement contractor, who can perform work between

Discover How Small Personal Loans Can Help Your Finances
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Discover How Small Personal Loans Can Help Your Finances

Small personal loans are an ideal way to help you manage unexpected financial obligations or to cover short-term cash needs. They are typically, like same day loans, unsecured loans, meaning you don’t need to put up collateral to qualify.

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Small personal loans can be used for a variety of purposes, including debt consolidation, home improvements, medical bills, and more.

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Small loans for bad credit instant approval are often easier to obtain than larger loans, as they typically require less paperwork and have lower credit requirements. Small loans are also often faster to process and disburse than larger loans,

Topiary Love- how to care for topiaries
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Topiary Love- how to care for topiaries

Pretty little puff top plants. Some just foliage and some covered in little blooms that smell as lovely as they look. Today for Friday Favorites- we are talking about topiaries and why I love them and sharing a few tips for keeping them in that lovely topiary form.

Topiary Love

First up- how about a little shout out and love for topiaries. I am a big fan of them- from green foliage to flowering – to herbs and olives and even holiday topiaries. Topiaries are just so darn cute- and can plants be full of charm? Topiaries are absolutely full

Loan program helping Lethbridge residents afford home improvement projects – Lethbridge
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Loan program helping Lethbridge residents afford home improvement projects – Lethbridge

Lethbridge has become the ninth community in Alberta to launch a program helping residents pay for energy efficient and renewable energy upgrades to their homes.

Loan program helping Lethbridge residents afford home improvement projects – Lethbridge

The Clean Energy Improvement Program through Alberta Municipalities helps to eliminate the upfront cost of installing items like new windows, doors, solar panels, lighting fixtures and more to residential properties by offering low-interest financing through the city.

Residents can pay off the loan for the span of up to 20 years — depending on the project — which is added to property tax payments. The cost of the improvement must be between $3,000 and $50,000

15 Inspired Easter Tables & Entertaining Ideas
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15 Inspired Easter Tables & Entertaining Ideas

15 Inspired Easter Tables & Entertaining Ideas

It is hard to believe that Easter is just around the corner. It seems like just yesterday I was taking down Christmas and here we are talking rabbits and chocolate eggs and all kinds of Easter whimsy and fun.

Even if your Easter celebrations are on the small side, you can set a pretty table, add a touch of whimsy and charm and enjoy a lovely home celebration. And today for Friday Favorites- it’s all about a round up of on the table ideas- from flowers to place setting touches to a few tried and true nibbles that are always

Vintage French Floral Painted Beds
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Vintage French Floral Painted Beds

Vintage French Floral Beds

A pair of darling beds in original delicious vintage green, covered in curves and delightful hand painted florals…I think obsessed might be the only way to sum them up.

Vintage French Floral Painted Beds

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I often redesign a room or space for a special project to change things up a bit & so am always on the lookout for unique pieces that speak to me. I am working on a special design that is much different in look and feel that is currently in the attic- and the vintage is more saturated color and details of these beds is

Pain au chocolat: A scrumptious French staple
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Pain au chocolat: A scrumptious French staple

One of the things I discovered when I first moved to France several decades ago, was the fact that although the French love their food, and although it is normal to sit down to eat long meals together, the French rarely snack. Snacking is widely recognized as being the best way to put on those unwanted pounds, and until recently it simply isn’t in the culture.

There is however a moment in the day, when it is totally acceptable to eat between meals, and that is the ‘sortie de classes’, or the end of the school day. In all the

Here’s where to find everything home improvement this weekend in Rapid City
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Here’s where to find everything home improvement this weekend in Rapid City

RAPID CITY, SD– Rapid City’s annual one stop shop for everything home improvement is now open for the weekend. The 47th annual Black Hills Home Builders Association Home Show opened Friday morning at The Monument.

Here’s where to find everything home improvement this weekend in Rapid CityFor anyone looking at home repairs, upgrades or leisure items, this is the place. 400 vendors ranging from roofers, plumbers, siding specialists, spas and more are on hand throughout The Monument an in the Summit Arena.

And if talking gutters and shingles isn’t your significant other’s thing, 80 small business vendors are set up in the pop-up market place in the Barnett Field House.

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