Home Improvement / Decor
Finding financing for renovation or house flipping
Sometimes the condition of the home to be renovated keeps the buyer from obtaining more traditional financing for the purchase. When that is the case, here are a few options.
Tips for embracing biophilic design, a top nature-inspired design trend
These nature-inspired tips resonate with the lovely outdoor settings of Colorado. If you are selling your home, adding biophilic design touches will boost its appeal as potential buyers imagine their life in the setting.
Curb Appeal: Attract, welcome, impress
There is one simple yet impactful way to amp up the volume on your home’s attractiveness and it is inexpensive to do. Paint the front door with a pop of color!
Where does Boulder’s water come from?
With ongoing drought in Colorado and news of the Colorado River rapidly drying up, water resources are top of mind.
This summer’s top decor trends
Summer is here, which means there is not much time left to get your home season ready. If you need a quick guide to keep up with the year’s trends, we’ve got you covered.
How can I stay cool during heat waves?
Here are some tips to keep your home cool this summer that don’t involve just adding on more air conditioning power.
Tips So You Don’t Get Hacked at Home
With the pandemic and now the war in Ukraine, experts warn that cyberattacks are increasing at an unprecedented rate. Here’s what you can do to protect yourself.
Style and Function: Say hello to your beautifully lit and comfortable home
Say hello to your beautifully lit and comfortable home – these are styles we love from Lumenarea in Longmont.
Local Tip: How to Save Money on Home Improvement with Surface Refinishing Instead of Replacement
Resurfacing with Miracle Method saves up to 70 percent compared to tearing out and replacing your countertops, bathtubs, tile walls or showerpans.
Flooring Trends in Colorado: Get the Best and Rest
The flooring product that’s flying off the shelves at Family Carpet One Floor & Home in Longmont is luxury vinyl plank in hardwood or tile patterns.
Hardwood Flooring Patterns
Are you looking for a one-of-a-kind hardwood accent to make your living, dining or hallway space more memorable?
Remodeling your home? Here are ways to pay for it
Homeowners have plenty of options when it comes to financing new kitchen remodel, spiffed-up bathroom design, new mud room or added wing.
The Green Revolution in Home Design
Thanks to firms like Rodwin Architecture, sustainability comes standard in today’s residential design/build
The Lighter Side: External house painting: A big impact (and anxiety-inducing) project
Nothing quite transforms the outside look of a home like fresh new paint colors. External painting is a big project, but if it’s done well it’s something that you will enjoy for years – despite the incredible (sometimes crippling) anxiety it may cause you during the process.
Design Recipes: 5 ways to embrace modular design
Whether you are looking for versatility or to create an interesting configuration, modular furniture has become a popular go-to for interior designers.
Bringing nature inside: This year’s top home design trends
From biophilic design to reclaimed materials, here are the top trends that will make your home an earthy delight.
Remodeling for the sheer joy of it
With the cost and competition for home buying at historically high levels, many homeowners are opting to remodel their current home to better meet their needs.
Design Recipes: The beauty of exposed brick
For those looking for an industrial chic vibe, exposed brick is often an attractive architectural element.
How the pandemic has changed new-home design
It goes without saying that the pandemic changed a lot about the way we all live our lives. As homeowners reprioritized their spaces, builders and architects have needed to change the way homes are designed.
“The House That She Built” inspires girls to build
“The House that She Built” is a children’s book that educates young readers about the people and skills that go into building a home. It tells the true story of an inspiring group of women who came together to build a one-of-a-kind house.
Plant sales promote gardening and community
Whether you’re looking for herb and vegetable starts, or annuals and perennials to beautify your yard and create wildlife habitat, you are in luck; it’s plant sale season!
A guide to the basics: Making your evacuation plan
With all of its beauty and wonderful outdoor and cultural activities, Coloradoans need to play defense when it comes to wildfire.
Ask Angi: How to go green in 2022
Whether you’re thinking about a full-scale remodel or just basic maintenance, make 2022 the year you go green for good.
An inviting refuge: How color can make your house a haven
For many people, the home is a personal sanctuary, and through thoughtful color design, you can discover a renewed sense of balance and ease each time you walk through your front door.
Smart ways to use your home equity for remodeling
If your house is worth significantly more than what you still owe on your mortgage, you may be able to use that equity to pay for home improvements or renovations.
Popular trends shape 2022 home design
As we all spent more time in our homes, residential design experienced a shift with new features rising to the top of homeowner’s must-have lists such as healthy home environments, sustainable features, and work-from-home capabilities.
Bring on a kitchen makeover in 2022
Whether fixing up a home, building anew, or preparing to sell, it’s a good time to consider key features and styles homeowners want most in their kitchens.
How to create a home inventory
For those of us fortunate enough to have been out of the path of the Marshall Fire in Boulder County, there’s no time like the present to update – or create – an inventory of personal property.
Lofty Aspirations
As we walk through the architectural history of the loft space, it’s clear that the through line of the loft’s milieu is art. Recognizing its popularity, Boulder
has embraced the loft trend.
Design Recipes: Renovation do’s and don’ts
It’s that time of the year when many homeowners are considering renovating. While sprucing up your home can be exciting, here are some suggestions for prudent ways to approach a renovation, regardless of size.
