Michele Lerner
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Glass Wall Systems Expand Your Interior Living Area
Expanding your interior living area to embrace your outdoor space, an architectural trend that has spread from Hawaii and California to housing markets with more intense weather fluctuations, requires some ingenuity. While solid walls of glass and sliding glass doors allow a year-round view of the outdoors, manufacturers also make glass walls that can slide.....
Eight Tips for a Secure Home Office
Whether you work full-time from home, telecommute once-a-week or use your study to catch up on paperwork during your evenings and weekends, setting up a functional and secure home office is essential. In 2016, 43 percent of employed people worked remotely at least some of the time, according to a Gallup poll. According to data.....
10 Tips to Live Large in your Small Yard
Whether you live in a city home with tiny roof terrace or a suburban house with a small plot of land to call your own, you can use every inch of outdoor space to maximize your enjoyment of indoor-outdoor living. While some enhancements to your yard such as a hot tub or adding screens to.....
8 Tips for Virtual Home Shopping
Whether you plan to purchase a property sight unseen or want to narrow the list of properties you’ll visit in person to save time, a virtual tour can be a valuable tool. While virtual tours using 3D modeling and simple videos have been around for years, during the Covid-19 pandemic real estate agents and builders.....
The Power of Flowers for Emotional Health
If you live in a cold climate where gray skies and a brown winter landscape may soon get you down, you don’t need to wait for next Spring’s greenery to perk up your house or your spirits. Most people recognize that a bouquet of roses or some spring tulips can bring a smile to someone’s.....
Contemporary Style Taking Over the Kitchen
Mix-and-Match Materials, Something Old, Something New Not so long ago, dark wood cabinets with elaborately detailed moldings and furniture-grade wood center islands with traditional handles were the ultimate in kitchen style. These days, you’re likely to see glossy cabinets and industrial-style fixtures alongside a farmhouse-style sink. Kitchen styles, as demonstrated at the recent Kitchen &.....