All those who want their AC inspection system to shut down in the dead of summer, raise your hands. Let’s see, as we scan the crowd before us, we see a total zero hands raised. May all your tests be that easy. But hold the phone – if no one wants their AC to shut…
The Mental Health Benefits of Cooking
Cooking vs. buying prepared meals or ordering take-out is one of life’s healthier alternatives. Less salt, more control over what’s fresh and what isn’t, and greater variety to suit your family’s personal favorite foods. But, as science has revealed, there are also very tangible mental health benefits to cooking, too. So, whether you’re a culinary…
How to Make Your Home More Kid-Friendly
Life with kids is exciting, joy-filled, and rewarding. It can also be a bit hectic, especially as parents juggle work, school, extra-curricular activities, and all the other responsibilities of domestic life. And yet, with a few simple steps, you can relieve some of the mayhem for added family fun. Here’s how: Play Table – Add…
How to Reduce Home Clutter
The longer you’ve lived in your home, the more “stuff” you’ve amassed. Most of the time you don’t notice it because it’s become your new norm. But then that fateful day arrives when you’re looking for something you haven’t used in months and no matter how hard you try it’s nowhere to be found. In…
Reliable Heating & Cooling Services
Do you remember who you called the last time you needed work done on your heating or cooling system? Most people don’t. The tendency is to wait until a need arises, do a web search or ask around for a recommendation, make a call, and hope you’ve made the right choice. We’d like to suggest…
End-of-Season Furnace Inspection
Every winter, your furnace runs a marathon, the likes of which no human could endure. Once it goes on, it tends to stay on, taking the occasional break for a warm day or even a warm spell. Other than that, it’s business as usual. As the heating season starts winding down, no doubt a couple…
The Problem with New-Carpet Odor
“New” can be a wonderful scent. A car with leather interior, a scented candle lit for the first time, a batch of cookies fresh out of the oven, fresh basil from the garden – these and more do a remarkable job of awakening our senses. Then again, some new household odors aren’t nearly as inviting.…
Common Home Furnace Myths
Keeping your home and family toasty while keeping heating costs down can be a challenge during a typical DFW area winter. Fortunately, there are several creative ways to beat the odds, like sealing up drafty windows and running ceiling fans in reverse. But there’s more furnace advice “out there” you should absolutely ignore. Here are…
Is an Open Floor Plan Really for You?
Tune into just about any home improvement show and you’re bound to hear the terms “open concept” or “open floor plan” at least half a dozen times. And although this design trend, which first appeared in the 1950s, continues to dominate the remodeling and new construction scene, more and more homeowners are starting to rethink…
How to Minimize Clutter
It’s hard to throw away a gift, right? Even if you know it’s something you’ll never use. And even if you know the gift-giver would be none the wiser were the gift were to join the rest of this week’s trash. Still, you keep it anyway. But now, what to do with it? You have…