New season, new color! If you're looking to revive your kitchen for the summer season, try a splash of color and a trip to your local home store. Something as simple as different colored seat cushions or placemats can completely transform a room.
Pick a Palette Picking colors can be tricky, especially for those who are averse to change. When choosing a color schem...The blackened, crusty food that insists on garnishing your stovetop is not something you want to have to keep scrubbing away at - especially since it doesn't work half the time anyway!
An obvious way to keep the stovetops clean would be to clean up your mess before the food has time to set in. Sometimes that is not possible, but there are a few quick and easy ways you can break th...Nothing is better on a hot summer day than a trip to the pool. While the title 'waterpark' may conjure up visions of trips to Wisconsin or Florida, there are plenty to enjoy throughout the Chicagoland area. Try taking a mini-vacation to one of these local hot spots:
Hurricane Harbor, Gurnee,...There's nothing is worse than walking into a kitchen filled with ants or waking up to a centipede on your bedroom floor. While bugs are certainly part of the circle of life, you do not want them spending their life in your home.
Bug sprays and powders may be the quickest and easiest solutions, but unfortunately they aren't the healthiest way to keep unwanted insects from entering...Now that your trees have had some time to stretch their branches, you may find that they need a trim. Pruning your trees not only helps distribute nutrients to the more lively and important branches, but you can also prevent future damage to both the tree and any obstacles that might get in the branches' way.
Pruning Shears It is important to purchase a good set o...
