Green Scene Home Inspections
Welcome to a special edition of Upon Closer Inspection! This week, we’re looking at a home video that I found while scrolling one of my favorite neighborhood groups on Facebook. I found it to be so simultaneously clever and awful that I thought, “That’s perfect for my column.” I reached out to the poster and…
You made it through Thanksgiving and now it’s the home stretch to Christmas, Hanukkah, and the New Year. Is your home ready for it? Are you? Little mishaps at home (or big ones) can really put a damper on the holidays, especially if they involve expensive, unexpected repairs. I remember one year not too long…
Water, especially hot water, has become so essential, and so ubiquitous, in our lives that we mostly don’t notice it until it suddenly becomes unavailable. And yet, a lot of us pay little to no attention to the systems that supply that hot water to our homes, despite the fact that they’re pretty costly pieces…
It’s the time of year when we count our blessings and think about all the things we’re thankful for. I can tell you that ever since 2013, I’ve been thankful every day that my house is not infested by rats. In those days, I lived over by White Rock Lake in a wonderful little neighborhood…
We would never want to imply that there aren’t a plethora of DIY masters out there doing amazing projects at home. But a column full of, “Check out the great job Jane did fixing her kitchen sink,” wouldn’t be nearly as much fun as seeing other people’s epic fails. It’s called schadenfreude. That’s why this…
