Articles tagged: home & garden
Modifications made to add comfort and family space
Posted: Jul 22, 2010More and more empty-nesters are choosing to remodel their homes rather than down-size, primarily because of the cost of moving, but secondarily to have room for visiting family. We are more family oriented now and ... Read more »
Garage-sized home expands to welcome grandchildren
Posted: Jul 15, 2010I’ve seen very simple, barebones houses in some rural settings. This makes sense when the emphasis is on the farming property. More time is spent outdoors than in. These are not entertaining places or built ... Read more »
Peace and balance come to out-of-scale addition
Posted: Jul 01, 2010It is natural when homeowners are feeling space-bound to want as much new space as possible, and contractors are more than willing to produce it. As they say “be careful of what you ask for, ... Read more »
Green Buildings for Cool Cities Tour comes to Ann Arbor this weekend
Posted: Jun 10, 2010A 4,000-square-feet home built a couple of years ago in Webster Township is a model for green building in more ways than one. Despite its rambling size, it only costs about $1,200 a year to ... Read more »
With slideshow: Ann Arbor City Club tour features church that was remodeled into home
Posted: Jun 03, 2010When hundreds of parishioners over its more than 100-year history entered the simple white-sided Ann Arbor church, they saw rows of pews, an altar and a place to worship. When Tamara Real and Carl Rinne ... Read more »
Track home modified to suit empty-nesters
Posted: May 27, 2010It’s amazing what we can adapt to in our personal habits when we feel that there is no choice. If a master bathroom is small, usually one partner uses the ‘second’ bath. If traffic is ... Read more »
Ann Arbor ironman Scott Lankton makes architectural art and furniture that endures
Posted: May 20, 2010Scott Lankton takes 20-foot bars of cold, hard steel and adds heat, muscle and his artist’s touch to forge graceful gazelles, delicate ginkgo leaves, intricate bouquets of roses and much more.For 30 years, this Ann ... Read more »
NARI tour to feature remodeled homes, including this mid-century modern that needed a boost
Posted: May 06, 2010The 1956 Arbor Hills quad-level house was in one of the best neighborhoods in Ann Arbor, sitting on a hill, away from the street and the hubbub. But, like much mid-century modern architecture, it needed ... Read more »
New lead paint law affects homeowners
Posted: Apr 22, 2010I’m hiring a company to paint my kitchen, and my neighbor told me that there is a new law on lead paint. Could you provide some insight on this law and if it impacts me? ... Read more »
Construction class for women helps build skills and confidence
Posted: Apr 15, 2010Having grown up on a farm, I'm no stranger to tools or doing my own repair work around the house. I’ve replaced the heat element in my dryer, shingled the patio roof on my house ... Read more »
Spring checklist for maintaining your home
Posted: Apr 15, 2010Now that spring is here, do you have any suggestions to help keep my home in tip top shape? -Janice. S. - Ann Arbor Spring is in the air, and being outside can make the ... Read more »
pets: Real food for your dog: homemade dog treats that are easy on budgets and canine tummies
Posted: Apr 14, 2010We adopted a dog at the end of August. Two days prior to receiving him, I had no plans, ideas, or thoughts about having a dog - and yet, here he is. We adopted him ... Read more »
Boxy closed-off kitchen bounds into family room
Posted: Apr 08, 2010There is such a strong connection between our kitchens and family rooms. That holds true on a day-to-day basis through all kinds of activities as well as during entertaining. Ideally, the kitchen is set up ... Read more »
Re-purpose your home's space to fit your changing lifestyle
Posted: Mar 04, 2010At one time, the huge whirlpool tub was the rage. Builders put them in all homes as if it were a requirement. These were fit into master bathrooms almost like a shrine, on platforms, surrounded ... Read more »
Making chunky crayons: re-creating art supplies
Posted: Mar 03, 2010If you have young children, and by “young,” I mean kids under the age of twelve, chances are you have little art things hanging around your house. Most of those “little art things” in my ... Read more »
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