Home Life

Pets, particularly dogs, are notorious for scratching up wood flooring. They can slip on wood flooring too, especially when they get older.

How often do you sift through your refrigerator looking for the little jar?Here are 12 different tips on how to organize your refrigerator cheaply and smart.

Next time you eat a banana - preserve the peel! We never realize the diverse uses this fruit has. Here are a range of fantastic uses for this versatile peel.

Summers in Savannah tend to be humid with many thunderstorms, and about half of Savannah's rainfall for the year falls June through September, which is typical of monsoon-type climates. Also typical of this climate are hurricanes, and Savannah is vulnerable to them. Colonial shutters protect Savannah homes and still stay historically accurate.

There are many things to think about and understand when purchasing a home. And when purchasing an historic home, that list often gets much longer.

Resilient to abuse and versatile by nature, 'Cast' iron was so named because it is made by 'casting' (pouring) molten iron into a mold. The 1830's through the middle of the 1850's was a period when cooking vessels - and the stoves on which to cook with them - were made of cast iron, and made in abundance. Fanciful castings were also in great demand during this time for windows, furniture and lawn decorations.

The mood of the bedroom starts with the bed. Your bed is typically the largest piece of furniture in your bedroom and therefore your eye is automatically drawn there first. Here is where your personal taste can take on a flare of it's own. Your decorating begins with the bed.

Think reading needs to be relegated to the couch or a bed? With a little creativity, you can create cozy reading nooks the whole family can enjoy. .

With the right supplies and a few good tools, you can tackle small improvement projects with confidence and ease.

Coconut oil helps many people a great deal whether it is used in cooking as cooking oil, or as a beauty treatment ingredient.

Did you know that in Victorian times the ladies had an unspoken "fan" language? Maybe a tradition we should bring back today! Here are some of the meanings.

There were many uses for the apron besides protecting the dress underneath.