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Lighting is an important feature outside your house as well as inside. Explore options in exterior lighting that are designed to enhance the safety, security and style of your home’s outdoor spaces.
Green building provides durability, energy and water savings, and improved indoor air quality.
Learn how to minimize the inevitable inconveniences, from delays to dust.
By being aware of the factors that can contribute to poor indoor air quality, builders can work proactively to install systems within the home that can lead to a more comfortable and healthy living environment.
Find out how a professional inspection can reduce a home's energy use and utility bills.
Advanced window technology can minimize heating and cooling costs.
If window flashing isn't installed correctly, water can leak behind the window and get into walls. New flexible window flashing products now on the market significantly reduce the potential for moisture penetration around windows.
Consider these four factors that can affect a window's performance.
Increase value with budget-conscious projects that will bolster resale price.
Check out the energy efficiency secrets of David Weekley Homes' success.
Use house wrap when framing a home to block out moisture and unwanted air.
Protect the exterior of the home with a well-constructed drainage plane.
Use passive ventilation in conjunction with mechanical ventilation for the best indoor air quality.
Experts at Kemp Hall Studio reinvent the notion of Southern farmhouse.
Select the right trees and shrubs and locate them properly with these tips.
Jeff Wilson looks at the green exterior materials being used by builders.
As DIY Network’s design-build team modernizes this circa-1884 cape, care will be taken to retain the building’s 19th-century New England charm.
Keep architectural continuity and durability in mind when adding a front structure.
Creative family transforms their mid-century modern rancher into a play space packed with color
The simple exterior of this home is accented by grillwork, which delivers an urban look and provides aesthetic toning to the building.
After reviewing several exterior siding choices, carpenter installed eco-friendly wood siding.
Entrances, bathrooms and kitchens create logistical and aesthetic challenges.