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Outdoor Lighting Designs

Outdoor Lighting Designs

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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.

The Benefits of Green Building to Homeowners

Green building provides durability, energy and water savings, and improved indoor air quality.

How to Survive a Home Addition

How to Survive a Home Addition

Learn how to minimize the inevitable inconveniences, from delays to dust.

Clean Interior Air

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.

Home-Energy Audit Saves Money

Home-Energy Audit Saves Money

Find out how a professional inspection can reduce a home's energy use and utility bills.

What We Want in Windows

What We Want in Windows

Discover what people want when it comes to choosing windows.

Glass, Glazing and Gas: 3 Factors of Energy Efficient Windows

Advanced window technology can minimize heating and cooling costs.

Improve Caulking Practices

Improve Caulking Practices

Here's how to ensure a quality seal when it comes to laying a bead.

Pro Building Tips: Flexible Window Flashing Cuts Moisture Penetration

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.

Choosing Energy Efficient Windows for Your Home

Consider these four factors that can affect a window's performance.

10 Ways to Add Value to Homes

10 Ways to Add Value to Homes

Increase value with budget-conscious projects that will bolster resale price.

Treating the Whole Home as a System

Treating the Whole Home as a System

Check out the energy efficiency secrets of David Weekley Homes' success.

House Wrap: Air Sealing and Protection From the Elements

Use house wrap when framing a home to block out moisture and unwanted air.

Exterior Drainage Planes

Exterior Drainage Planes

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Protect the exterior of the home with a well-constructed drainage plane.

Passive Ventilation

Use passive ventilation in conjunction with mechanical ventilation for the best indoor air quality.

HGTV Green Home 2012: Modern Farmhouse Style

HGTV Green Home 2012: Modern Farmhouse Style

Experts at Kemp Hall Studio reinvent the notion of Southern farmhouse.

Creating Landscape Windbreaks

Select the right trees and shrubs and locate them properly with these tips.

Exterior Materials

Exterior Materials

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Jeff Wilson looks at the green exterior materials being used by builders.

Blog Cabin 2012: Preserving Character

Blog Cabin 2012: Preserving Character

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.

The New Old-Fashioned Porch

The New Old-Fashioned Porch

Keep architectural continuity and durability in mind when adding a front structure.

Modern Ranch Home Plays With Color

Modern Ranch Home Plays With Color

Creative family transforms their mid-century modern rancher into a play space packed with color

Loft-Style Home Exterior

Loft-Style Home Exterior

from William Hezmalhalch

The simple exterior of this home is accented by grillwork, which delivers an urban look and provides aesthetic toning to the building.

Replace Aluminum Siding With Eco-Friendly Wood Siding

After reviewing several exterior siding choices, carpenter installed eco-friendly wood siding.

Creating Accessible Homes

Creating Accessible Homes

Entrances, bathrooms and kitchens create logistical and aesthetic challenges.

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