Appliance Repair Help

We've come across the Repair Clinic, an online resource for repairing your home appliances. They state "Ask our RepairGuru® your repair question. Let our PartDetective® show the part photo, pricing and availability. Shop online or use our toll-free 800 number. No-hassle returns." Sounds like a good deal. Anyone use them?

  August 23, 2007 | Comments (1)

New Home Nightmares...Shared Online

The joy of owning and living in a new home has quickly turned to despair for some unfortunate buyers. These homeowners weren't fooled into buying lemons from local builders but instead chose larger more reputable home building companies, which it turns out didn't make a difference when it came to quality construction (at least in their situation). Offenses include mold, water damage, faulty foundations, defective construction, unresponsive contractors, etc.

Now many of these homeowners have turned to the web and are sharing their "nightmares" with others. A few of the more popular websites include fightpulte.com, levittandsonshome.org/, exposingnewhomebuilders.com, and crapconstruction.com.

Here's a listing of the most popular real estate/homebuilding gripe websites.

  August 21, 2007 | Comments ()

Friday Contest: Win a Log Cabin from DIY Network

Earlier this year DIYNetwork.com invited visitors to vote each day on 13 design areas for a future cabin to be built in the Great Smoky Mountains. From the floor plans, roof, and countertops, the results were up to us.

They are now building this cabin to the winning specs and are offering you a chance to win the cabin. Details are below.

  August 17, 2007 | Comments (11)

Architectural Digest Holds Open Auditions

Paige Rense, Editor-In-Chief of Architectural Digest, is seeking inspiration for feature stories. Architectural Digest will be holding open auditions in New York, Florida, California, and Texas for design professionals as well as non-pros.

Details after the jump

  August 15, 2007 | Comments (2)

Drywall (Gypsum) Going Up

As the housing slump worsens, manufacturers start to feel the pinch, especially the drywall guys.

  August 14, 2007 | Comments ()

Gardening Tips for a Changing Climate

Worldwide climate change is a fact that is more than just an annoyance or quirk in the weather. Seasons are overlapping and the severity of temperature changes has become more dramatic. This change has direct effect on your garden now more than ever and with a bit of forethought you can prepare your plants for the coming season no matter how unpredictable it is.

  August 13, 2007 | Comments ()

Hotels Like Homes

Budget Travel finds hotels that come with all or more of the amenities that you'd have at home.

  August 13, 2007 | Comments ()

This Old House is New Again

Congratulations to the web team at This Old House (most notably, Betsy, Eric, Kristen, and Christopher) for their successful launch of the new and improved ThisOldHouse.com. It's been almost two years in the making and through countless hours of thoughtful planning, maintaining a dedicated focus, and nose to the grindstone work, we can honestly say that the new website should rank as one of the premier home improvement resources online and a welcome addition to the top tier of Time Inc sites that include (TIME, People, Sports Illustrated, and Fortune).

  August 2, 2007 | Comments ()