CHOOSING BETWEEN ENERGY EFFICIENCY OR WATER SAVINGS FOR GREEN BUILDING POINTS? Totally agree about the comfort factor—no one wants to dread their own...

If You Had To Rig Up Your Own Home Security On A Tight Budget, What Would You Do? Those alarms are the definition of “better than nothing,” but I’ll ...

Honestly, I get a little skeptical when the excuses pile up but there’s no visible progress. On my own build, delays happened, sure, but you could alw...

WEIGHING THE PROS AND CONS OF SWITCHING TO A 15-YEAR MORTGAGE Man, you nailed it with the curveballs. When I built my place, I *thought* everything w...

I get where you're coming from with the dimmer switches—some of them just hate LEDs, no matter what the packaging promises. But honestly, even after s...

WHERE DO YOU EVEN START WITH HIRING SOMEONE TO DESIGN YOUR HOUSE? Honestly, I get the obsession with vapor barriers and insulation—nobody wants to sh...