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Thinking about remodeling or organizing your home? Maybe you’re planning a new deck, or want to add a fireplace or solar energy. The Home Neighborhood has resources from house plans to appliance repair, home decorating to garages, bathrooms to kitchens. Stop by to get your next home project off to a good start!

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The energy-smart house : builder-tested, code approved

Good bones, great pieces : the seven essential pieces that will carry you through a lifetime

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Paint & color : [50 easy weekend projects]

Recent Home Blog Posts

Self-Sufficiency

Learn how to become more self-sufficient by checking out books from the Home Neighborhood.

Your home, your style

You are looking around, analyzing the look and feel of your home. There is much about your décor that you like, but something just isn’t right, something is missing. What you discover is it’s you that’s missing. Nothing in your décor reflects what you like, what is important to you, or what your interests are. What to do?

Living Large in a Small Space

Living in a small space can be challenging. Learn some tips for decorating your cozy domain.

A Place for Everything and Everything in its Place

Large or small, we fill our houses with the things we like and the things we can’t seem to get rid of. Because we do, we have to find a way to organize all that we own so that we can find what we want when we want it

Is it Easy Being Green?

If you want to live greener, but are afraid that being green is a lot of sacrifice and expensive gadgets, your library has all kinds of books to help. Read further for just a sampling.

Cottage Decorating

Find out how to update your home with clean, airy cottage style.

Get Ready for Spring!

It is winter, but the days are growing longer and warmer. Crocus blooms and temperate weather lead to thoughts of clearing the home of the remains of winter. Where to start?

Update with Paint

Visit the Home Neighborhood for ideas on updating your walls with paint!

January is National Radon Action Month

Radon is colorless, odorless, tasteless and occurs naturally as uranium in soil, rocks and water breaks down. Even though it is a natural occurrence, it is hazardous if it becomes trapped in your home. January is National Radon Action Month. Use this opportunity to learn the facts about radon and how you can mitigate its presence in your home.