In response to janeAnne’s post about What would you do if money were no object to build a dream green home, I had to expand to a full post.
Here is what I originally responded with in the comments of her post:
Category Archives: improvements
Project Pink… or Green… whatever
- Wednesday, 12 December 2007 23:48
- Written by Lane Bailey
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Crawlspaces? Save money…
- Wednesday, 07 November 2007 18:14
- Written by Lane Bailey
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I’m going to deviate a little from my normal pattern here.
I just ran across a story (printed, sorry no link) about encapsulated crawlspaces. It was touting the energy savings that could be realized by encapsulating the crawlspace. I have seen some claims as high as
What is a better investment?
- Saturday, 20 October 2007 12:32
- Written by Lane Bailey
- 4 Comments
I was up late, and caught a little bit of the Nightline episode where they featured a “bubble blogger” in California. One of the statements he made was that housing was not a good investment compared to the stock market over the last 30 years. That line was screaming at me.
I went to Google to try and find national average home appreciation rates for the last 30 years. I wasn’t able to. I was able to find the annualized appreciation for the last 10 years though. According to S&P (warning, pdf file), average annualized returns for homes were
Now let’s try some cool garage stuff that won’t break the bank
- Sunday, 23 September 2007 11:06
- Written by Lane Bailey
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In the last post, I highlighted a few really cool items. Now, I’m going to move the other way and look at some cheap (but still cool) stuff. Of course, I think that the most links I’ve come across have been regarding tool storage. And, tool storage is a biggie. Personally, I have two bottom boxes (rollers). One is a Craftsman box that I’ve had for years, and the other is a US General (Harbor Freight) box. The Craftsman is a 26″ wide box. It has roller bearings and such. The current cost of the box is
S is for Staging
- Friday, 14 September 2007 09:25
- Written by Lane Bailey
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***I’m proud to have a guest host for today. Angel Walker is a professional stager here in the Atlanta area. Here is a quick bio about Angel.
Angel Walker is an Accredited Staging Professional Master™ and the owner of Staging Professionals, LLC. Angel received her training directly from Barb Schwarz, the CEO of Stagedhomes.com. Prior to founding Staging Professionals, LLC, Angel had over 10 years experience in corporate marketing. Angel specializes in Staging occupied homes
in North Atlanta. www.stagingprofessional.com
S is for Staging
There has been a ton of buzz around Staging in recent months.