Where there is light there is life. Natural light is fundamental to the quality of our lives and living environment. More than any other element, light, with its many moods and variations, can make a house a home.
Light enters our homes primarily through windows and doors. But light from above, through venting skylights, continues to gain favor when architects, designers, builders, remodelers, and homeowners consider effective and efficient sources of natural light and passive ventilation.
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The loss of energy through windows can account for up to 20 percent of a home’s total heating and cooling costs. With a scorching summer drawing to a close and heating costs expected to rise as high as 30 percent this year, many Americans are already looking for ways to curtail energy costs this winter. New Levolor® Accordia™ Cellular Shades offer the most energy efficient window solution available, saving homeowners up to $180 on their annual energy bills. With more than 200 fabrics to choose from, including exclusive woven textures, and ingenious options such as cordless, homeowners will never have to sacrifice style for efficiency.
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Merillat knows how meaningful innovation and functional storage can make prepping, cooking, entertaining and living in the kitchen easier. Merillat recently launched a number of new initiatives centered around the theme of The Dream Kitchen for the Real World that show homeowners firsthand how Merillat kitchens are highly functional, and jam-packed with a variety of smart storage solutions.
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Natural disasters can have a devastating effect on you, your home and your property. The risk of fire, especially fire associated with lightning, is often overlooked and underrated as a potential threat. Even the most safety-conscious homeowner may not have considered this risk that affects thousands of homeowners each year. Lightning associated with thunderstorms and sometimes hurricanes can pose a variety of fire hazards. The massive power of lightning’s electrical charge and intense heat can induce destructive power surges through home circuitry, burn holes in CSST gas piping, explode brick and roofing materials, and ignite house fires.
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The season’s change is the perfect time to “renest” and fall in love with your home again. Along with Levolor®, HGTV Contractor and Designer Chip Wade demonstrates insider tips to achieve designer style and update any home décor in just one weekend. A lack of confidence can often keep DIY enthusiasts stuck in a style rut, even when shopping for items that easily freshen up a space, such as window treatments. To help homeowners “décor it themselves,” Levolor and Lowe’s have teamed up to offer Levolor Custom Size Now® blinds and shades that can be cut to size for free at Lowe’s in just minutes, offering perfectly sized blinds and shades the same day they shop. Watch and read on for Chip’s inspiring, yet simple, transformation tips that can help you see your space in a whole new light.
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For generations, homeowners have clearly thought of windows when they heard the term glazing. Single, double and in the meantime also three or four times glazed windows - the properties of the glass however have changed dramatically. Noise and temperature insulation are features and also - if desired - opacity just by pressing a button. Now glass is increasingly becoming a facade, as a solar panel, as insulation or as a photovoltaic system. For Architects this development is really fantastic.
For generations, homeowners have clearly thought of windows when they heard the term glazing. Single, double and in the meantime also three or four times glazed windows - the properties of the glass however have changed dramatically. Noise and temperature insulation are features and also - if desired - opacity just by pressing a button. Now glass is increasingly becoming a facade, as a solar panel, as insulation or as a photovoltaic system. For Architects this development is really fantastic.
Planning a dream kitchen has just gotten a little easier with Merillat’s new intuitive online tool called the Step-by-Step Kitchen Planner. Designed to guide homeowners through a customized planning process, the Step-by-Step Kitchen Planner helps them find the most appropriate styles, products and features for their lifestyles, and visualize their new kitchen choices in a virtual rendering that can be shared with their local Merillat dealer.
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The Advertising Council, in partnership with the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), announced today the launch of a national public service advertising (PSA) campaign designed to encourage homeowners who are struggling with their monthly mortgage payments to learn about the Making Home Affordable Program.
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Kudzu.com, a website that helps homeowners choose the best service providers for their home and family, announces a multi-media partnership with HGTV.com to provide detailed, hyper-local listings of home service professionals by neighborhood, homeowner ratings and reviews of their experiences with specific companies and timely specials from local contractors.
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Homeowners are embracing a new trend towards premium window screens that are virtually invisible to the naked eye and provide an exponentially better view. GORE® inLighten ® window screens are made of high tech material that make the screens transparent.
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A new kitchen ranks high on many homeowners' dream lists, and Ferguson Bath, Kitchen, and Lighting Gallery made those dreams come true today for one lucky Delaware family. William and Monica Snowden were selected from over 1.4 million total entries as the Grand Prize winner of the Ferguson Dream Kitchen Giveaway contest.
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