Posts with tag windows

It's easy to give homeowners tips on home improvements that increase energy efficiency -- without considering the budgets available to different homeowners. On an individual, national, and international level, there can be no green revolution without a cost-effective strategy. As a homeowner, you need to devote a... Continue Reading »

Thanks to her stint in the military, Mary F. was used to moving around. However, after settling down in Texas and enduring the unpleasant experience of having her home robbed, she decided that feeling like a sitting target was something she didn't want to get used to. "I knew I had to do something, but as a single mom of... Continue Reading »

Forget the room with a view -- in fact, you can forget the room with a window. Don't be surprised to discover during your next apartment hunt a strange phenomenon -- a windowless bedroom. But is it really OK to live in a windowless bedroom or, more specifically, to allow windowless rooms to be called bedrooms? This... Continue Reading »

Renters no longer need to settle for the crappy view their cheap rent gets them. Thanks to Santa Clara, Calif.-based engineer, Ryan Hoagland, tenets with basement apartments, windows facing buildings or simply no windows at all can create their own virtual window using nothing more than a Wiimote (for the Nintendo Wii), a... Continue Reading »

It's (finally!) almost summertime, and people across the country are storing away snow shovels and daring to dream about homegrown tomatoes and bushels of zucchini. But what to do if your otherwise-perfect rental home doesn't have a yard? (And if your landlord isn't willing to shell out $30,000 to add on a Plant... Continue Reading »