(NC)—Like fashion, interior design trends change with the seasons. Each month, different colours and patterns become the new “it” look, inspiring us to overhaul our home décor.

Keeping up with the latest looks can be challenging, not to mention expensive. That's why it's important to remember that keeping your home décor modern isn't so much about buying trendy furniture as it is about being practical. Invest in timeless pieces that are suited to your lifestyle and create a calm environment.

Delta Faucet, a leader in beautifying home interiors, offers the following tips to make sure your space will always feel fresh:

Choose multi-functional products with hidden technology and beautiful design to create a modern feel. Think televis... Read More Click Here

A truly flat floor is crucial to the installation of a properly installed floor.

The most common problem with all kinds of hard surface flooring, are areas where the flooring sinks or bounces when you walk over them, due to floor leveling negligence. In most cases, this will never deteriorate the integrity of your flooring; however this is not always true.  Engineered flooring, with a bad enough sub floor, has a tendency to separate from itself at the joints. Furthermore, this tends to be the cause of gapping with laminate flooring.  

A properly leveled sub floor will yield flooring that feels nice and solid, and lasts longer!  Floor leveling is by far the most powerful reason laminate has obtained a negative reputation as poor quality, however real wood engineered flooring is prone to the same poor leveling circumstances if the floor leveling is not inspected and corrected if required.

 Dealing with a wooden sub floor is much easier to work with than a concrete sub floor; however in both cases, the solution is adding leveling compound to low spots or if possible, gr... Read More Click Here

(NC)—Geothermal heating and cooling is one of the most environmentally-friendly options available to homeowners, and serves as a great method for working towards a self-sufficient home. Instead of pulling heat from natural gas, fuel oil or electrical heat sources, geothermal heating draws from the earth's natural heat below the frost line.

As spring arrives and the ground thaws to facilitate the installation of this system, the Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI) encourages homeowners to consider geothermal heating as a long-term solution to high home heating and cooling bills, and as a great way to protect the environment for future generations.

How it Works

Using an underground piping system, called a ground loop, a high-pressure liquid is circulated in order to absorb the natural warmth from deep in the earth surrounding your home, transferring this heat through your home's forced air or radiant flooring system. In the summer, this process is reversed. Heat is drawn from inside the home throug... Read More Click Here