Bin There Dump That: One Man's Trash Blog

Your bedroom is your private haven, a place you can wind down with little to no inference. Still, everyone has a different opinion on what to spend money on when it comes to bedrooms. For some, a bedroom's purpose is solely functional, while for others, it is the one place in their family home where they can let their true style flourish.

The average person spends over 23 hours a month cleaning their home. For most people, having a clean and odor-free home is something they view as a priority. There may come a time when you are confronted with offensive odors in your home. As soon as these odors are noticed, you need to take action to remove them.

Often, we have more needs than nightstands can handle. Lamps, clocks, and photos consume most of the space and books, and magazines have to settle for the floor. 

Welcoming your little one into the world and their first home is a pretty exciting occasion. And while standard advice is to buy a bigger house, you may feel like it is not the step you could take at this time. Tiny living with a new family addition is indeed no easy feat, but if you are smart and creative with the space you have, the limited square footage may become just enough. For this reason, we are sharing the best space-saving hacks for new parents to make raising their new baby in a tiny apartment more than manageable.

Your home is your sanctuary, but after being under quarantine due to the pandemic for months, it’s understandable that you’re itching for a change. Well, you’re not alone because 76% of real estate agents who were surveyed for HomeLight’s Q3 2020 survey said they’re seeing more homeowners roll up their sleeves and dive into a remodeling project or two. 

Renovating a place is always a good idea, seeing as how it boosts the resale value and the quality of life, at the same time. However, this process has some downsides, as well. First of all, it’s usually quite expensive, even if it brings a positive ROI. Second, it makes your home either unavailable or partially available during the works. Finally, it significantly reduces the safety of your household, even its security, during the works and shortly afterward. So, here are several tips you could use in order to prevent renovation-caused accidents from ever spawning.

Let’s cut the pretense and just call the basement by its real name: dumping ground.

Every piece of junk and clutter we think we might need someday but we’re not quite sure what to do with ends up in the basement.

Cast-off kitchen appliances you keep in case of emergency. Those curtains that might be perfect for some window, someday. Old comic books. The dog sweater from Aunt Edna.

Clean. It. Out.

We know. We can sense your shudder from here. But it has to be done. Next up: The fun part. Once you have that nice open space, the possibilities are endless.

An elegant and stylish home is the dream of everyone, yet most of the time, you need to have a significant amount of budget to make your home look well-decorated, stylish and elegant. But, it doesn't have to be that way. You can actually add a lot of style an  elegance to the decor of your home on a budget if you know what you are doing.

During Q1 and Q2 of 2019, HomeLight surveyed over 1,300 top-performing real estate agents in the United States to gain the collective expertise of the industry's leading professionals. In the Q1 Top Agent Insights survey, HomeLight asked agents a series of questions about interior home renovation projects, and in the Q2 survey, they inquired about exterior home improvement projects.

Your kitchen likely is one area in your home where you do spend a tremendous amount of your time. If you are also like many people, when you have guests in your home, odds are strong that you congregate in your kitchen to a significant degree.