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Walkway Lighting vs. Landscape Lighting

May 7, 2018 by Ken Roginski 19 Comments

THIS ARTICLE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION Walkway - Pathway lighting seems to be the rage for the middle-class house these days. Not only walkway lighting but lights everywhere - on fence posts, newel posts, around trees, everywhere you could imagine. Just like black and white houses , this trend is out of control! This is a [...]

Tasteful Christmas Lighting

November 17, 2017 by Ken Roginski 48 Comments

Christmas lighting can add to the joyful holiday festivities with houses decorated in all their splendor. Christmas lighting with brightly colored lights can make a beautiful house much more beautiful but it needs to be done right. Just like everything else! We have all seen houses decorated with Christmas lights in such a way that [...]

Storm Windows

October 27, 2017 by Ken Roginski 58 Comments

Aluminum storm windows are your best bet to not only save heat but protect your original windows from the elements. Protecting your window with a storm window also defers window maintenance. The secret to energy savings is to have storm windows with Low E glass. This is something that the older storm windows do not [...]

Shutter Maintenance & Purchasing Shutters

May 8, 2017 by Ken Roginski 31 Comments

Wood Window Shutters Maintenance - Keeping your Shutters Out of the Landfill. If you have your original shutters, treat them as if they were gold. Just because they're rotted does NOT mean they cannot be repaired. Use a high quality exterior wood filler for rotted wood (not bondo). Keep them painted. If the louvers are [...]

What Shutter Style Is Right For My House

May 8, 2017 by Ken Roginski 88 Comments

Look at old photos. If you don't have any, look around your neighborhood for similar houses and see the kind they have. You can usually tell if the shutters are original. Keep in mind that your house may have been built in 1800 and the shutters replaced in 1900 with a style popular at that [...]

Walkway Lighting vs. Landscape Lighting

Tasteful Christmas Lighting

Storm Windows

Shutter Maintenance & Purchasing Shutters

What Shutter Style Is Right For My House

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