Garden Flowers

Colorful Garden Flowers.

Colorful garden flowers are beautiful and enhance the enjoyment of your home. Make sure to trim away wilted or dead flowers that make the garden look unkempt. If everyone keeps their garden in tip top shape, entire neighborhoods will become places that delight the eye. Plant Colorful Garden Flowers and Trees Enhance the enjoyment of…

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Don’t Let Trees Touch the Roof

Neighbor's trees touching a roof.

Don’t let trees touch the roof. Whenever trees come into contact with a roof for a long period of time, some type of damage is usually on the way. Here are some reasons why you should keep your trees and shrubs clean and maintained. Roof Damage: The branches and tree limbs can scrape against your…

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Antique Weathervanes

antique-weathervanes

There are many small details on vintage homes that people don’t often notice. One item is the weathervane. Most weathervanes in Los Angeles have been either lost or tossed during roof replacements; but Antique Weathervanes connect us to our architectural past and shouldn’t be thrown away. Although weathervanes were originally about function, these beautiful relics…

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Under House Access

Secure Under House Access Points.

Bad things happen under a structure and there are a lot of ways for them to happen. Most often it’s under house access being granted to someone or something through improperly sealed openings. Here are some ways to secure them. Unsecured Crawl Space Access Screen This unsecured crawl space opening is less than three feet…

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Furniture & Cabinet Touch-Up Products

Minwax Touch-Up Sticks.

Minwax Wood Furniture & Cabinet Touch-Up Products are a versatile tool for both maintenance and decoration. They provide a quick and easy solution for touching up nicks and scratches on furniture, moldings, cabinets, doors, and floors. With a variety of colors available, they can match most wood stains, allowing for seamless touch-ups. Containing the same…

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Vine Damage

Vines can cause expensive damage to your eaves and rafters.

Vines can cause expensive damage to your eaves and rafters. Here a vine has grown through and under the raingutter. Keep vines from growing on your woodwork. Pictured here is a vine that grew up a wall, went under the rain gutter, blocked the rain gutter and started crawling up under the roof. This house…

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