Raising Children is a Big Job: How Parents Can Get Support Do you know anyone who would buy a new car, drive it day in and day out and never bother to fill the gas tank, change the oil, or rotate the tires? And when it broke down, leave it by the side of the road to go off and look for another vehicle?
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Updating Your Cottage State of Mind In 1848, architect Andrew Jackson Downing bid readers of The Horticulturist to practice “beautiful and appropriate architecture. Do not build your dwelling places like temples, churches or cathedrals,” he implored. “Let them be, characteristically, dwelling-houses . . . let the cottage be a cottage.”
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Mix and Match: Finding the Right Design Combination for a Bathroom Good design is about mixing and matching. We want our homes to reflect our individual tastes and interests. It should be practical and personal. We shy away from cookie-cutter rooms filled with furnishings all in the same scale and style. And, what “goes together” doesn’t always need to match.
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Protect Your Car's Interior from Messy Spring Weather It’s that time of year when people have had enough of cold weather, snow, ice and winter in general, and thoughts turn to spring -- warmer temperatures, sprouting plants and melting snow and slush. It is important to protect your car’s interior from leftover road salt, sand and springtime mud.
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High School Students Earn Diplomas at a Distance As students around the country head back to school this fall, some are traveling no farther than the desk in their bedroom or the computer in the family room to get the high school education that best meets their needs. In fact, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, more than 1 million U.S. K-12 students attend private or independent schools and some 1.1 million U.S. students are homeschooled.
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