The Barefoot Home Slide Show
Author Marc Vassallo defines the barefoot home - kick back and take your show off.

Inside The Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Raleigh Home
Slideshow of the Raleigh Home

Creating Outdoor Spaces
Everyone knows that attractive plantings at the front of a home are key to that all-important curb appeal. But truly good landscaping means so much more than a few azaleas and a green lawn.

Durham County - Where Great Things Happen

A lot has changed in Durham since Bell arrived more than 35 years ago. As home to major universities, medical centers and high-tech industries, Durham now boasts a population of 208,816, making it the fifth largest city in the state.

Spring Forward with a plan to get organized!

Spring cleaning isn’t just about dusting and vacuuming. It’s about going deeper—clearing out the clutter and organizing one’s home. Sound overwhelming? It doesn’t have to be—if you have a plan.

Creating Outdoor Spaces
Everyone knows that attractive plantings at the front of a home are key to that all-important curb appeal. But truly good landscaping means so much more than a few azaleas and a green lawn.

10 Questions To Ask Before You Buy a Second Home
Despite a volatile real estate market, more and more Baby Boomers and Gen-Xers are taking the plunge and purchasing a second home.

Safety In the Yard and Garden

Tips on keeping children and pets safe in the outdoors this Spring.

Go Green!
Enviromentally Friendly Products

Spring Selling
How to prepare your home for top selling price this Spring.

Before After…Arches Transform a Home
Itching to make some changes in your home? Homeowners Roy and Rita Pallatt had an itch that was easily scratched with outstanding results … And at a very reasonable cost!

For the Birds: Bird feeding basics to fill your yard with song.
What a delight to awaken each morning to the musical trill of birdsong, to watch from your kitchen window the dazzling blue of an indigo bunting splashing in a bird bath.

Author Mark Vassallo Defines the Barefoot Home
To be more precise, he wants your house to take its shoes off.

Green building creating value, protecting the environment.
Green building is a concept rapidly gaining in popularity across the country. More and more, today’s homebuyers are demanding houses that are energy efficient, healthy and environmentally sensitive.

Backyard Paradise Introduction

Need An Escape? There’s no reason to go further than your own backyard.

Backyard Paradise: Sweet Music
Beethoven said it best: “Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.” So if you’ve gone the typical lengths required to create a soothing outdoor retreat, it would be strange not to include music.

Backyard Paradise: A Bit of Italy
Shervin Tahssili was designing and building in the Tuscan style before it was all the rage. He founded Tuscany Construction Group in 1999 and quickly became known for his quality construction and innovative designs using natural woods and stone.

Backyard Paradise: Of Flight and Fancy

Chuck & Gloria Davis’ Peter Pan themed garden delights their grandchildren.

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, The Best Kept SECRET in town
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Comes to raleigh to give one deserving family the home of their dreams.

Old Home Finds New Home
Not everyone was happy to see Extreme Makeover demolish a home in Raleigh’s Mordecai Place Historic District.

Inside The Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Raleigh Home
A new home for one deserving family. Inside the The Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Raleigh's home.

A Special Thanks!
To the following companies that made the Extrem Makeover: Home Edition Raleigh Home possible.

We’ve got some cracks in our walls, and we suspect it’s because the foundation has settled. Can we stay in our home while the repairs are being done?
When the ground underneath your foundation changes, the shape of the foundation likely will too as it settles on the land. Some signs of settling include misaligned doors and windows, sloping floors, cracks in the interior walls or exterior veneer, and leaks in the basement.

Instead of having my aging mother move into an assisted living facility, my wife, kids and I would like for her to move in with us. But she can’t climb the stairs in our two-story home. Is an elevator a realistic option?
Installing an elevator may sound like an extravagance at first,but when you consider the wide variety of design options, added value and price - you'll be sold.

Magnificent Metal
Tamera Mulanix finds finds calling as metalwork artist and blacksmith.