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May 7, 2025

Simple Steps To Make Your Home Feel More Pleasant

This is Mississippi, and we are big on hospitality, and one of the most important parts of hospitality is creating a pleasant home environment. To some, cultivating the right atmosphere seems to come naturally. To others, it doesn't always feel easy, especially if faced with the prospect of major home upgrades that require a huge investment of time and money. Thankfully, you don't always have to make big changes to create a welcoming, pleasant home. It is possible to make a significant improvement with far simpler updates. Here are a few suggestions: Decluttering Let's face it. Most of us have more stuff than we need, ...

May 1, 2025

5 Tips To Protect Your Home Against Harsh Weather

Here in Mississippi, we've had an increasing number of severe weather events this spring, and with hurricane season just around the corner, the question of how best to protect your home against harsh weather is never too far from people's minds. What should you be doing to be prepared when harsh weather arrives? Seal Doors And Windows First, you’ll want to ensure you seal all your doors and windows, which will help block drafts and reduce the risk of water leaks during driving rain. Sealing doors and windows can be time-consuming, but it is worth the investment of both time and money. If you don’t want to do it yourself, you can ...

April 30, 2025

Big-Ticket Home Replacements That Are Worth the Investment

I love our home. I really do, but if I'm honest, there are days I look back wistfully at renting. Generally, it's when yet another appliance needs replacing or when we had to replace the Chrysler air conditioner upstairs...original from 1963. Did you know Chrysler made air conditioners? I didn't, and if getting it out was nearly as difficult as putting it in, I think they must have built the attic around it. Even if you're not living in an older home like we are, home ownership can be stressful, and maintaining your home requires both attention and investment because let's face it: these upgrades often provide substantial returns, such as ...

April 29, 2025

Simple Ways to Care for Your Home’s Exterior

When it comes to homes, the outside is just as important as the inside; it’s the first thing people see when they visit, and it’s also what you see every time you get home after a long day. So, taking care of your home’s exterior makes sense, but it doesn’t have to be a huge, never-ending task. It’s perfectly possible to keep things looking good without spending all your weekends and free time doing it. And, if you're like me, you just asked, "What free time?" With so much to do and so little time to do it, it can seem really overwhelming, but there are some simple ways to care for your home's exterior. Think ...

April 29, 2025

6 Ways to Protect Your Home from the Elements

If there's anything we are used to here in Mississippi, it's extreme weather. In fact, I heard Mississippi's newest Miss Mississippi's Teen Avery McNair explain recently that storms are not only increasing in frequency but also in strength. Avery McNair has focused her community service on weather awareness because her home was hit twice by tornadoes. When it's not tornado season, it's hurricane season, and if winter ever actually comes to Mississippi, we sometimes find ourselves blanketed in ice and without power for days (or weeks) at a time. Severe weather is a way of life around here. While there isn't much you can do about exactly ...