Category: Outdoor Living

If you hired someone to build a deck in Naperville last year and they handed you a clean set of drawings, there’s a decent chance those drawings are already out of date. Not because anyone did anything wrong. The rules moved. I spend a lot of time writing about home projects in the western suburbs,…

If you’ve been shopping around for smart window shades in the Seattle area, you’re probably finding the experience more confusing than expected. I know I did. Some installers seem excited to offer solar-powered options without hesitation, while others look at you like you asked for something totally impractical. One even told me that solar-powered shades…