By Erik J. Martin, CTW Features More homeowners than ever before are decking their halls with dread and amplifying their exteriors during the Halloween season. Consider that spending for this spooky holiday hit a record high of $10.6 billion in 2022, per the National Retail...
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Nancy Mattia, CTW Features There are plenty of reasons you might rent a storage unit: You’re relocating and need a place to keep your stuff until moving day; you’re doing a major renovation of your home and have to clear out some rooms; your closets...
The benefits of tablescaping: dressing up your table for a festive or fun occasion
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September 1, 2023
by Erik J. Martin, CTW Features “Setting the table” doesn’t have to strictly mean merely laying out the plates, glassware, and cutlery for a forthcoming meal. Today, it can also mean beautifully embellishing and dressing up a tabletop to produce a visually appealing and festively...
Safe concealment of home electronic cables
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July 21, 2023
Erik J. Martin, CTW Features Nowadays, we are increasingly tethered to technology in the form of cables, cords, wires and other connections snaked across the rooms in our homes. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth help reduce the court clutter, but there are still plenty of gadgets and...
Creating an accent wall in your home
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July 14, 2023
Erik J. Martin, CTW Features, When speaking, an accent functions as a means of pronouncing a language that is characteristic of or unique to a country, area, social class or person. But when decorating, an accent wall in your home functions as a distinguishing focal...
Tips for styling your student’s college dorm room
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June 30, 2023
Erik J. Martin, CTW Features If you have a son or daughter heading off to higher learning at a college or university who will be living on campus, this can be an exciting and stressful time for both of you. Will they study hard? Will...
By Nancy Mattia, CTW Features Adding a luxury or two into the mix of your daily life doesn’t have to be a major expense or undertaking—it could be as simple as upgrading the hand soap in your bathroom or filling your home with low-maintenance green...
How to take your home theater or game room to the next level
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June 23, 2023
Erik J. Martin, CTW Features You work hard. So why not play hard in a dedicated home game room and/or home theater—one that’s well-equipped with the latest tech and popular options designed to delight visitors and make staying put vs. going out that much more...
By Nancy Mattia, CTW Features You’re not ready for a full-on home renovation but you’d like to update a few things and give the place a more lavish look? By choosing certain colors or making over cabinet doors, you can pull together a glam look...
How to declutter and best organize that real estate under your bed
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June 21, 2023
By Erik J. Martin, CTW Features Got a family of dust bunnies and wayward socks freeloading beneath the spot where you sleep? You can eliminate all that mess and debris and put that under-bed area to better use by organizing and storing the right stuff...