Look into many personal finance magazines lately and you’ll find a plethora of articles by a certain St. Louis author about safely protecting your wealth through residential real estate. And hitting newsstands now is the December issue of Success, where this long-time real estate investor turned bestselling author and now up-and-coming speaker writes in the Wealth column about her favorite investment for the past 20 years, residential real estate. With...
Look into many personal finance magazines lately and you’ll find a plethora of articles by a certain St. Louis author about safely protecting your wealth through residential real estate. And hitting newsstands now is the December issue of Success, where this long-time real estate investor turned bestselling author and now up-and-coming speaker writes in the Wealth column about her favorite investment for the past 20 years, residential real estate. With...
Dahlin Group Architecture Planning announces top honors for innovative senior housing design in The Green House® Design Charrette, sponsored by the Ideas Institute of Kirtland, Ohio. The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (AAHSA) hosted the awards as part of its annual conference, held in mid October in Philadelphia. The Green House model aims to de-institutionalize long-term care by eliminating the need for large nursing facilities,...
Rather than guessing the optimal location for house plants to flourish, a new garden tool, SunStick Home detects the light intensity indoors within minutes while sitting as pretty as a flower. “In order to grow beautiful house plants, you really need to know how many foot-candles of light your plant will receive inside your home,” said Kerry VerMeulen, Co-owner of Plumstone, LLC, makers of SunStick (which measures sunlight outdoors) and SunStick...
The key to creating a house that is memorable, satisfying, and enduring is to apply a group of design concepts—or patterns—that focus on the experience of being in a home. In this groundbreaking work, internationally respected architects Max Jacobson, Murray Silverstein, and Barbara Winslow present the ten essential patterns that shape and define a well-crafted home. home.
Manually adjusting a wrench to fit particular nuts and bolts can be a real hassle, especially in tight spaces. Enter Black & Decker’s battery-powered Auto Wrench, a phenomenally handy tool that opens and closes with the push of a button. Boasting 220 foot-pounds of torque, this wrench is powerful enough to handle most household tasks, from car repair to fixing leaks. The Auto Wrench is not meant to replace specialty tools like pipe or torque...