Not so long ago, landscape lighting was a rather unsophisticated affair. More often than not, the goal was simply to banish the darkness by lighting up a home’s landscape. Not a lot of consideration was given to the finer aesthetics… Read More
Archive for the ‘Bob’s Blog’ Category
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It Looks Like It’s Going to Be an El Nino Winter
Making forecasts for the upcoming winter during the midst of summer involves a certain amount of guesswork. Forecasting the weather that far in advance is far from a precise science. But that doesn’t mean that we can’t make some pretty… Read More
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Letting Your Lawn Go Brown: A BAD Idea
Here we are in the middle of another scorching-hot summer. People suffer. Animals suffer. But we sometimes forget that plants can suffer too. In fact, plants can suffer so much that it might take a long time to recover and… Read More
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What would you do with $50,000, a basement, and a book?
What would you do if you had: $50,000 to spend A favorite book A basement Well, if you were a superfan of the book, you might do what this guy did: blow the entire $50,000 on a basement remodeling project… Read More
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Is your garage floor making you sick?
Did you know that your garage floor could be making you sick? No – I don’t mean sick as in disgusted from looking at stained, scruffy, perpetually dirty-looking floors. I mean your garage floor could be making you or your… Read More
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Winter is Finally Over in Boston
Here we are smack in the middle of a sweltering-hot summer, and winter has just ended in Boston. How could that be? Well, the east coast had lots of snow last winter. And that included Boston. In fact, it was… Read More
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August 4 is National Night Out Against Crime
This year’s National Night Out Against Crime is coming up on August 4. The National Association of Town Watch (NATW) sponsors this event each year. For more than 30 years, National Night Out has been building community awareness, promoting neighborhood… Read More
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Five Favorite Colors for Bathroom Makeovers and Remodels
We have lots of fun doing bathroom renovations at TLC Inc. In fact, it’s one of our favorite jobs. That’s because a bathroom renovation – relatively small project though it is – can make a big impact on improving a… Read More
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Ignore your cluttered garage at your own peril!
OK – maybe the subject of this blog post was a little over the top: “Ignore your cluttered garage at your own peril.” But I just wanted to remind you that cluttered garages are serious fire hazards. I think everyone is very… Read More
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A wonderfully intoxicating use for renovated basements
There was an article recently in the Washington Post that I found quite interesting. You might have seen it. It was about a couple that moved into a brand new home in the DC area. When they moved into their… Read More