(Family Features) Running a household can get expensive. Between regular maintenance and utility costs, things can add up quickly over the course of a month.
- Home
- Online Features
- Lawn & Garden
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) After a long winter cooped up indoors, spring is the perfect time to start re-imagining your home and making upgrades that create a fresh, welcoming vibe. These project ideas – some big, some small – can help breathe new life into your home so you’re ready to enjoy your fav…
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) When you throw open the windows to welcome spring breezes, you’ll likely be spending more time with the garage door open, too. Make access to your outdoor equipment safer with these tips to get your garage ready for spring.
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) Instead of bringing the outdoors in, take the indoors out. These simple tips can help you recreate the coziness and comfort found indoors on your patio, deck or porch.
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) There’s more to maintaining a healthy heart than just eating right and exercising regularly. While these practices play an important role in both cardiovascular and overall health and well-being, getting a good night’s sleep is also key.
OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Real-time social media posts from local businesses and organizations across Northern Virginia, powered by Friends2Follow. To add your business to the stream, email cfields@insidenova.com or click on the green button below.
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) Whether you’re a novice just learning to cultivate a magical display or an avid gardener with years of experience, early planning can help bring this year’s spring garden to life.
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) When temperatures creep up again, it signals time for an annual tradition: spring cleaning. While big projects like windows are hard to overlook, don’t forget smaller areas that need attention, too, such as your home office.
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) For those beginning the process of home buying, there are many factors to consider. Keep these ideas in mind as you conduct your search – whether it’s online or at a series of open houses.
Get InsideNova in your inbox!
Success! An email has been sent to with a link to confirm list signup.
Error! There was an error processing your request.
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) After months spent largely indoors while harsh elements battered your home’s exterior, many homeowners are throwing open the windows and embracing spring’s arrival.
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) With all the beauty Mother Nature has to offer, a few pops of color or other simple embellishments can help make your yard look superb from the curb.
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) While almost all bird seed may look pretty much the same to you, it doesn’t to the birds you’re feeding. Knowing what kinds of seeds different birds like can help you attract a variety of fine feathered friends to your feeders.
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) You rely on your lawnmower to run all season long, and a little bit of time spent tuning your mower engine in spring can help keep it running at its peak performance.
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) If you’re like most Americans, health is an important aspect of your resolutions when each new year rolls around. While factors like diet and exercise are keys to healthy living, so are the ways you care for your home and belongings.
- Brandpoint (BPT)
- Updated
- 0
(BPT) - Longer days and bountiful sunshine mean the outdoor season has arrived. As excited as you may be to enjoy the fresh air out on your lawn, there are several spring lawn care tasks to complete first.
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) Whether you’re a new homeowner ready to tackle the landscaping for the first time or a seasoned gardener looking to do some updating, when it comes to gardening, you simply need the right tools to do the job well.
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) Growing your own produce is an all-around smart practice, from the money you’ll save at the grocery store to the contributions you can make toward a cleaner planet.
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) The changing of seasons and arrival of warmer weather provide a perfect opportunity for many homeowners to refresh their living spaces and tackle projects on their to-do lists. However, that shouldn’t mean limiting yourself to standard chores like cleaning, disinfecting and…
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) Designers from coast to coast are cooking up fresh ideas for kitchen upgrades. This year’s hottest trends bring numerous fresh aesthetic approaches while functionality also plays a leading role in top design ideas.
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) A clean and inviting home doesn’t just look tidy, it smells pleasantly refreshing, too. However, running a household can be a stinky business and it may take some special effort to make your living spaces feel more welcoming.
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) Customizing interior spaces to suit your unique needs can be easy and economical with a solution like versatile sliding bypass doors. If you want to create a multi-functional living area, save space, allow more privacy or enhance architectural appeal – or all of these at on…
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) If you’re like most Americans, health is an important aspect of your resolutions when each new year rolls around. While factors like diet and exercise are keys to healthy living, so are the ways you care for your home and belongings.
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) Over the past year, architectural design saw a surge in nature-inspired, earth tones, such as calming shades of blue and green. Homeowners can expect this trend to continue into the coming months, but with warmer, richer colors.
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) For years, terms like “clean,” “sanitized” and “disinfected” have been used almost interchangeably. However, if people have learned anything from the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s just because something looks clean doesn’t mean it actually is.
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) Choosing the right materials is an essential step in planning a home remodel or renovation. Options like brick and stone can add style, comfort and beauty to homes.
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) Often positioned near the primary point of entry, mudrooms are a popular addition to many family homes. These organizational dynamos are the perfect place to catch muddy boots, backpacks, sports equipment and dirty paws before they make it all the way into the main living areas.
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) In the world of design, what’s old inevitably becomes new again, and a similar pattern is inspiring today’s on-trend color palettes for home decor. The latest styles reflect reviving and comforting colors influenced by heritage and romance, lending to a look that is familia…
- Updated
- 0
(Family Features) There’s no better time than the present to upgrade your house with space-saving door hardware. Swapping out traditional swinging doors for smooth-gliding, wall-mounted sliding door hardware can add up to 14 square feet of floor space, which leaves more room for spreading ou…
- {{byline}}
- 0
- 1 min to consume
{{summary}}
Most Popular Articles on InsideNoVa
Articles
- Surprise geomagnetic storm brings Northern Lights to Virginia
- Nohe: We have a problem, and it reflects poorly on Prince William County
- Man and woman in custody after Great Falls robbery, chase with child in their car
- Prince William County buys Gander Mountain building in Woodbridge for $15M
- Police investigate two weekend shootings, stabbings in Prince William County
- Brentsville District High School student injured in jump from roof
- UPDATED: As barricade approached second night, Fairfax police take armed woman into custody
- Fairfax woman sentenced to 78 years for 2018 shooting, killing of two daughters
- UPDATED: Man wanted in Woodbridge rape turns himself in
- Prince William County breaks ground on Potomac-Neabsco Mills garage
Collections
- For sale: National landmark with ties to Thomas Jefferson
- Biggest snowfall recorded in Highland County, VA history
- PHOTOS: Osbourn Park-Battlefield softball
- Biggest snowfall recorded in Stafford County, VA history
- Cities with the fastest-growing home prices in Virginia
- How the nursing workforce has changed over time
- Biggest snowfall recorded in Giles County, VA history
- PHOTOS: The 45th Annual Prince William County Spelling Bee
- Biggest snowfall recorded in Albemarle County, VA history
- Biggest snowfall recorded in Lancaster County, VA history