HGTV's Curb Appeal recently aired an episode featuring a renovation of a city bungalow that brought it back to its' craftsman roots where it belonged.

Many craftsman style features were either added or changed altogether to enhance the homes' curb appeal.

Among one of the final touches that, as the owners put it, '..added bling that the house needed', was a copper rain chain downspout.

I marked off another (long overdue) item from my honey-do list recently.

We removed the original wallpaper in the master bathroom, repaired the drywall, primed and painted it and replaced all of the fixtures with new ones (with the exception of plumbing fixtures). It looks 1,000% better than it did before.

If you are thinking about taking on some or all of the tasks I've just completed, I've got some great tips to help you.

Three questions about your screen porch:

1. Are you lucky enough to have a built-in screened porch?
2. Do you live in an area where you are able to sit outside in your screen porch for at least 9 months out of the year?
3. Are you sick and tired of spending hours of your valuable time meticulously putting up plastic sheeting in the winter to retain heat only to remove all of it 3 months later in the spring...and do it year-after-year?

If you answered 'yes' to all 3 questions then this could be a solution to your dilemma.

Interested in having a look?

Now that you have a spring cleaning list in your grasp, you might be better served with some sort of timetable, or schedule, to squeeze it all in before too much time passes. It's not called spring cleaning for nothing you know!

I've got some great tips on products that have worked for us over the years, as well as an eco-friendly nod to a couple of environmentally responsible companies producing green products for you and me. I especially liked one of the marketing tag lines from Method that states...'we see ingredients that come from plants, not chemical plants.'

Do you need a Spring cleaning guide to keep you on track? I do.

I've got some tips on how to tackle some of the nastiest of chores and a checklist so you won't forget (me included) some of the more important items to take care of to maintain your home.

Fiberglass, wood and steel are your main choices for residential entry doors.

The deep, rich grain of wood is very appealing to our sight and touch so it is no surprise that some of the fiberglass doors on the market today have evolved to look and feel exactly like real wood. Some are even architecturally correct with proportionate stile-and-rail configurations. (Steel doors are mostly used for industrial and commercial purposes.)

Take my photo challenge to see if you can tell the difference between fiberglass and wood entry doors.