In many homes—especially new construction ones—the walls in bedrooms and living areas are painted with flat or matte latex paint. A flat paint finish is used because it rolls or sprays on easily and helps mask surface imperfections as it does not reflect light.
Unfortunately, flat paint is much quicker to show...
The garden plants known collectively as ornamental grasses include dozens of species that are valuable in the garden as landscape plants. Most are perennial...
Geraniums (Pelargonium hybrids) are usually only grown as annuals, except in USDA zones 10 and 11, where the mild climate allows them to flourish outdoors all year...
When it's time to clean your wood deck in preparation for refinishing, a chemical deck brightener applied by hand-scrubbing may not do the job of deep...
Ragweed is a plant many people know by name because it's a prime source of fall allergies in North America.1 But not everyone knows exactly what the...
Dwarf boxwood shrubs are widely used in formal landscape design.1 Compact in size, these plants bear dense, attractive foliage and are amenable to trimming. They can be pruned...