House & Home Coverage

Wellness Works: The Triangle's Holistic Experience
Wellness is more than simply enjoying an illness-free life. It is a dynamic process of becoming aware of and making choices towards change and growth, characterized by fulfillment, health, happiness, prosperity, and welfare.

Genial Design: Promoting Growth and Life in Your Home
Outdoor spaces such as patios, porches and decks bring us closer to nature. It's the sensation of daylight on our skin and fresh oxygen rich air that speak to living well and feeling well too. We associate the best of summer with outdoor concerts, grilled food, and family time. So how do we provide more elements that promote feeling alive throughout our homes and throughout the year?

Northern exposure: what it's like to live, work play in North Raleigh
The secret is out; the Triangle is a great place to live. Excellent jobs, an affordable cost of living, abundant recreational and cultural opportunities, good schools and mild winters are drawing folks to the area like bears to honey. Just ask the nearly 30,000 people who move to the Raleigh metro area every year.

Siding a good investment to spruce up your home
Consumer Reports says compared to wood, vinyl and other siding alternatives are easier to maintain and less expensive.

Vinyl siding wins on cost, but there are alternatives
Consumer Reports says compared to wood, vinyl and other siding alternatives are easier to maintain and less expensive.

Shipping container mansion attempting to change perception of luxury home
A unique piece of real estate that has been generating national buzz.

HVAC professionals recommend spring maintenance to prepare for summer heat
Until now, your heating and air-conditioning unit has probably been taking it rather easy. "It's been a very mild spring. Now the systems are actually having to work and do their job," said Jimmy Freeman, an HVAC system instructor at Wake Technical Community College.

Tips for preparing to sell your home
A glance at what to keep in mind when selling or buying a home.

The house that quarantine built: Post-pandemic home design trends
Millions love The Property Brothers and HGTV, but it seems that COVID-19 has now become the largest influencer of home design trends.

Future-proof your home with fiber internet
Fiber is fast, really reliable and has huge capacity for future growth. Fiber changes everything.

The people's collection: Art in the Triangle
With a plethora of state-of-the-art performance venues, museums, galleries, symphonic music, recording studios, theatres and NY Times best-selling authors in our midst, the Triangle offers something for everyone to celebrate and enjoy from novice to expert.

Your spring cleaning donations could fund a new home for a neighbor
Sales from Habitat for Humanity ReStores support the mission: To build more affordable homes.

Quash your 'clutterbug' to purge, organize your home
Find a place for everything in your home.

Tasty endeavors: Our local legacy
This is part of an ongoing series: What is making the Triangle area so desirable?

New home design trends for 2021
Looking for a new home in 2021? We are all spending more time in our homes than ever before. With the current emphasis on working from home, virtual classes for our children, and Zoom meetings for everything from seminars to church services, dining rooms are now more often filled with computers than dinnerware, and bedrooms have become class rooms.

How to buy a home during a pandemic
Buying a home during the pandemic has taught us a lot as Realtors and as consumers: that by following CDC guidelines, providing as much information as possible, and communicating effectively, we are able to stay safe while still maintaining our business.

5 On Your Side, building company help homeowner get straightened out
Last summer, Monica Laliberte reported on a <a href="https://www.wral.com/builder-denies-fix-on-warped-pillars-in-front-of-wake-county-home/19234162/">homeowner's struggles</a> with her builder to get her bowed and warped front columns on the front of her home repaired.

Reducing clutter, re-organizing closets top list of new year to-dos
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to people spending more leisure and work hours in the home. That is why home re-organization is now up there with dieting and exercise as popular New Year's resolutions.

Keep vents, hoses in good shape for efficient safe laundry loads
Prevent clogs and fires by keeping your washer and dryer maintained.