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Deep in the woods of northwestern New Jersey lies a very whimsical and unique place. Luna Parc, named after an amusement park in Rome, is the home and studio to artist Ricky Boscarino and is a perpetually ongoing work that is unabashedly original.Luna Parc has been featured on HGTV's Extreme Home...

 Springwise points us to a new online marketplace with the descriptive name Home Equity Share matches home buyers with investors. To be exact: it brings together buyers who can afford monthly payments but not a 20% down payment, and investors who want to get into real estate but don't want to bec...

 It may sound hard to believe, but one part of the mortgage market is hot: reverse mortgages. That's giving older homeowners more options to tap the equity in their homes but also opening the door to more confusion and mistakes.Only a year ago, homeowners interested in reverse mortgages had littl...

In this - the season of tinseled trees, lavish lights, overloaded outlets, and candy scented candles - the American Red Cross offers us the gift of holiday home fire prevention tips to keep us all safe in this most festive time of year...Christmas Tree CarePurchase flame retardant metallic or art...

 As home equity lines draw thin and confidence in the housing market takes a dive, weary consumers are turning to an inexpensive option for home improvements - their friends (Wall Street Journal 10.1.07). And whether they're crazy for DIY or lured over with the promise of booze, friends are findi...

  Any florist or gardening company can place potted plants in an office, then dutifully drop by to water them when needed. But according to Springwise, it takes skilled artisans to create the indoor walls of greenery that are indoorlandscaping's speciality. The German firm's Grüne Wand (green wal...

 The secret to a great tool kit? Selection. Of the thousands of tools available at your local hardware store, it only takes about a dozen to tackle most home repair jobs, and only one of them plugs in.So, in this gift-giving season, here are the tools MSN.com's experts suggest as absolute musts f...

 Most of us realize there are changes we should make in our lives and in our homes to become more environmentally friendly, but overcoming inertia and actually doing it can be another matter. Now, the folks at Springwise point us to a few different companies offer starter kits to help make those ...

Listings of foreclosures on newforeclosureonline.com reveal all-time highs for country foreclosures. According to the site, numbers show that filings have nearly doubled since last year, but have leveled off in the last two months.More homeowners were reported to have lost their homes in October ...