home improvement
-
Old Weybridge home transformed for 2025
When it comes to the details, Silver Maple Construction has a lot of experience getting them right. The New Haven company runs its own custom woodshop that creates…
-
Home improvement: What would we do with less lawn?
What if your yard could support more than just grass? The organization Pollinator Pathways of Addison County next month will host a talk that will help homeowners answer…
-
Navigating energy options at home: Shoreham woman goes green, with help
In August 2024 Linda Larrabee, a lifelong Shoreham resident, spoke about feeling stumped about how to address her heating and cooling needs at home.
-
Personalized report helps homeowner save on energy upgrades
Since retiring, a certain Addison County homeowner started to notice some pressing issues, including high energy bills, draftiness, and humidity in the bedroom and basement, despite existing weatherization…
-
Efficiency incentives offered to Vermonters
Income-eligible Vermont households can embrace efficiency in 2025 and get more than $30,000 cash back through a combination of rebates and incentives for multiple home energy projects.
-
CEAC energy guide to financing
The Addison County Climate Economy Action Center’s Energy Navigators program has lots of useful energy-saving information on its website. Here is the important information it contains.
-
Tiny homes offer one remedy for ongoing housing crisis
Hundreds of Vermonters are in desperate need of permanent housing and have been for a long time. “Saying it’s been a challenge to find housing would be an…
-
Local gardens receive praise
Wasn’t Addison County a beautiful place this past summer? Certainly the colorful and interesting gardens cultivated by local residents added to the appeal of this place.
-
Home maintenance is a big job
As fall advances and many of us are thinking about wrapping up our properties for the season ahead. It’s time to put the garden to bed, patch the…
-
Middlebury Garden Club spotlights local gardens
Every year the Middlebury Garden Club gives awards to public and private gardens in Addison County. To be considered, a garden must be able to be seen from…
-
Home improvement: Keep your home warmer with window inserts
This year, you could consider installing window inserts, a crafty alternative to cranking up the heat or throwing on an extra layer.
-
Home improvement: Gas co. giving away electric heat pump
Vermonters who want to upgrade their home water heater have a chance to win a brand new, highly-efficient electric heat pump water heater installed at their residence thanks to a contest held…
-
Compost using the lazy lasagna method
While doing your fall yard clean-up, envision and decide on an area for a new flower or vegetable garden or a space to relax.
-
Time to move houseplants back indoors
Did you know that many houseplants sold in stores are actually tropical perennials?
-
Home improvement projects get bigger
A sustained boom in home sales has seen many homeowners eschew minor or cosmetic renovations to enhance the value of their abodes, and instead focus on major overhauls…
-
Free energy kits help you take steps toward a low-carbon future
Energy efficiency is the gift that keeps on giving, and Efficiency Vermont encourages Vermonters to treat themselves to some savings.