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soaking up spring and our may/june magazine

MFCH MAGAZINE MAY/JUNE — Cover photo by Frederic Ducout

May is one of the busiest moments in my year. The garden needs attention, our MFCH Tours pick up speed and social life here gets busy again after the quieter winter.

My favorite time of the day is when I can finally sit and relax and flip through the MFCH Magazine. The May/June issue is a particular favorite of mine because it is full of beautiful homes and gardens around France in the springtime. Putting our magazine together every two months is rather like making a large, colorful cocktail. We always try to include the

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BBB CONSUMER TIPS: How to make your next home improvement project a success | Local News

Do-it-yourself is an attractive way to save money on home improvement projects. Home centers stay busy each spring with people looking to improve their homes and yards.

Whether you are remodeling your home, making needed repairs, or sprucing things up to put your house on the market, the following tips will help make your next home improvement project a success.

• Come up with a budget and stick to it. Home improvement projects can get expensive fast. If you don’t want to break the bank, create a realistic budget to figure out how much you can spend ahead of time.

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Beautiful French Inspired Bathroom Renovation Before & After

You start with whatever is in place, you dream about what you wish was in place…

and then you go about designing that dream space.

This bathroom most definitely did NOT look like this when we started. Not. Even. Close.

You might not know but our house was old and abandoned with broken windows and lots of grossness (for lack of a better word). It had never been lived in full time- and was left for vandalism and yuck in the country for YEARS. As in like 60 years. Where who knows WHAT happened.

All we know is that when

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3 Energy-Saving Home Improvement Ideas

(Family Features) Making improvements around the house to curb energy usage is not only good for the environment, it can make a big impact on your utility bills, too.

Energy-efficient appliances are a good starting point as you work to reduce your home’s overall energy usage. Depending on local tax laws, you may also qualify for tax incentives for these purchases.

There are also relatively simple DIY projects you can do around the house to improve energy conservation.

Seal water leaks. Gaps around windows, doors and other openings are major contributors to wasted energy. In the winter, they let cold

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Southern California duo charged with stealing over 0,000 worth of equipment from home improvement stores

Southern California duo charged with stealing over $800,000 worth of equipment from home improvement stores

A Southern California duo was accused of stealing more than $800,000 worth of pricy tools from home improvement stores.

The suspects were identified as Jalen Amir Thomas, 27, from Santa Monica, and Armia Ta’Jae Timmons, 25, from Los Angeles, by the US Attorney’s Office.

Authorities said the duo “victimized 190 stores in 23 states with nearly 500 equipment thefts.”

Both suspects were charged with an 11-count indictment including charges of conspiracy and ten counts of wire fraud related to an organized retail theft scheme.

Officials said the pair’s scheme involved renting high-value construction equipment and instead of returning them, they

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jeanne mckay watercolors and a giveaway

Since the beginning of my blogging days, I’ve been fortunate to meet and make friends with some very talented and generous people. I was lucky to start blogging at a time when readers could sign up to follow their preferred blogs and before the days of the big newsletter blasts. There was more of an intimacy to the process, and the blogs were read differently, as our audience popped around to visit each of their favorite blogs each day. This is one of the big things about blogging, the way that it draws people together.

Between women bloggers there has

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Average credit score for personal loans

The average FICO credit score in the US is currently 716, according to recent data from FICO. This average has been trending upwards since the start of the COVID 19 pandemic and has continued to rise as the economy recovers from the pandemic. With many Americans making fewer purchases at the start of the pandemic, credit card usage went down and credit scores went up. Now that Americans are recovering from the financial effects of COVID, credit scores continue to rise.

To qualify for a personal loan, borrowers generally need a minimum credit score of 610 to 640. However, your

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