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      Photo by: Hamilton Building Services About four years ago, Asian Efficiency posted an incredibly motivating and helpful article  written by Kayla Matthews on how to keep your home clean when you are a busy person. This day in age, everyone is always on the go and tend to be exhausted when they are finally home. Or, even after a busy day, they want to go out with their significant other or go out with friends but feel like they shouldn't abandon their duties at home. (Keeping it clean and healthy.) SO, as a solution to all of the above, why not utilize these tips and tricks to keep your home clean and help you feel less stressed?! Here are the twenty tips that Kayla Matthews writes: If it doesn't look dirty, don't clean it. Divide cleaning up across every weeknight. Rinse and put dishes away after each meal. Keep cleaning supplies near the areas where you use them. Throw away old food on garbage night. Fix broken appliances right away. Keep microf...

Matt Risinger, of Risinger Homes in Austin, Texas and his partner, Jordan Smith, recently showcased us in their youtube video at the JLC Live Show in Providence, Rhode Island this past April to their 370,000 subscribers which you can find here . In the video, Jordan begins explaining how like in their Mitek Truss Plant tour, we do the same thing and more! He talks about how Hamilton Building Services provides the complete framing package with sheathing in a panelized system directly to the site. He then goes on to say that we begin with the design. Now, you can either send us a design or start with one of our standard designs and we will send you the full set of prints for the project. Like Jordan says in the video, we do use the Mitek Sapphire Software to come up with all of our framing prints and then we make these panels. Every panel for the walls are pre-made and shipped to the site. In the home's foundation floorprint, every bundle for the walls is labeled where t...

      Photo by: Hamilton Building Services While the weather may be all over the place lately, that doesn't mean your home has to be!  Lynn Andriani of Oprah.com, wrote this  helpful article on Oprah's website about Spring cleaning and how to get it done in just eight hours! We thought what a great way to get prepped for Summer! We suggest tackling this as soon as possible and should you find yourself with no plans on a rainy day, why not take this on?! With these helpful tips, you'll be ready to move onto yardwork and get your Summer plans started! Plus, who doesn't love a clean home?! With that being said, let's go on to what Lynn Andriani says for each room! We begin with the bathroom at 9:00AM and block out an hour for this one. The key things to do here are: Vacuum and wipe the walls and ceilings Toss any throw rugs into the washing machine Wash mirrors and the insides of windows Spray and soak Rinse the floor Next we move onto bedrooms ...

            Photo by: Hamilton Building Services We come to a point in our lives when we decide that we want our own home. We get sick of renting, living at our parent's house or with a friend and so we begin our journey to find a place of our own! That's when we are hit with a big question, do we want to buy an existing home? Or, do we want to build our own home?        Investopedia dives into whether or not we should buy an existing home or build a new one from scratch. At the end of the day, it really comes down to the person and their preference. Investopedia goes over the pros and cons to both options here , so let's take a look at those! Buying an existing home. This one was broken down into two categories, convenience and cost. Typically when you're looking to get a new home, you're looking to move in relatively soon, and how much sooner can you move in than a house that is already built and move-in ready?! Existing homes...

    Photo by: Hamilton Building Services This day in age it's easy to get swept up in busy schedules, stress, and the seemingly never-ending list of tasks you have to do. While those things may be important, you can't forget the importance of YOU and your HEALTH and your HOME! Our living spaces truly do affect our health and there are actions that can be taken with our home to improve or hinder our health and it's up to us to figure out which is which!  We're talking about actions for BOTH our physical and mental health, which are equally important! Our physical health helps us get things done and be relatively okay in terms of sickness and injury while our mental health can sometimes dictate our physical health and our surroundings. After all, the brain is the most powerful organ in the body!  Barbara Ballinger, freelance writer and author of several books on real estate, architecture, and remodeling, tells us important trends when it comes to your home. Thes...