🔥 Why Does My Furnace Smell Like Burning the First Time I Turn It On? 🔥The first chilly night of fall hits, you flip on the heat, and suddenly there's a burning smell wafting through the house. 😬 Before you panic, you're not alone! It's one of the most common fall questions homeowners ask. In this episode, Jim sits down with Nathan Shafer of Shafer Heating and Cooling to explain what's really going on. 🛠️ Nathan breaks down how dust and debris collect inside your furnace during the

Is your lawn showing some wear or bare spots? In this Follower Behind the Scene Bonus, Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares the best practices, and the best time to overseed  your lawn this fall.

Host Amanda McNulty is amazed to discover the dietary habits of the average black bear.

Why do hunters value black bears? Host Amanda McNulty explains.

How to maintain your vacuum properly from Mike at Stanton Miles in Westport, CT. ♥️Happy Cleaning :)Nickyhttp://dirtdirtgoaway.com/Nicky Tomboulides is the owner of Penguin’s Best, LLC. She earned her MBA in Marketing from Sacred Heart University in Connecticut. Nicky’s first Children’s book,  It is a Green Clean World, is available on Amazon. She also teaches Life Skill classes to many organizations on How to Keep it Green Clean at Home.Click here to view video»

While staying near North Carolina's Bat Cave, host Amanda McNulty experiences a food theft.

Welcome to Worst Case Scenario, a new bite-sized episode from Home Beautiful’s The Edit podcast, where we ask our guests about their biggest ‘oh-no’ moment in the home. Today, production designer Felicity Abbott takes us back to a set-building disaster on My Brilliant Career, where two weeks of work was submerged overnight. What followed was a frantic pivot and a complete rebuild, on a brand-new location, in record time. Haven't caught Felicity's episode of The Edit yet

Dried spice berries from the native plant Lindera benzoin can serve as a lovely hat garnish, or as a tasty snack for black bears.

Mountain Gardener Ken Lain shares two kinds of grass seed, and how to choose, plant and care for your lawn in this Follower Behind the Scene Bonus

🎙️ Welcome to the Check A Pro Radio Show! 🏠🔧Join host Jim Klauck, aka Check A Pro Joe, as he sits down with HVAC expert Nathan Shafer of Shafer Heating and Cooling in Hillsboro, Ohio, to talk about one of the most important things homeowners can do to protect their heating and cooling system: routine HVAC maintenance. ❄️🔥 Nathan explains why a complete HVAC cleaning and inspection—what he calls a “Full System Rejuvenation”—can make a major difference in your home's comfort, system performance,

Host Amanda McNulty explains why white oak acorns are preferred by foragers over red oak acorns.

Spring is the ideal time to rethink how you choose furniture. This episode from LaGrange Interiors, a luxury furniture retailer in South Africa, looks at why seeing pieces styled in a showroom changes the way you buy. We cover how scale, proportion and spatial flow only become clear in a room setting, and why wood grain, upholstery texture and the weight of a table can't be judged on a screen. We also talk about comfort, from seat depth to firmness, and the instinctive connection that often guides

A new season is the perfect moment for a considered refresh. This episode explores the latest collection from 101 Copenhagen, available exclusively in South Africa through La Grange Interiors, a luxury furniture retailer with showrooms in Johannesburg and Cape Town. We look at how the Danish brand blends Scandinavian furniture design with Japanese minimalism, and at the new pieces joining the range. The Crown Table arrives in Caramel and the Ishi Glass Coffee Table comes in Smoked Forest, Caramel