With the housing market in the slumps, real estate agents and Internet companies are stepping up the high-tech approach to home shopping. The most popular Web site for homes in the U.S. is Realtor.com, and for several years they have supported the various links to virtual home tours on their site but have only recently upgraded to support a virtual open house. An old virtual house tour has basically been a series of images you could scroll through or do 360-degree views of room, but it was …

Original post by blogs@bobvila.com (Greg)

I am writing this blog on a bit of a self-congratulatory high. I dug headfirst into the home improvement projects I had left over from last year. Late fall was consumed with the downstairs bathroom renovation in which we took down the wallpaper (last room in the house with it! yippee!); re-plastered the walls; painted the walls, ceiling and trim; installed a new toilet and faucets; and bought a new shower curtain, rug and towels. Overall, we were happy with the affordable changes that …

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Photo Credit: Kanko Research with green tea and Alzheimer’s continues to show that the antioxidant properties in green tea (Camellia Sinensis) may in fact have the ability to decrease production of beta-amyloid, which is the protein which forms plaques in those affected by the disease….

Original post by blogs@bobvila.com (Dave)