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Exterior House Colors: The Traditional and the Wild

June 28, 2022June 28, 2022 Examiner Media 452 Views 3 min read

By Bill Primavera One way that I really enjoy serving my community is as a member of my town’s Advisory Board on Architecture and Community Appearance (ABACA). All sorts of projects come to our attention for review and recommendations, from

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Home Security While on Vacation

June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 Examiner Media 441 Views 3 min read

By Bill Primavera We’re coming into vacation season when many of us will be away from home, and that’s a good time to be aware of home security. When I owned a historic home in Brooklyn Heights, I was always

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Oh, the Changes I’ve Seen in Homes Over the Years

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 Examiner Media 86 Views 3 min read

By Bill Primavera It’s been nearly 50 years since I purchased my first home, and I must say that the experience of acquiring and maintaining a home over the past half-century has changed in so many ways, some obvious and

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Finding Ways to Deal With a Neighbor’s Noise at Home

June 6, 2022June 7, 2022 Examiner Webmaster 99 Views 4 min read

By Bill Primavera When I rented my first apartment on my own in New York City (well, actually the quaint neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights), I was in seventh heaven: living independently after a rough patch of sharing an apartment with

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Brick by Brick: Building a Patio From Scratch

May 31, 2022May 31, 2022 Examiner Media 445 Views 3 min read

By Bill Primavera Of all my home do-it-yourself projects, the most satisfying was the creation of a large brick patio at the rear of an 18th century home my wife and I purchased in Yorktown in the early 1970s.  There

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Is Maintenance-Free Living All it’s Pumped Up to Be?

May 17, 2022May 17, 2022 Examiner Media 169 Views 4 min read

By Bill Primavera The other morning, I entered the elevator at my condo complex where I rarely see any other residents. But this time there was a fellow in the car when the doors opened. I had never seen him

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Home Interior Can Be Enhanced Through Creative Lighting

May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 Examiner Media 242 Views 4 min read

By Bill Primavera When I was in college, I appeared in a play called “The Madwoman of Chaillot” by Jean Giraudoux with the actress Linda Lavin who would later go on to achieve fame as “Alice” on television. The most

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How To Really Enjoy Those DIY Home Projects

May 2, 2022May 4, 2022 Examiner Media 228 Views 4 min read

By Bill Primavera It thrills me to remember my dad as a man who really loved and enjoyed his family and who really loved and enjoyed his work. I know because, although he wasn’t very talkative, he said many times

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Using Color to Stimulate – or Suppress – Mood

April 26, 2022May 4, 2022 Examiner Media 110 Views 3 min read

By Bill Primavera Maybe I was 14 or 15 when my mother allowed me to select the color that “my” room (as distinguished from the one I had always shared with my older brother until he went off to be

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Remembering and Liking to Say ‘I’m a Realtor’

April 19, 2022May 4, 2022 Examiner Media 170 Views 3 min read

By Bill Primavera Each Home Guru column I write has the benefit of an excellent proofreader, my wife Margaret. She not only is perfect with spelling and grammar, but she also comments and advises on the subject matter I might

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