From The Detroit News | By Ken Calverley and Chuck Breidenstein DETROIT, June 8, 2023 ~ JB Hines loves bugs. It is not unusual to see him at a home show exhorting the wonderful characteristics of cockroaches or spiders or…
From The Detroit News | By Ken Calverley and Chuck Breidenstein DETROIT, June 1, 2023 ~ It’s the most cluttered space in American homes and 24% of us admit we would be embarrassed to leave the door open. The “space”…
From The Detroit News | By Ken Calverley and Chuck Breidenstein DETROIT, May 25, 2023 ~ The Guys really enjoy the email questions we receive every day. Very often, the issues are ones likely to be experienced by many of…
From The Detroit News | By Ken Calverley and Chuck Breidenstein DETROIT, May 18, 2023 ~ Everyone has a different attitude about their lawn. Some weed and feed and water to the point of perfection, and you had better not…
From The Detroit News | By Ken Calverley and Chuck Breidenstein DETROIT, May 11, 2023 ~ The Guys are passionate about housing! The Inside Outside Guys, Chuck Breidenstein and Ken Calverley, are lifelong Mighiganians with more than 80 years of…
From The Detroit News | By Ken Calverley and Chuck Breidenstein DETROIT, May 4, 2023 ~ We take it for granted. The electricity that charges our phones. The gas that fires our furnace. The cable that supplies our internet. We…
From The Detroit News | By Ken Calverley and Chuck Breidenstein DETROIT, April 27, 2023 ~ In a famous scene from the 1967 movie “The Graduate,” Dustin Hoffman’s character, Ben, a recent college alumnus, is wrangled away from the celebration…
From The Detroit News | By Ken Calverley and Chuck Breidenstein DETROIT, April 20, 2023 ~ How do you know when something is clean? Does the smell created by a plug-in or the “fresh scent” of a masking spray indicate…
From The Detroit News | By Ken Calverley and Chuck Breidenstein DETROIT, April 13, 2023 ~ Windows and window dressings have a long and interesting history in homes and buildings. It was a gamble to place any opening in the…
From The Detroit News | By Ken Calverley and Chuck Breidenstein DETROIT, April 6, 2023 ~ Good fences make good neighbors. Or so the saying goes. Fences might exist for any number of reasons including safety, privacy, security, decoration, to…