Home Guru

By Bill Primavera As I recall the walls of my childhood home, a simple row house in Philadelphia, I see only the large obligatory parlor mirror over the sofa and one brightly colored watercolor of gladioli dated 1940 by my

By Bill Primavera More than 25 years ago, my friend John Carr was the first person I knew who built his own home. He was also the first who taught me that installing hardwood floors cost pretty much the same

By Bill Primavera Ever since our first year of marriage, there’s always been something special to my wife and me about adding fresh cut flowers to our home decorating scheme. To this day, mostly every week when I stop off

By Bill Primavera Each New Year’s I gaze into my crystal ball (I really have one, but let’s be real here) to predict what will happen in terms of real estate market conditions and trends for the year ahead. I

By Bill Primavera Christmas has always been an important holiday to my wife Margaret and me. Never did we think, that after so many years of being ensconced in the same house where year after year we decorated our tree

By Bill Primavera After the death of a loved one and divorce, moving is the third greatest stress producer in life. Certainly by this age, I should be able to recognize diversionary tactics when applied to myself, but I failed

By Bill Primavera As a homeowner, that magic time between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day is my favorite time of year. Others may prefer spring when the garden is awakening and we may be spending most of our time outside,

By Bill Primavera Eventually most homeowners get to that stage in life when, after they’ve raised their families in a large home, full of stuff and memories, they find they have more space and more things than they need and

By Bill Primavera Isn’t it funny how we each perceive situations differently depending on our circumstances? One of the ways I ease out from a hectic schedule is to watch classic movies on TCM or view reruns of only a

By Bill Primavera Welcome to the 300th article written by The Home Guru for The Examiner over a six-year period. Actually, the Guru gestated more than a dozen years ago for another publication as a way to promote the start-up