Alabama: In Huntsville, Ala., $205,000 will get you a stunning four-bedroom home with an impressive and inviting facade. (Photo Courtesy Zillow) Owning a home is part of the American Dream, but for first-time home buyers entering the market, it can be a daunting one to bring to reality. In some of the priciest neighborhoods (), average home prices can reach nearly $2 million. Luckily, the numbers are more reasonable in other parts of the country. (MORE:) In February 2015, the...

If you like keeping your home cool, temperature-wise and style-wise, the right ceiling fan can make a big difference. Let Theresa Clement of the blog show you how to turn your standard ceiling fan into a stunning centerpiece. Materials: Chain Link Copper Aluminum Sheet Copper Grounding Wire Copper Duct Tape Strap Metalic Paint Ceiling Fan Step 1: Take Apart Fan Unscrew and remove the blades from your fan. Then, set them aside. Step 2: Trim and Sand Blade Edges This...

This man hasn't watered the plants in this bottle in 40 years. ...

Equipped with unlimited cash and a blank slate, what would your dream house look like? Perhaps it might take the form of one of the most expensive homes in the country. The Zillow team combed through all available real estate in the country and put together this list of the priceiest properties in every state.Whether you fancy guitar-shaped grounds (yes, they exist!) or prefer the tranquility of more than 8,600 feet of waterfront land, these over-the-top homes are the stuff...

Robert Vicino has a vision for surviving the apocalypse, but you probably won't be able to afford it. The California-based entrepreneur recentlyunveiled the $1 billion Vivos Europa One shelter in Rothenstein, Germany, according to Elite Daily. It's an invitation-only compound for the rich that will hold up to earthquakes, tsunamis, chemical attacks and even a nuclear blast, Vicino claims. "Plus, the five-star doomsday shelter features everything you would expect from the 'ultimate doomsday escape,' including swimming pools, gyms, theaters, helicopter...

David Latimer is proud of his garden. It's bright green, lush and thriving. It hasn't been watered since 1972. As My Modern Met reports, it all started with a bit of compost and a spiderwort seedlingin a 10-gallon glass bottle, which Surrey-based Latimer then sealed with a cork. Photosynthesis took it from there, and the bottled garden became an ecosystem of its own. Inside this bottle, water evaporates and rains back down on the plants. The plants create all the...

Nanofarm is a new appliance that grows organic food at home using hydroponic technology. ...

North Carolina: This serene 500-square-foot lakeshore cottage comes with 200 feet of lakefront and your own two-slip boat dock. (Zillow) In expensive cities and sought-after municipalities, smaller homes are in high demand. But living in a small space doesn't have to mean compromising. With the right attitude and some creativity, your new property will be home sweet (tiny) home. There are many weekend projects you can take on to make your home feel larger. According to the plant placement can...

Maggie Marystone didn’t set out to buy an abandoned house, but the city of Chicago had a deal that was too sweet to pass up. A citywide initiative to rehabilitate abandoned property in the Windy City gave her the opportunity of a lifetime. “I was attracted by the notion of being able to afford a single-family home in the city,” Marystone told weather.com. (MORE:) But Marystone couldn't afford to be a homeowner, and was not impressed with the condos on...

Take a tour of the gardens of yesteryear through a now-obsolete technology called lantern slides with these stunning images obtained through the . The selection of photographs above, some taken almost a hundred years ago, captures the rich, natural beauty of gardening across the United States. Renowned American photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston took the images between 1895 and 1935, according to the library. More than 1,130 of her black-and-white photographs were reproduced as lantern slides, a small glass transparency designed...

'Mother Earth,' a work presented by Mosaicultures Internationales de Montreal at the competition. (Guy Boily/Mosaicultures Internationales de Montreal) While plants are usually shaped by the sun, wind and rain, these 22,000 plant species in Montreal were shaped by 200 horticultural artists from 20 different countries.After a 10-year hiatus the Mosaicultures Internationales Montreal plant sculpting competition is back with the theme, “Land of Hope.”“As soon as the plant creations became an integral part of the gardens and collections of the Botanical...

(Thinkstock) This series is sponsored by Ace Hardware. Watch any home improvement show and you know the mantra well: kitchens and baths sell homes. So it makes sense that those would be two no-brainer spaces to invest in when trying to add value to your home. But they're not the only improvements you can make that payoff. These upgrades range from major overhauls to simple weekend projects. Keep reading to find out how to get the most out of your...

Kickstarter-funded Dobot M1 is a robotic arm that can laser engrave, 3D print, solder and more. ...