What is the Difference Between Blown in Insulation and Rolled Insulation?

Few people are aware that there are even different ways to insulate their home, let alone the fact that there are some glaring differences among the different methods. Which is better suited for your particular situation? 

Rolled insulation, or batting as it is sometimes referred, seems like a better option to some people and it's the often the most recognizable option to most home owners. It seems like the neatest, cleanest and easiest to install option, but it has its advantages and disadvantages just like the blown in insulation that a contractor would come and install in your house with machines.

Gene Simmons - Lessons From a Rock and Roll Great

Two years ago, I was having dinner at the Grand Ole Opry hotel in Nashville, getting ready to attend the Dan Kennedy Superconference. Just up to my right I saw someone come out of a discretely placed side door, and start walking down the hall towards me.

"Hey. There's Gene Simmons!"

Gene was booked to speak at the seminar the next morning, but here he was wandering down the hallway all by himself. No one had even really noticed who this living legend was that was casually strutting his stuff, all by his lonesome.

Creating Your Home Studio - Making a Small Space Work For You

Let's face it. Most of us crafters don't revel in the luxury of having a room of our own. Some of us live in studio apartments and convert a tiny armoire into our entire creative center. Others live in four bedroom homes we share with our husbands, children and pets and clear off the dining room table nightly to craft our wares. It's all we can do to find a spot to settle in and get comfortable enough to get our creative juices flowing. When I first began, I started out beading on my couch. Beads would roll off of my pad and into the cracks, and I didn't even have a semblance of organization in place. I was storing my beads in the bags that came from the shop I bought them in, willy nilly and in no particular order. It was exasperating!