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Kitchen cabinet refacing is a cost-saving option

woodrow — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:20:50 +0000

Kitchen cabinet refacing has become a popular choice during these cash-strapped times. In as little as a weekend, you can completely transform your entire kitchen’s appearance. Compared to the time and expense of ordering and installing new cabinets, refacing may just be the most cost-effective remodeling scheme out there. The Do It Yourself Network reports [...]

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Going with the flow in kitchen remodeling

woodrow — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 01:23:45 +0000

If someone gave you a tip for saving water and, consequently, cutting your utility costs would you take it? I was evaluating new water taps for this blog and wandered across the Department of Energy’s regulations on the gallons per minute (GPM) rate allowed on new taps. According to Energy Savers, new faucet flow rates [...]

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Got cold? Energy efficiency and refridgerators

woodrow — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 02:34:39 +0000

Your refrigerator is toast. The compressor is on its last legs and would cost more to repair or replace than you want to spend. It’s been a long time since you felt any resistance from the door seal when popping it open. There’s a drip or, worse, a pool of water collecting. The unit runs [...]

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Remodeling trends: Smaller homes appeal to buyers

woodrow — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:57:58 +0000

New homes will become ever-increasingly smaller, with rooms doubling up on functionality, designers and realtors agree. If you’re thinking of adding a new room, perhaps you should give some thought to combining living spaces rather than adding square footage – that’s if you intend to sell your home in the coming decade. A survey conducted by [...]

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Getting the most out of your kitchen cabinet space

woodrow — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:08:00 +0000

You wouldn’t be the first to report that following your kitchen remodeling project, you still had less than workable space on your counters. Many homeowners base their space on the total number of objects they can place on the counter at one time. It gets to be an ugly affair. Fear not. You can still [...]

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Plan ahead: Remodeling spending may dive further

woodrow — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:03:52 +0000

Homeowner spending on remodeling and home improvement projects is expected to take a major dive going into 2012, according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. The plunge is daunting, given the small bubble of increase during the spring of this year. At the same time, a consumer slowdown on ordering projects [...]

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Four quick kitchen upgrades that you can afford

woodrow — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 21:13:37 +0000

Enough complaining about the sad state of affairs. You want to perform a home improvement now and you don’t want to finance it with new debt. Besides, in response to the housing crisis and economy, big lenders are dropping the top end on home loans, reining in most homeowners to projects that simply cost less [...]

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Small kitchen remodeling options for new cooktops

woodrow — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 21:33:48 +0000

If you’re considering remodeling your kitchen, think about ways to do it in modular fashion, improving the overall space one step, one appliance at a time. There are countless ideas for the small kitchen that make sense when you don’t have a fortune to spend. Adding a new cooktop or stove within your budget is [...]

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Refacing cabinets can save you money

woodrow — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 00:29:31 +0000

Most people are looking for a quick, effective way to handle tired and worn kitchen cabinets without having to embark on a long, costly and disruptive kitchen remodeling effort. While very few kitchen improvement projects are considered inexpensive today, cabinet refacing or resurfacing can be a way to trim overall costs while completing a facelift [...]

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Home improvement: Small is beautiful

woodrow — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 22:17:46 +0000

In my last half dozen blogs I’ve been urging homeowners to be cautious about the dangerous potential of grandiosity in their plans for home improvement. Experts have been warning homeowners and DIYers for almost a year now to use the current housing stall to make modest improvements, rather than embark on huge undertakings that can [...]

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Recycled Sinks for a Green Kitchen

woodrow — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 04:25:13 +0000

Looking for a green sink for a kitchen improvement project? Not the color green, the relationship of the materials to environmental responsibility and reduced carbon footprints. Santa Monica, Calif.-based architects Minarc have created a kitchen sink made of recycled rubber. Personally, I don’t find it exceptionally attractive, but I do think it would make for [...]

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A Home Office Means Business

woodrow — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:19:36 +0000

If you work from home, or just need a refuge from the rest of your family to pay bills and write emails, a home office makes for a relatively straightforward home addition or modification. Knowing what kinds of tasks you plan on handling, the amount of time you plan on spending in the home office, [...]

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Quick Cleanups for Stainless Steel Sinks

woodrow — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:38:09 +0000

I just moved into a home that has stainless sinks–not only in the kitchen, but in two bathrooms. I’m not used to cleaning or maintaining stainless, so I set myself to do the right research. I was amazed at the range of homespun solutions and conventional cleaning products that claim to handle the job. All [...]

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Evaluating Your Home Improvement Project Costs

woodrow — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 18:27:42 +0000

By the time you read this blog, the cost of materials and labor for home improvement projects will have probably changed from the day I wrote it. I continually see prices go up and down–mostly up. The better news is with contractors challenged to fill up their calendars, some labor costs have come down. With [...]

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Remodeling Goes to the Dogs

woodrow — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:16:27 +0000

It happened early in August. The venerable New York Times ran an article by Sonia Zjawinski noting that homeowners were “remodeling with their pets in mind.” That’s like the tail wagging the dog when it comes to home improvements, isn’t it? Not so, claims Zjawinski, who writes that simply laying out feeding bowls and water [...]

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