No matter how careful you are when painting the interior or exterior of your home, stains happen. The better contractor knows how to dab up spills immediately and remove all traces of the accident. But what about stains that escape your attention when you’re painting as a do-it-yourselfer? Once the stain is set and dry, [...]
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 [...]
Painting the interior walls and ceiling of your home doesn’t have to be a terrible misadventure—unless you want it to be! As with most home improvements, if you use the proper tools, then all you need for success is to apply the proper techniques. Even if you employ a time-tested painting technique, the job may [...]
With holiday shopping in full fury, the last thing you’re considering is the idea of repainting. But as most of you know, fresh interior paint can change your home–and emotional outlook–in quick order. It may be one of the surest ways to produce the greatest amount of change.
Remember: the post-holiday blues can sneak up on [...]
Depending on your local building codes, you may be required to have a bathroom fan even if there are windows in the room. Without a fan equipped to handle the job, you’re risking mildew, mold, rot, warping doors and window frames, and paint and wallpaper damage. Be sure to read our informative article on the basics [...]
It’s hard to keep track of new legislation that affects home building and remodeling across the 50 states. Too often homeowners and re-modelers get going on a project that requires a local permit and suddenly discover they have to lay out additional money to meet building codes. I know people who have had to rip [...]
I’ve been in more than my share of Victorian homes out here in the West, and some of them are dark, dreary, and depressing. Ultimately, it may not come down to square footage to determine whether your home looks and feels spacious and inviting. If you’re looking at remodeling, consider small, affective options that can [...]
Let me be among the first to round up some remodeling trends for the New Year! We’ve hardly logged in a week of January but, like the sprigs of springtime, notions about where homeowners and do-it-yourselfers are leaning have already begun to sprout.
The Orlando Sentinel’s fashionista, Jean Patteson, laments that most of us won’t [...]
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