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Everything You Wanted To Know About Dishwashing
Posted August 18th, 2008 by Will
My wife calls me the "dishwasher engineer" because I'm the one who rearranges things to get more in there while making sure that the dishes actually get clean. ...
How to Go Green
Posted August 17th, 2008 by Vida Verde
I get a lot of calls from homeowners who want to know how and when its appropriate to go green while remodeling. I also get calls asking me what green means and what inevita...
The Frustration of Project Delays
Posted August 15th, 2008 by Will
My wife and I are refreshing the powder room (half bath) on the main floor to make it more our style. She has picked out the paint, fixtures (sink & toilet), tile, and h...
A business as organic as the environment
Posted July 6th, 2008 by Vida Verde
It has been an interesting year. I wanted to come back to Seattle where my passion for rennovation and remodeling began. After 14 years of rehabbing and refurbishing house...
Demolition Floor By Floor
Posted July 16th, 2008 by Will
My collegue, Michael, sent me this link to a cool way of demolishing a building a floor at a time from the bottom up! Leave it to the Japanese to find a neat way to remove ...
my cold feet
Posted July 8th, 2008 by Queen of the Castle
The house we bought is a nice rambler in Bellevue with a great view. (insert view picture) The people who had lived in the house prior to us were a nice couple who had lived t...
How to gain $700,000 in equity in 4 months
Posted June 29th, 2008 by TuneyFish
We are capturing the Peak Builder's remodel from beginning to end on http://www.tuneyfish.com Join and find answers to your questions on everything from framing, to ...
Energy code compliance checker
Posted June 25th, 2008 by michaeld
Yes, the government is here to help you. At least it can help you calculate the energy code compliance of your remodel, and if you are an engineer, designer or builder or if...
Sampling a Paint Color
Posted June 19th, 2008 by Will
This week's lesson learned is that when you're painting a room and you're not sure of the color you picked, make sure the sample that your painter puts on the wall...
How To Fix Broken Electrical Outlets - Push Reset!
Posted June 12th, 2008 by Will
In the middle of the work being done on our kitchen remodel (painting, new tile, resanded floors), my wife plugged an appliance into one of the outlets and it didn't work....
Here It Goes
Posted June 11th, 2008 by stacyc
So, the kitchen in my parents' house will be finally remodeled in the summer. Somehow, the dishwasher broke and water leaked underneath the vinyl floors and the underlyin...
My Unanticipated Journey Starts
Posted June 7th, 2008 by Queen of the Castle
Ok, here we go. I’m in a world in 2008 that requires all CEOs of anything internet related (or not) to have a blog. I don’t really want to ”blog”. when I first heard o...