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New House vs. Old House
2 votesHere's a photo of our new house and our old house. A little bit of an improvement, I'd say.The old house was an old manufactured home, so we separated it from the property and sold it. Since o...
Fireplace makeover?
Hey everyone -- Any ideas how to update a brick fireplace? I'm debatingbetween faux river rock, slate tiles, or a more modern option: cover/smooth with a material so it blends into the wall...? An...
How To Fix Broken Electrical Outlets - Push Reset!
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. I pulled out my circui...
marmoleum
We bought (at great expense, mind you) Marmoleum flooring for our kitchen. Great color, easy to care for, but scratches terribly.
Great place to buy landscape stones
Our current renovation project is a backyard waterfall. While searching for stones, we found the best buy at Alpine Nursery in Puyallup. They offer flagstone for 29 cents a pound. You can find stone...
Getting Ready to Remodel?
The stack of home design magazines by your chair is piled so high its about to topple over: its time to stop thinking about remodeling the house and get to work. But where to start? The time between c...
Things I wish I knew when I started
In coming up with a topic for my second blog entry, I wanted something “big,” a summation of my collective experience of 15+ years elbow deep in various remodeling projects. So I started by con...
Exterior Paint---What do I do? (see answer!)
Editor's note: Ok, I'm too cheap. I'm going to paint it myself this summer. Hi Folks, I culd use some advice. I want to paint my house and have a painting contractor that provide...
Floor Plans
www.coolhouseplans.com Here's a well organized site that has some nice floor plans.Single story homes are appealing again sans the kids. After 21 years of Indian Guides, baseball, hockey, and fo...
The hole truth
It’s taken me a while to admit this, but I’m something of a procrastinator. Not for big projects with tight deadlines, usually I’m pretty good executing those. But small, low-priority chores oft...
Everything You Wanted To Know About Dishwashing
by Will
Posted August 18th, 2008
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. It's a real art to m...
“Why Remodeling/Redecorating Is a Better Investment Than A...
With the hassles of flying and cost of travel overseas rethinking ‘HOME’ and how we live in our home takes on new meaning. Over the past months whether it’s the price of a gallon of ga...
