remodeling
Posts regarding Remodeling and Home Improvement.
CliqStudios :: How to Design an Open Layout in Your Kitchen
0January 30, 2012
In the past, the layout of a home was designed in a rather segregated fashion: the living room was completely separate from the kitchen, which was separate from the dining room. Now, however, homeowners favor open floor plans, both in new constructions and remodels. [...]
What Type of Flooring is Perfect for the Basement? :: JJ Shimp
6December 20, 2011
Make sure you find the best type of flooring for your basement and your lifestyle. There are many different types of flooring to choose from these days including hardwood, laminate, vinyl and even carpet. You will want to weigh all of the pros and cons before choosing flooring for your basement. [ . . . ]
5 Tips For Installing Laminate Flooring in Your Home :: JJ Shimp
3November 15, 2011
Cheap laminate flooring is often very high quality--low price is not an indicator of poor quality. Not only is solid Brazilian cherry hardwood flooring many times more expensive than its laminate equivalent, you may also have to hire someone to install it. Laminate flooring, on the other hand, can be installed by most homeowners themselves. [ . . . ]
Jayson Gibson :: Now that We Have Some Time . . . Remodeling is a No Brainer
4August 31, 2011
If you make your renovations and the economy (and the housing market) get worse, you’re stuck relaxing in a home that meets your functional and aesthetic needs, and you’re probably recouping savings every month to boot (you did go energy-efficient with that renovation, right?). Your long-term horizon for selling your home means that regardless of its value, your house is your home, and you’ve made it a better place in which to live. How can that be wrong? On the flip side, if you make your renovations and things suddenly get hot, well, you’ve got an upgraded and highly-marketable product on your hands, and you’ve recouped your expenses in increased equity. Not a bad job. [ . . . ]
Sometimes, Close is Close Enough
6August 4, 2011
I quickly discovered that because of framing, the length of the hall and the attic door there was no way to space these cans evenly. So, on a real deadline and in difficult circumstances, I began considering the modification of framing [ . . . ]
What’s Great About Remodeling :: Paul Hamtil
8July 14, 2011
I say that I ended up a remodeler by accident. But this is only half-true. It was not intentional, but . . . probably intended. My brother and I, like so many other Friends-in-Moxie, started as builders at an old junker, 8’-folding table -- we dubbed it, “Lego City”. There, we spent countless hours creating everything we could dream up. We were seriously addicted, which was scary, but nonetheless it was a catalyst of passion for building things. Later, we moved on to building forts in the woods near our house as well as to cardboard cities in the big abandoned garden in our yard. As sons of a civil engineer, turned remodeler, a little bit of my father's skills must have rubbed off on us. And that could explain why we were the go-to kids for all the neighborhood build projects. [ . . . ]
