Posts tagged home plan
If only you could drive your house up to the home center
3December 1, 2009
These conditions are due, in part, to the temporal and fading nature of things. Much as a car's odometer rolls with every tenth of a mile accumulated - your home loads on mileage, too, with each passing year. Short of noting proactive discretionary improvements, and extending beyond the mechanical equipment found in your home, all parts in, on or of your home will wear and ultimately fail (if left unchecked). [ . . . ]
Exterior Restoration and Preservation :: Siding Paint and Windows
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We decided almost immediately that we were not going to remove or cover the near original german clapboard siding. (Did replacing it cross our minds? At that time, honestly, no.)
We had a decent painter, who had just done our other house, and with him, we decided initially to give it a quick paint job. It was needed to hide years of flaking and peeling. While it looked good after completion, this decision, here, has spawned years of contention. You see - it is my duty now, slowly, and sections at a time, to strip and repaint the exterior. [ . . . ]
Efficiency (a short rant on)
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It seems today that as with the current economic climate, and thanks to years upon years of replacement window talk, our collective mind seems to scroll to and tries to plug in a word here. Many would have us corralled, and I will say it, into believing that Energy-Efficiency is nirvana.
Now, you may sense where I am going here, and don't get me wrong, part of being house smart and responsible, or may I dare say being green, is being energy-efficient. But there is so much more to it. [ . . . ]
Bungalows :: a Look at a Lauraville Bungalow (Part 1 of 2)
2April 24, 2009
by jb
in In the 'Hood
And a little ways up and around the bend, packed in a short row of houses that look strangely similar, a breed of house different from the others you have just seen. There, set atop a pitching lot, the windows under a shed dormer stare. They look down on you at the street and proudly say, I am an American bungalow.
Continue to zoom, though, moving through to the other side of the front door and in through the living room, passed the dining room and into the kitchen, you might find AJ and Kenneth sipping coffee at the table in their breakfast nook. [ . . . ]
A Door Layout Fix :: the Situation and Options
0December 17, 2008
by jb
in make-maintain-fix
I am not quite sure how long he has been in this house, but it has to be going on four, five or six years. And in my opinion, he has done a fantastic job of managing his home. He has made all the right home improvement decisions: finished basement, expanded pool deck and patio, upgraded floor coverings, trim and paint. These things add comfort and value. All feats made more marvelous by the fact that he has four children.
Dave and his family live in what is called an "Executive Line" home. All major production builders (as opposed to "custom builders), it seems, build in this line. And like most in recent years, the interior greets you with a two-story foyer. The foyer, with a large "living room" and study spilling off, eventually funnels into a hallway that directs you to a kitchen with a breakfast nook and an ample sunken family room. In my opinion, and most would agree, a very good floor plan. [ . . . ]
