Building Moxie in a Bagster Bag :: The Year in Review
A 3yd dumpster with the total cost of about $190 and yes, a few of our DIYin' type friends did ask. I figure it saved me about 2 + trips to the...
Tag Archives: Home Plan
Four Good Reasons to Remodel :: Don’t Move, Remodel
No matter how much you love the home you’re in, it’s natural that over time your needs will change leading you to considering changes to your (that) home. This means you’ll be...
The Skinny on Energy Star Certified Homes :: a Guide for Home Improvements?
The federal government's Energy Star program offers certification to green home builders, giving homeowners the reassurance that they are purchasing a home designed to conform to strict energy-efficiency guidelines. Energy Star-certified homes...
Want to Buy a Fixer Upper? Five Tips to Help You Decide If You’re Ready
It can be a fun project, a great investment, or even a good way to settle into your forever home without spending a fortune to get what you want. But before you...
5+ Cost Effective Home Security Ideas
Each of these security items are cost effective and easy to use and install. They also offer the added, and perhaps most important, bonus of letting outsiders know that your home is...
For Pros Only :: Developing the Home Plan (as a Home Asset Manager) :: David Lupberger
In order to realize success in this industry today, you need to become the go-to guy or gal for all of your client's household needs. Every project, big or small, will go...
The Ten Essential Tools for Homeowners :: Tools Every Homeowner Needs
10 tools, hmmmm . . . not easy. But here they are; the ten essential tools for building a basic toolbox. There are many tools for many jobs, and you ALWAYS want...
Before & After? idk – Around Here It Seems Like a Perpetual State of During
I was studying myself, too. What I mean -- I know now that I have become ultra self-conscious about the work around my house. Yes, at times complacent even (thanks #designtv &...
Remodeling Rules :: A Few (House) Rules to Live By
As the daughter of an architect dad and a DIY queen of a mother, I think I truly had no choice but to become a home enthusiast. From growing up watching my...
Exterior Restoration and Preservation :: Siding, Paint and Windows
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...
Bungalows :: a Look at the Significance of the Bungalow in Northeast Baltimore
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....
A Door Layout Fix :: the Situation and Options
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...