What Does “Too Taste Specific” Mean Anyway? :: Your Home is Your Home
Your home is your home and by virtue of the fact that you're an adult, you get to do anything inside of it you want to do. Even if it's stuff I...
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A Baltimore Home Exudes Laughter, Color and Life :: Artwork & Artistic Furniture
For Ed Istwan and Kim Domanski of Baltimore, interior design, like life, is all about big smiles and popping colors. It is never static, but rather an artful representation of personality, vim...
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...
Renovate or Build? . . . That is the Question :: What to Consider when Facing a Major Remodel
As a practicing architect, I have experienced my client's anxiety in deciding if they should do a construction renovation or build a new home. I have always advocated doing what one can...
EPA’s New Lead Regulation (RRP) and How It Affects You
I am from the government and here to help you is often joked about as being ten of the most terrifying words that one could expect to hear in their lifetime. Now...
Make a Wood Molding Library
Jot down the Wood Molding Profile, aka WM#, number (if you have it), add the sample's species and/or construction too (if you know it): FJ for Finger Jointed, PP for Primed Pine,...
Do You Have a Digital Camera in Your Toolbox? :: Four Uses for a Camera during Home Improvement
An inexpensive digital camera (or smart phone camera) comes in handy. For uses for a camera during home improvement. Add more in the comment section below. Thanks!
The Curious Case of the Exploding Toilet :: The Mysterious Crack & Its Damage
This mysterious crack, as he tells me now, was approximately 1/8 inch wide and ran from above the flush handle, down and all the way around to the back of the tank's...
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...
The Curious Case of the Exploding Toilet :: Better Vacation Planning
Ok, it didn't explode -- the toilet, its tank had developed a rather large crack that ran from its base all the way up to the flush handle. My immediate feeling is...
Washer and Dryer Shopping :: Sizing Considerations
When converting a galley kitchen to a laundry room, there was a depth requirement with the washer and dryer we would purchase. These things couldn't stick out in front of my window...
Bungalows :: Remodeling a Bungalow in Northeast Baltimore
You have probably heard it said, The house has good bones. Good bones, typically refers to the structure of a house; it means -- the framing is solid, the house is standing...