Archive for August, 2008
Results from our reader’s poll. And the winning project is….
Before the announcement, a reminder, so that we’re all on the same page. Back in June, we gave you some homework. In Help Us Find the Most Popular Remodeling Project, we asked readers which area of the home they were either planning to remodel or hoping to tackle sometime soon. Thanks to every…
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Would I Hire An Interior Designer?
At first thought it sounds wonderful to have someone come in and help you design your interior décor. What better way to be assured your style is current and tastefully done? Not everyone embraces interior designers, however, for some comprehensible reasons.
An interior designer can take care of…
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Exterior Renovations Taking the Lead in nowadays’s Market
As a homeowner, you are probably like many of us, anxiously watching each new report on the housing market, wondering where is that headed and what is my home going to be worth when it is all by? Uncertainty of the current or future value of our homes makes many of us reluctant to invest more funds …
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Is Granite Cancerous? On Granite Countertops and the Latest Radon Scare
Just about a month ago, the New York Times published an scoop titled, “What’s Lurking in Your Countertops?” Since soon after there has been a flurry of news reports, weblog rants, and rebuttals with urls to this study and that finding. All the while radon testers and competing coun…
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Wood Kitchens, More Beautiful with Time
Today’s blog post is the first from a new CalFinder writer, Dela. Dela is a real estate writer and ghost writer whose interests include history, poetry, and children’s stories. She has a lengthy history with do-it-yourself projects. She has refinished hardwood floors, helped build add-on…
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Green Wednesday: Shopping for Energy-Efficient Windows
According to Ernie Wilding of FAS Windows & Doors, not all windows are energy efficient. All the windows sold at FAS are energy efficient, but that isn’t the case for every company. Ernie gives the following advice to homeowners ready to shop around for windows:
Look for a full service co…
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Green Wednesday: Housing Trends, Are More public Moving Closer to Cities?
Since gas prices went through the roof in the past year, I’ve gradually noticed an increased number of public walking or riding bicycles to work. In the early mornings, it’s not strange to see men and women in trade attire walking briskly to work. I plus can’t help noticing the increased numbe…
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Green Wednesday: Container Houses
Used for years to transport freight across the oceans, an abundance of unused and unwanted shipping containers were just lying around going to waste. That is, until someone had the ingenious view to convert them into a practical purpose: housing.
The containers are shipped to the location, bolted to…
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Opposites Attract: Balancing Hardscape and Softscape in Your Landscape Design
I believe it was Socrates who coined the phrase, “All things in moderation.” Only a statement so true could have lasted these lengthy millennia, losing none of its vitality and permeating all aspects of our culture. Including our horti-culture and, more familiarly, our landscape design.
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Favorite Landscaping Plants – Basic Things to Consider
Today’s post comes from Euphrasia, a new CalFinder contributor. Euphrasia has loved homes and gardens since the age of 2. She’s been involved with home and garden design for many years and has writtten about everything from stress management to personal development. More on Euphrasia to …
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Tools & Tips: How to Skim Coat Drywall
I have torn off my fair share of wallpaper: a laborious and often frustrating job, as I am certain many of you understand. I’ve come so shut to grabbing the sledgehammer, the most persuasive tool in existence, and finishing the job right soon after and there, to my own chagrin. Instead I angri…
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Artful Recycling urls for the Creative-Minded
There are so many items you just can’t bring yourself to throw absent. Instead of leaving them in the corner collecting dust, why not find a new purpose for them? The following blogs and hyperlinks are examples of others who have done precisely that. You’ll be amazed at how they have converted o…
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