Archive for July, 2009

Are You Planning to Remodel your Bathroom & Kitchen?

Renovation is an age old trend that can give your weary looking house a totally new appeal. Your home is where you spend more than half of your life and it should reflect your personality in every way. No doubt kitchen and bathrooms are most used spaces at everybody’s homes and so their excessive…

Digital Deadbolt

Your hands are full of groceries and other shopping bags, and as you approach your door, you realize that your keys are in your pocket. Now you have to put all of the bags down just so you can open the door. Instead of always having to rely on your keys to open the carport door or front door, you c…

Painting 101: Color Vocabulary Review

Accenting your home’s architecture with color is an inexpensive way to produce your home look new and improved, particularly whether you’re willing to paint it yourself. Before taking on that task, it helps to become familiar with some basic color vocabulary terms. Choosing a color scheme (a gr…

High Tech Bidet

Bidets manufacture excellent additions to your existing bathroom, but they are not always functional or convenient to use. For instance, who wants cold water on their bottom? However, the Kohler C3-200 is an elongated toilet seat with bidet functionality and in-line heater, which makes the hygienic…

A new vantage point (or, fun with a lift!)


After all that June rain stretching into July and weeks of working below grade in the mud on the new foundation, I think we were all ready for a lift… when one showed up at the house one recent, sunny Friday. 

The framing team had been working for several days on the “bones” of the new str…

Tennis Ball Bench

The ” Tennis Ball Bench ” is not a piece of furniture you will see down at the local store, rather a limited edition designed in 2004 for the Digital Depot of the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam. Designers Tejo Remy and René Veenhuizen made that different bench from chrome-p…

Modern and strange Sofa Designs from Couture International

Couture worldly led by designer Normand Couture has a rare concept of the contemporary sofa design that includes strong visual elements and functionality. The various contemporary sofa collections include arrangements and pieces that allow face to face seating many with movable arms and backs for a…

Drywall Tutorials

Remodeling for Geeks has some great how-to tutorials and one of our favorite series is all about drywall. From taping, patching, repairing, and creating smoothwalls.

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Constructing a Load-Bearing Stud Wall

A load bearing stud wall is any of the exterior walls in a wood framed house, or an interior partition that supports a distributed load (joists) or a point load (beams). Home Improvement, THE source for home improvement knowledge.
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Growing and Taking Care of Cactus at Home

Growing a cactus indoors is perhaps the best way to memorize how to garden and take care of plants. Home Improvement, THE source for home improvement knowledge.
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Tap into CalFinder Contractors’ Expertise for High-End & Luxury Remodeling

Quality is always in style, and no matter your budget, it’s always fun to browse the highest of the high-end in home remodeling. In many cases, the same experts who do high-end remodels are plus adept at luxury building from scratch. Specialists in high-end building & remodeling excellenc…

Closet Design view : SKÄR Shoe Storage Cabinet from Ikea

The SKÄR Shoe Storage Cabinet is a new product from Ikea that is available in white, black and red. that is an inexpensive closet design concept that can add better organization for your shoe collection. SKÄR retails for just under $90. The cabinet holds up to six pairs of shoes inside of its thr…

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