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Attention Contractors: Your Lead-Paint Certification Deadline is Approaching
24 commentsPlan to repair or renovate a house that was built before 1978? If so, you’ll need to follow some new rules from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Here's what you need to know...
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On conscience and construction
2 commentsIf stepping on a crack breaks mom's back, would you really want to take your chances on my unsafe deck?
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Where do you build cabinets?
22 commentsFine Homebuilding's editor wants to know if and where you build cabinets, and what you'd like to get out of a story on the topic.
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Keeping Brushes and Rollers Clean
Learn how to properly clean paint brushes and rollers in the final episode of our interior painting video series.
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Lunch Pail Podcast #1: What's the Difference Between a Trim Carpenter and a Fine Woodworker?
17 commentsJoin us for a live online video discussion with editors from Fine Homebuilding and Fine Woodworking where we'll compare strategies and techniques
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Building a Mud Room: Behind the Scenes
2 commentsFollow along this week with photos and commentary from the set of the Fine Homebuilding/Fine Woodworking Build Off. We're making built-in mudrooms.
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Opinion: Questions for the Man with the Big House
46 commentsCommentary on a recent news item - local man builds 50,000 sq. ft. house.
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Wood Sickness
7 commentsWhen the hunt for a particular species of wood takes you through a maze of old barns and homes, something isn't quite right. Am I alone?
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In kitchen design, the beat goes on
2 commentsNKBA’s top kitchen-and-bath trends for 2010 read like yesterday’s news. Isn’t it time we put some “heart” into the “heart of the home?”
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