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Five tips for repurposing household items
These days, the easy availability of branded items is turning us all into prolific spenders. For every little need that arises within our homes, be it for practical or aesthetic purposes, we tend to...
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5 Home Maintenance Tips You Can't Go Wrong With
Your home is probably the most crucial, and most important investment you'll ever make. While a house has the potential to increase in value, owning a home also has an emotional quotient to it...
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Remodel of the Week - Week #3
A transformation of a classic shingle style home Showcased in Marvin's Remodelers Gallery
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Remodel of the Week - Week #2
Opening up a Lakeside home to bring in the natural light and scenery Showcased in Marvin's Remodelers Gallery
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Bathroom Gut Job
3 commentsThis was a 100% bathroom remodel. We had a company that was contracted to work for Home Depot come in to do it and it took less than 2 weeks to finish. We would absolutely recommend using the same...
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Remodel of the Week - Week #1
1 commentLate 19th century schoolhouse remodeled as a residence Showcased in Marvin's Remodelers Gallery
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How to and When to Remove Potential Property Nuisances
1 commentAs homeowners or potential homeowners, there will come a time when the renovation to the property must begin again. Sometimes these renovations like adding a garage or a second story are planned and...
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A recent complete remodel along Lake Michigan
This project involved a complete gutting of the interior and a reshaping of the exterior. We opened up the first floor by moving the stairs and defining the rooms with the ceiling details. We added a...
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Custom Basement Renovations
Created several custom rooms in the basement of a home we constructed north of Toronto. A fitness centre, mini hockey rink and a home theatre/media room were all part of creating great use of the...
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bath fish walls
built off site and laminated on to the wall and cabinet is over toilet the circle got an applied mirror
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Energy-Efficient San Francisco Remodel
1 commentThe Kumar Residence, nestled in the hills of Belmont, CA is an 1100 square foot addition and remodel of an existing 1950′s mid-century modern ranch house that needed updating, and more living...
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Claw Foot Bath Tub = Up Dated Bathroom
This remolded / updated bathroom started with the claw foot tub that my friend gave me. The claw foot tub was bigger than the old tub, so I had to redsign the bathroom (this is my house) in order to...
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Custom Kitchen
This client lived in a log home and had and older "vintage" kitchen with a less thatn freindly design. A sink located in the old island that placed your back to the only window in the kitchen was...
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Facade renovation
1 commentThis was a full facelift on a house other we just finished 3 weeks ago
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Kitchen expansion & addition
Materials used include: Ash pre-finished hardwood flooring, cherry cabinets, quartz countertops, Andersen windows, Velux remote controlled venting skylights w/ rain sensor auto-close feature and...
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Maple Grove Addition & Remodeling
This major addition and remodeling in Maple Grove, Minnesota included a new family room and sun room, remodeled dining, kitchen, living room, entry and bath. On the second foor the master bedroom and...
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Edina Ranch House Addition & Remodeling
Carlsen & Frank Architects designed this addition and remodeling of a one story ranch house in Edina, Minnesota. A new exterior front entrance was added, an interior entrance hall and mud room...
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A "Cook's" kitchen remodel based on how we cook
How do you convert a kitchen designed for "entertaining" into a space that really works for someone who likes to cook? While most people would love the idea of having three sinks and two dishwashers...
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Sniff Out the Symptoms of Defective Drywall in Your House
Drywall in the USA is usually from North America. If it's not from the USA itself, it's from either Canada or Mexico. During the housing boom from around 2004 to 2007, with so many houses being...
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Repair a hole in drywall
1 commentFor repairing holes, small or large, in drywall, I like to use a 'backer' material, such as a scrap of OSB, or whatever, anything that is thin but can accept drywall screws. Cut a strip of the backer...
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Exterior Patio
New exterior patio including covered fireplace pit and water features. This was part of a remodel to Geodesic dome origianally built in the 70's
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House Crashers and EnvironmentalLights.com Transform Fourth Home Renovation Together
EnvironmentalLights.com featured in its fourth episode of House Crashers, a hit TV show on the DIY Network EnvironmentalLights.com, a leading source for high-quality, energy-efficient LED lighting...
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Woodworker's Kitchen Renovation Improves Flow
A new refridgerator/freezer was my concession for leaving a beloved 1848 downtown townhouse we'd recently renovated to move to a 2002 suburban spec home with a bigger yard. At the appliance store, my...
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Garage Progress
1 commentWe're making good progress on the garage shop at the project house. Drywall is hung, carriage doors are installed and the new front facade has been painted.
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mobile carpenters workshop
they have a workshop slide show of this on woodmagazine.com. But its really meant for building and remodeling houses! Its small when its closed. everything locks up tight so I use it like a gang box...
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The hole punch protection method
Here is an easy way to spackle or paint small areas with very little clean up, while protecting surrounding areas. All you need is painters/masking tape and a hole punch. Just rip a small piece of...
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Basement Entertainment Center
In this project I had to solve several problems. First part of the concrete foundation extended 30 inches into the room on the left side, then there was overhead duct work, a fireplace, a 26...
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Kerhonkson, NY: Rondout Creek Marketplace is Here!
Well it took nearly 6 months from the date of the last post to even get the financing approved! We closed August 5 and completed the renovation of the 8 unit mixed used historic building in...
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How to Paint Fiber-Cement Siding
Painter Jim Lacey shares some tips for caulking and painting fiber-cement siding. read more
