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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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Transformed Basement to Lower Level
550 S.F. Great Room in custom maple veneer panles. Panels, millwork, and wood furniture designed, fabricated and installed by owner/architect John T Conroy in New Jersey.
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Another Walkout
This walk-out basement was large, around 1200 sq. ft., and incorporated a full kitchen, bedroom, bath, and lots of storage.
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Walk-Out Basement
This was a walk-out basement in central CT. The slab was already insulated, and I added 2 inches of EPS to the walls before placing studs. Finished floor was cork.
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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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Drab to Cheery Basement Remodel
This basement received a tremendous transformation. The wood paneling and dated bar was removed. We reconfigured the rooms and enlarged the bathroom by creatively placing the new fiberglass shower...
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Basement Bathroom, Family Room and Laundry Room Project
This basement was full of awkward spaces and configurations. The existing structural posts and mechanical piping created a design challenge. We started by moving the electrical panel out of the...
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Basement Family Room and Laundry Room
A large amount of work was done to renew the lower level of this 1936 Minneapolis home. Our clients’ major reason for doing this project was to have a family and laundry room that they enjoyed...
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Major Transformation to Golden Valley, MN Basement
The former basement was a maze of wasted spaces. In this high-end basement remodel, we changed the layout drastically to capture the following areas: The family room has new windows and exterior...
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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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basement remodel
This basement remodel started because we decided to add a heatpump and the ceiling was torn out of the dated basement rec room which is shown in the first 2 photos. This room was originally...
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A Relaxing Retreat
The clients wanted to have an entertaining deck, but they also wanted to have a private covered deck accesible from their master bedroom. They wanted it to include a large fireplace as well as a few...
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Mountain Porch Retreat
Our region has an extended outdoor season that the homeowners wanted to take full advantage of. The existing deck was not adequate for hosting large parties and had no covered space for protection...
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Kids Craft Area
Before and after picures show how much a space can change. Now kids have plenty of room for arts and crafts activities. Deatails include two keyboard drawers and a hanging file drawer. The table...
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Breakfast Bar
A simple addition to the existing cabinetry custom made to the homeowners needs. A solid maple top with a mohogany edge will finish it off. These are just the before and after pictures. I will post...
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TANNA BY DESIGN - 'think tank'
2 commentsTANNA's 'think tank'...is what my friends and families call my Interior Design office space! I have cleverly converted a small narrow room at the edge of the home into a wonderfully private...
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Framing a dropped coffer ceiling
This will have a "suspended" or "droped" coffer that has the same curve as the barreled ceiling when completed. The ceiling above will be wood with rope lighting. More pictures to come!
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Framing for a Barrel-Vaulted Coffered Ceiling
1 commentThis is my design. The project will be completed by next spring, see you then!!
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Remodel kitchen, Livingroom
I'm in the process of remodeling our house in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. I am a self taught carpenter and woodworker. I've competed the kitchen, dining room and livingroom to date.
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Dead level demo
When cutting out a new RO for a window installation, I wanted to be sure my cut at the bottom would produce a level sill. I happened to have my layout laser set up because I wanted the new window to...
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Saving Money On dump fees
6 commentsWhen I am installing gyproc I leave one side of a wall unfinished untill the very end. I do this so i can have a place to store all those scrap bits of gyproc that have been produced. You...
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A few of the rooms I remodeled in my house
3 commentsI bought a large house about six years ago because it had great potential. For me that equaled quality construction and tons of plain, white rooms. I have spent almost every...
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1750 barn restoration
This is a barn built in 1750 it is an English style barn. the owner had to decide to tear down or save . We lifted the building, put in a new foundation and slab we restored the timber...
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Coffered Ceiling
This was a project that would have been more difficult if it were not for the article in Fine Homebuilding on "Coffered Ceilings". Made of poplar crown, baseboard, finger jointed trim boards...
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Home Office
4 commentsThis was a home office project using solid cherry baseboards, chair rails, crown moulding and custom made cabinets. Owner supplied 'Plantation Shutters' (white aspen) were stained and finished to...
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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
