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Screened In Porch Addition
1 commentMost screened porches are too small for one to thoroughly enjoy the space. With an adequate size the porch becomes a living room to the great outside. In season, this room is used more the the living...
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Building A Modern Craftsman Staircase
4 commentsBuilding an exposed stringer staircase with reclaimed Long Leaf Pine is the job for a Master Carpenter. See my carpenter Darryl build this modern detailed staircase in a 1920's house my company remodeled.
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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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How To Use SketchUp's "Photo Match" Feature to Efficiently Design Remodeling Projects
See how importing digital photos into SketchUp can jump-start the design process and aid bidding and selling your next built-in cabinet project.
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Garage Conversions: Turning One House Into Two Homes
1 commentFrom a full garage conversion to just renovating an area to live in over the garage, these free chapters will clue you in on where to start.
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second story addition with roof deck
THIS WAS A SECOND STORY ADDITION WITH ROOF DECK WE BUILT, THE OWNER WAS BY THE WATER BUT HAD NO OCEAN VIEWS. BY PUTTING ON THE SECOND STORY HE WAS ABLE TO GET 180 DEGREE OCEAN AND INLET...
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Red Cedar Entry Roof
4 commentsThis is the new entry I built onto our new addition. I used clear western red cedar and wanted something that reflected some timberframe elements, particularly a through tenon, which I've always...
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Victorian (Queen Ann) Style Curved Porch {Mangaris}
3 commentsHi. My name is Cliff Audet and I wanted to enter this porch that my crew and I built for my own house. The old porch was rotten beyond repair, so when we replaced it using the same details, we added...
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Vanity and medicine cabinets from the 'Small Addition' by Chuck Stevenson
3 commentsI'd like to nominate the work of Chuck Stevenson for this contest. His cabinets appeared in a how-to photo thread at Breaktime. All of the photos and text below were provided by him, and the links...
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ALLISON'S BEDROOM - Trebbi Custom Construction - Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Renovate a small (10'-8" x 11'-8") existing bedroom in an 1,100 square foot, 1950's vacation house, into a flexible, multifunctional space with a unique identity for a 7 year old girl. The...
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123 West, , Darien, Ct. Before & After
Renovation, remodel and addition to a 1928 home, keeping the original architectual details and craftmanship.
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Double Decker
The upper balcony was falling off of the house, and the downstairs bedroom had only a window to the outside. We designed and built a deck that is twice the square footage of the...
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Bad 80's Kitchen Redone
1 commentThis kitchen really needed some help. I replaced the worn pergot flooring with oak, built two pantries on the empty wall with a wine rack, shelving, and cabinet in between, replaced...
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screen porch
The customer contacted me to T&G and screen this porch. he had someone else set the posts and finish the roof. I had to design the door opening and the blocks at the post...
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1950's Makeover,. in and out,.
This was a 1950's house we purchased alittle over a year ago. My wife looked at this house due to its location(nice compromise of space and proximity to city) She visited it 3 times before i saw it...
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Total home renovation from weeping shutters to sunny Craftsman
Our project is our home that we are currently in the painful process of renovating. It's an original 1950's era bungalow that had no less than four wildly different additions all clad in horrible...
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Craftsman Room Addition - interior finish
Craftsman style room addition, I was the General Contractor / finish carpenter. Design by others.
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Point, shoot, post: Your project could be published in Fine Homebuilding
Post your project in our new gallery for a chance to be published in Fine Homebuilding magazine.
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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
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