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Screened In Porch Addition

Archispeak, member | January 18th, 20131 comment

Most 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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Estate Home Project, 7500 sq. ft. on two acres with pool

CelticCustoms, member | November 28th, 20121 comment

The main house has a wine cellar, media room, marble flooring, custom trimwork, plasterwork, and custom cabinets throughout. Exterior is stucco and stone with wood windows, copper facia and copper...

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Interior Colors for the 2012-13 Winter Season

Generation_Homes, member | November 27th, 2012

The 2012-13 winter interior color season is focused on mixing things up with bold color opposites and unique combinations that haven't been seen traditionally. These new and unusual color match ups...

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Paint Scheme-ing with SketchUp

TheTimberTailor, member | November 26th, 2012

What wall gets an accent color? Where should a contrasting stripe go? What color combination works best in a space? Use SketchUp for quick answers to these important questions before dipping a brush.

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Douglas Fir Stained Siding - How To Details For Enduring Beauty

Matt Risinger, Blogger | August 7th, 20126 comments

I was back to do a one year service call on this guest house my company built a year ago, and I was struck by the beauty of the Doug Fir Siding. It looked as good as the day we installed it. In this video I'll tell you the How To tips to ensure your wood stained siding has beauty that endures.

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Design snapshot: Painted-floor patina

KHS, Contributor | December 22nd, 2011

Architect Katie Hutchison shares a House Enthusiast "Design snapshot" of a vibrant painted floor.

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Lead Paint: The Fines Are Real

RYagid, senior editor | April 7th, 201115 comments

An Oregon painting contractor shells out over $32K for failing to comply with lead-paint regulations.

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Paint Your House and Live Mortgage Free

RYagid, senior editor | April 7th, 20117 comments

How far are you willing to go to have your mortgage paid for you?

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Podcast: Liability and Lead-Safe Remodeling -- Insurance, Anyone?

FHBdotcom, editor | September 30th, 20102 comments

In this episode we’ll finish up our our series on lead paint. In the first two episodes of this three-part series we talked about tools, OSHA, and costs. In this episode we talk...

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Podcast: The New Cost of Lead-Safe Remodeling

FHBdotcom, editor | September 30th, 20101 comment

Welcome back to the Lunch Pail Podcast series. In this epidode, we continue our series on lead paint. Last episode, we talked about tools; now we'll talk about costs. In the next, and final, episode...

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Podcast: Lead-Safe Remodeling Tools and Equipment

FHBdotcom, editor | September 29th, 2010

Welcome back to Fine Homebuilding’s lunchpail podcast. We’ve been on a bit of a vacation lately and we’re back now. This week we’ll begin a series on lead paint and the new...

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1880's Brick Rowhouse Bay Window Restoration

mbrown795, member | September 10th, 20102 comments

My brick rowhouse was built in the late 1880's and is located in Jersey City NJ, just outside Manhattan. After decades of exposure to the elements the woodwork on the bay window had rotted and then...

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Notes from the Pacific Coast Builders Show

RYagid, senior editor | June 10th, 20103 comments

A look at the show's best and worst offerings

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Keeping Brushes and Rollers Clean

epirnik, producer | February 18th, 2010

Learn how to properly clean paint brushes and rollers in the final episode of our interior painting video series.

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Question: What is Causing This Black Mold?

CTOwner, member | November 1st, 20095 comments

Help me determine why this recently painted exterior section of my home is growing black mold

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ALLISON'S BEDROOM - Trebbi Custom Construction - Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Ron_Trebbi, Blogger | July 23rd, 2009

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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Fait Accompli: Our First House...Finished

sjdehner, member | May 13th, 20095 comments

After almost two years of steady work our passive-solar house is now "officially" built. Looking back it hardly seems possible... Thanks to a combination of mutual enthusiasm, several talented...

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Corrosion-Resistant Paint

FHB_WEB, member | April 24th, 2009

Polyvinylidene fluorides, or PVDFs, are acknowledged in the industry as the best resins for coating metal.

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Announcing our Before and After contest winners

FHB_WEB, member | April 10th, 20091 comment

Fine Homebuilding editors are a finicky bunch, and opinionated too. So the task of narrowing down the nearly 150 entries from our “Before and After: What’s Old is New Again,” kitchen and bath contest to just five winners wasn’t easy.

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1970's Kitchen Remodel (Product from Lowes / Work done by Me)

qadsan, member | April 5th, 2009

Here’s our 1970’s kitchen with what’s left of the ugly wall paper, mustard yellow countertops, crooked kitchen cabinets, leaking plumbing fixtures, broken appliances, a wobbly...

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