Choosing Right Type Of Flooring For Your Home
Picking the right floor for your home is just as hard as picking a car. There are about as many options as there are types of paint to choose from. That may...
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A Beginner's Guide to Garage Design
The garage can be the home's greatest storage space - as long as you realize its true potential. When homeowners think about renovating their house, most think...
Guide to Paint Finishes
Whether you own your home or rent, chances are you will eventually spend a little time with the paintbrush and roller. One of the first things you need to do...
Firewood Storage in Winter
Nothing is cozier on a cold winter evening than a crackling fire, warm and glowing, in the fireplace or stove. Wood heat is also less expensive than many gas...
Tips for Living through a Renovation
A renovation project can be very rewarding. But like most things in life, rewards don’t come easy. Renovation projects can vary in size and expense, though one...
How to Hire a Contractor on a Budget
Sometimes, as much as you would like to do it yourself, there are things that may just be beyond your expertise or your schedule. These are the times when...
How and Where to use Expanding Foam Insulation
Expanding foam is one of those products that fall squarely in the duct tape, bailing twine and WD-40 category. It has a list of uses that’s a mile long and is...
Looking To Build? Exploring The Benefits of Pole Barns
If you are in the market for building your own barn, then you most likely came across a number of options. In most cases there are two options: Stick-built...
Three Tips to Make Your Clients' Deck Dreams a Reality
The best way to turn leads into customers is to educate them. In fact, some research has shown that more than half your leads will buy a deck from you if...
Why You Should Fence In Your Fortress
There are many advantages to installing fencing around your home. Whether it be wrought iron or white picket, a well chosen fence can add to the aesthetic and...
Spruce up your Entryway
In life, first impressions are important. For your home, the entryway offers a first impression for your visitors. No matter the layout or size of your...
7 Tips for Better Bathroom Lighting
When it comes to proper lighting, one of the most critical rooms in the home is the bathroom. It’s most often the first place people go to when they wake up in...
Looking To Remodel? How Drafting and Design Services Can Help You Plan
It’s an easy assertion to dive head first into a new home remodeling project. The temptation to remove the old and bring out the new can be tough to curb, but...
Preventing Common Callbacks
Callbacks typically result from three things: poor design, faulty construction, or the actions of a clueless homeowner. While this is true everywhere, coastal...
How to Tile a Shower
Tiling a shower is a great way to revamp your entire bathroom. The different options and styles available open up a ton of opportunity to create something that...
Independent Contractor Taxes: What You Need to Know
There are a lot of benefits that go along with being self-employed. One of which are the tax advantages. These benefits won’t happen without a little effort,...
4 Ways to Exceed Expectations
Many years ago, I began thinking about the subject of exceeding expectations. I would field phone calls from upset clients or listen to team members’...
Four Factors to Consider When Working with Minimalist Floor Plans
Many homes are now following the trend of a minimalist modern house plan. As remodelers are called more often to work in these types of homes, they should keep...
Siding: Clean, Paint or Replace?
Due to age, environmental conditions or bad weather, the siding we put on our homes will eventually need attention. It’s true that proper maintenance will go a...
Roof Ventilation
Why ventilate a roof? “The main purpose of roof ventilation is to keep the air space above the roof insulation more or less at the same temperature as the...
Recessed Kitchen Lighting Reconsidered
Most kitchens are woefully underlit. Lighting is often an afterthought, yet even when it’s carefully planned, designers and lighting experts often don’t agree...
Home Energy Savings Checklist
Energy prices seem to be rising every year. Furthermore, the impact of energy consumption has lasting effects on the environment. Though there’s not much we...
5 Ways the House Tax Reform Plan Could Affect Remodelers
The impact of legislation as comprehensive and complicated as the House tax reform bill unveiled Nov. 2 will vary dramatically depending on what kind of...
21 Things You Can Do TODAY to Improve Your Remodeling Business
Running a successful remodeling company isn’t easy. And trying to build one that can run without your day-to-day involvement is even harder. If you want to...
7 Innovative Ways to Add Windows into Home Remodels
It helps a living space feel more expansive and can also improve the mood of the occupants.Adding windows or patio doors into a home can be more than just...