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Home renovation projects start with knowledge. Our home remodeling articles and DIY tips can help you learn about any renovation process. If you’re unsure about how to complete the project, you can also browse our contractor directory to find a local home renovation professional who can help you with any of your projects.
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Design Your Own Closet; Better Closet Organization
Find out how to maximize closet space in this 1,000-word article. Whether using DIY modular systems, or custom designed features; for better organized storage, and to increase the real estate value of your home. |
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Expert
Renovation Ideas: Cute as a Button Cottage Design
Cute, cozy, and charming; all words that describe cottage design.
But as delightful as cottage style and living is most cottages
lack ample space, and many persons struggle with what renovation
designs works best. This article offers practical ideas for
renovation projects that enhance cottage life and make full
use of available space without compromising on the charm of
country décor. |
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Veneer Plaster
Once thought to be a dead trade plastering is now coming back as skilled trade featuring ornamental interior work and a new process called veneer plastering. Instead of using the old lath technique a drywall contractor practices veneer plastering which uses a special gypsum board called “blueboard” as a base. Then instead of two course coats as a base the finishing layer is smoothed over the entire wall. |
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Drywall Contractors
Drywall replaced plaster and lath walls in the 1950's as home building became less reliant on the skilled, plasterer's trade. With the new tools and techniques available today drywall contractors can complete a whole home in two days whereas it used to take a plastering team up to two weeks. In many instances small drywall jobs can be completed by a novice. However, it is worth the money to hire a professional drywalling contractor. |
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Veneer Plastering vs. Drywall
The veneer plaster method uses the best of plastering and drywalling to create a durable, age-old finish that is easy to paint. Thought to be a lost art in many areas veneer plaster creates a long, unblemished surface that is dent-proof like the old plaster walls but used a gypsum board as its base. |
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Drywall Hanging Tips
When a prospective home buyer enters the home one of the items that will stick in his or her memory is the kitchen. Even though bathrooms are important and the landscaping will add to the curb appeal the kitchen remains extremely high on the priority list. |
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Concrete Floor Refinishing with Overlays
Concrete overlays look beautiful and are a great way to improve an existing concrete surface without removing it and starting from scratch. In this article, you’ll learn about overlays options, price, maintenance, and more. |
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Flooring Installation
One of the first sights a home buyer will have of the interior of a home is the flooring and it will weigh heavily on the sale even though the rest of the home may be pristine. Good quality flooring already in place means that the home buyer will not have to put out more money after the sale for re-flooring. |
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Vinyl Flooring and Carpeting
Two of the most popular types of flooring are explored in this 1,325-word article; vinyl flooring, and carpeting. Both add aesthetic appeal to nearly any type room décor, and are cost-effective alternatives to other floor types. |
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Hardwood
Flooring
Hardwood flooring does not simply refer to one type of flooring,
but rather covers a group of floor covers including solid wood,
engineered wood, laminates, and synthetic/plastic laminates.
When choosing your hardwood flooring you need to understand
these different types and where they are best suited. |
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Creating a Home Game Room
Build the game room you’ve always dreamed of, but not before reading this 1,247-word article filled with helpful insight into game room features. And elements to incorporate for the type game room friends and family will rave about! |
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Your Own Home Gym
Incorporating an exercise room into your home floor plan can not only increase your health, but save hundreds of dollars in gym membership fees. This 935-word article provides helpful insight into the growing trend of home gyms, and offers helpful tips. |
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Designing a Home theater
This fact-filled article gives homeowners helpful insight for planning a home theater. Also included are diy tips for project success. |
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Planning
a Successful Home Theater Addition
With the increasing popularity of home theaters, improvements
in technology have made the addition of a home theater affordable
for nearly anyone. With more equipment types and styles from
which to select than ever before. |
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Do-It-Yourself Attic Insulation Projects Insulating a home can be a do-it-yourself project that can save you hundreds of dollars. For either fiberglass insulation or blown insulation the insulation costs can pay for themselves in a one season of heating. For either type of insulation two people are required proper protective equipment should be worn. Both fiberglass and cellulose can be purchased at local building supply stores. |
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Insulation Guarantees Energy Savings
Insulation contractors can install a wide variety of products to increase the R-value of an older home. This includes blown-in cellulose insulation, spray-in-place foams, rigid foams and the traditional fiberglass batts which all prevent heat loss by blocking it from leaving the home. New homes in Canada have at a least r-19 for the walls and R-40 for the attic. |
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Fire
and Water Damage Restoration – Tricky Business
When it comes to something like possible fire and water damage
to your home, learn all you can. Why wait until disaster strikes
to educate yourself about safety steps you should take. And
what professional restoration efforts are required to effectively
take care of the crisis, to avoid health-threatening problems
from developing. |
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Ground
Floor Laundry Rooms; More Sanitary, and Easier to Access
The word in the world of home renovations is that Canadian homeowners
are paying more attention to laundry room facilities. Moving
them out of musty-smelling basements and up onto the ground
floor. Where sanitary conditions are better and laundry room
access more convenient; as this article illustrates. |
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Painting Your Home
Painting is not rocket science but to do a good job there has to be careful preparation before the job. This includes cleaning and filling blemishes in the wall and choosing the right paint according to the furnishings, draperies and the style of the room. In addition, carefully covering furniture and fixtures and masking doors and windows will assure a good paint job. |
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Space
Saving Tips & Ideas |
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How
to Create More Storage Space in Small Living Areas
Ample storage is a problem for nearly everybody. But especially
for those who live in a tiny house, apartment, or kitchenette.
This handy article offers tips and ideas to make use of every
available space in even the smallest of dwellings. |
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Turn
Your Messy Home Renovation Workstation into a Handy Work Shop
Area
Unless work area is kept organized, home project do-it-yourselfers
can become frustrated when trying to find a missing tool, or
when a larger work space is needed. The helpful tips in this
article can help. Organize limited work space for greater convenience
and mobility quickly and affordably. |
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Grow
the Space You Have
Transforming existing raw space into an extra bedroom,
a playroom, or a guest or master suite is an affordable way
to make your house bigger. You can also winterize an unheated
sunroom or porch to transform a two- or three-season room
into a year-round retreat. You can transform a two-bedroom,
two-bath house into a "new" three-bedroom, three-bathroom
house just by making your unused space livable! |
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DIY Tips for Installing Wall Tiles
Installing tile on walls is difficult for a non-professional. With these great tips, though, any homeowner can save some money and create a beautiful tiled wall in their bathroom or kitchen. |
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