Build a Firewood Storage Box
If you have a wood stove or a fireplace in your home, then you more than likely have dealt with the issue of storing your firewood. While the bulk of your wood...
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Watch the Skies
Just about everyone in home improvement hates to climb a ladder when they’re on a sales call. Enter drones. They’re not just toys anymore. Instead, drones are...
How, and Why, to Use Geometric Shapes in Your Next Project
Though geometric patterns and shapes have been used in design since antiquity, geometric shapes are trending again in home renovation. The clean lines and bold...
DIY Tips for Repairing a Cracked Basement Wall
If you find excessive dampness your basement, the likely culprit could be a crack in your basement wall. When you consider that your basement walls hold up...
Make Custom Kitchens And Baths Pencil Out
Kitchens and baths are opportunities for a custom builder to really shine. When clients bring photos of European cabinets, pro-style gas ranges, steam showers,...
What Is Bugging Your Garden?
Many gardeners have a love-hate relationship with the bugs in their garden. There are insects that are undeniably beneficial and great residents, as they...
When It Comes to Siding, Looks Are Everything
Beauty may be skin deep, but when it comes to siding, at least, looks are everything. Google search “siding curb appeal” and help yourself to the roughly 1.5...
Protect Your Jobsite Crews From the Summer Heat
On a jobsite in Kingsville, Texas, in August 2013, a worker was mixing gypsum concrete in preparation for gypcrete installation on an apartment building. It’s...
Best Projects to Handle with Your Pressure Washer
Pressure washers have been very popular in recent years --and with good reason. They are extremely versatile tools that save a lot of time, often with great...
How to Choose a Remodeling Contractor
At first glance, it would seem like the easiest way to find a remodeling contractor would be to just Google them. Of course if you did so, you’ll probably find...
Tips for Taking Down Walls and Creating an Open Layout
Removing walls and opening up the layout in your home can create a truly remarkable transformation. It is often done on television home improvement shows,...
Snow Removal Safety Tips
For those who live in the colder climates, snow removal comes with the territory. Unlike mowing the lawn, it’s not the type of job that you can simply get to...
Insulation Education
Since we all spend most of our time in our homes, it makes sense to want to be as comfortable as possible. Insulation does that, plus it makes this comfort...
Preparing For a New Year of DIY Projects
As most homeowners know, your “to do” list of projects never really gets completely crossed out. The bottom of the list just keeps getting longer. The...
December Garden Ideas
It may seem like there is no gardening to do during the holiday season, but in reality there is still plenty to keep enthusiastic gardeners busy even when the...
Paint Your Kitchen Cabinets Like A Professional
As most homeowners know, replacing kitchen cabinets can be a huge investment in time and money. Maybe your cabinets are a bit outdated and dingy. Perhaps they...
Basement Finishing Tips
Generally, the forward thinking concept of building a home in which the owner may someday use the basement as a living space wasn’t widely practiced until the...
4 Must-Haves for Generating High-Quality Remodeling Leads
Let me guess. You need more remodeling leads.If you tried digital marketing in 2015, you likely employed a combination of: email marketing social...
Adding more Natural Light into Your House
According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), residential lighting consumption for 2014 was about 150 billion KWh, or roughly 14% of total...
Weekend Project: Replace or Install Porch Screening
If you have an older home with a screened in porch, then the method used to install the screening is probably the same method that’s been around forever. This...
How to Build the Perfect Patio
Creating a new living space outside is easier than building one indoors. Building the perfect patio is easier because you do not have to deal with walls,...
Where to Start When Restoring a Deck
If you made the decision to restore your deck rather than replace it, then the first thing you want to do is make sure it is structurally sound. If possible,...
Exterior Colors to Help Make Your House Stand Out
We all want our homes to stand out. It’s not so difficult in a rural setting, but in a suburban setting where there are rows of homes, a little individuality...
Measuring Tips and Techniques for DIYers
When doing home improvement projects there are a lot of euphemisms that come with the territory. One that I’m sure we’ve all heard is “measure twice, cut once”...
Tips on How to Build a Pole Barn
A pole barn is a structure essentially comprised of a roof that is suspended by a series of poles, which are sunk into the ground. It is an old, tried and true...