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2008-04-11 Pro's Guide to Painting Houses
So you've finally decided that it's time to spruce up the outside of the house with a fresh coat of paint. Well before you have the paint mixed and start dragging out the ladders and brushes, you need to take some time getting the house ready.
2008-01-17 Ceramic Tile Basics
Here are a few guideline for setting out a tile job. I say guidelines and not rules, because every job is different, and a rule that works in one place may look silly in another.
2007-12-10 Spice Up Your Home with a Few Paint Tricks
With some basic tools, a couple of cans of paint, and a little experimental spirit, you can dress up one wall or your entire house with some simple special painting effects.
2007-12-04 Proper masking essential to quality paint job
As any experienced painter will tell you, good painting is not about how to get the paint onto the surface – it's about how to keep it off everything else!
2007-11-16 From Dining Room to Bedroom in Just Over a Weekend
How to build new interior wall, add door and soundproofing
2007-10-19 Remodeling Gone Wrong: Peeling Paint Requires Extensive Overhaul
Going wild with a paint sprayer is not the way to spruce up a tired interior paint job. The spray gun has its uses, but cabinets and woodwork are not among them...
2007-09-21 Best Way to Restore Redwood Paneling
We have a 1920s dining room that has redwood siding. It is all-natural but is showing its age. We would like to enhance the wood and would like to know what you would recommend to put on it.
2007-07-18 Recurring wall cracks mystify: Problems with homes built on clay soil
I own a 1950s fixer-upper. Above every door and window I have cracks that run to the ceiling or between doors. When I recently painted a hallway, I patched and taped the crack using the instructions in a home repair book. The cracks were back within six months...
2007-07-16 Replacing Bathroom Floor for the Last Time
It's time to replace your bathroom floor one more time - then forget about it. That means tile. You can cut the cost of installation by 75 percent by investing a day or two of your time and doing it yourself.
2007-07-11 Wallpaper-averse renter faces tough decision (Should I strip it or coat it?)
Q: I live in a 1940s flat that was once wallpapered with a heavily textured, old-fashioned, velvet wallpaper -- probably red. The wallpaper was hung in all of the living areas of the home and has many, many coats of flat paint over it, which has covered some of the texture...
2007-06-08 Best Floor Coverings for Handling Mud, Moisture
Why glazed ceramic tile's a wise choice