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In Part One of this piece we discussed some very-important-not-to-be-overlooked-or-underdone structural elements of raising and/or moving a bathtub.Here in Part Two, we talk about the bun that makes that beefy patty look and taste real yummy–trim details. ...
Well, I am excited, a couple of hours ago the House passed the extension of the First Time Home Buyers Tax Credit. The Senate has already passed it, and supposedly President Obama will sign off on it tomorrow...
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I wrote last week about the two old houses in Berkeley, California that are in desperate need of someone to save them...
I realize that some people might object to Halloween decorations being regarded as a home renovation topic. But it’s not your parents’ Halloween anymore where you carve a pumpkin, hang a cardboard skeleton on the front door and wait for the candy grovelers to show up. Te...
I took a short drive today. The leaves are at their peak in my area and the colors are beautiful...
There are two old houses in California that need help. Both of these homes are over 100 years old and are City of Berkeley landmarks...
This big blog on building bathrooms is coming to you from the floor of The Remodeling Show where I am delivering several demonstrations on…can you believe it…building bathrooms. Am...
A local TV station is having its pre-Halloween Addams Family Show marathon. This, of course, leads to the annual comments from the wife about how she thinks the Munsters were better than the Addams Family...
I recently read an article on the abuses that have been made to the first time home buyer tax credit that is set to expire in November...
“Make a decision and the rest will follow,” goes a phrase I read once, attributed to an ancient Chinese proverb.And what follows when you put steel on plaster, i.e. full-scale demo as we’ve done in our bathroom demolition, is a pile. var ...
I happened upon an article in the paper yesterday that saddened me. My previous post concerned getting ready for the winter and my concerns about my heating source...
In case you aren’t familiar with the term, newel is the term for a central column around which winding stairs are attached. A newel post is (the often highly decorative) post at the end of a stair that anchors the railing. ...
The temperature has dipped for the first significant time this Autumn in the Shenandoah Valley, and once again I wonder if my heating system will make it through another winter. Many old houses had one central source of heat for the whole home and mine is no different...
