Upgrading your home is a great way to add value and functionality. Here are some folks who started with an idea and along with a little money and a lot of personal effort made a real difference in their homes. Kitchen Overhaul This kitchen overhaul starts with a wish. "You know, it sure would be nice to have an open kitchen." So they dove...Read More
Finding a gift for a home handyman (or woman) can be a challenge, as most handy people are very selective and want to choose the "perfect" tool for themselves. The trick is to find something useful that the handy person on your list might not think of picking out. So, here are 5 different and useful tools your handy person will be glad to...Read More
Even if you're not a handyman, at some point you’re going to have to do some work around your home. You’ll want to hang some pictures or stop a dripping faucet, so you’re going to need some basic tools. Creating a well stocked tool box isn’t expensive and while this basic tool collection won’t allow...Read More
Every year it seems winter just creeps up on us. During fall we all enjoy the cooler weather and bright colored leaves, forgetting it won’t be long before the cold and snowy winter weather moves in. So, while we’ve still got a few weeks before winter takes hold, here are some things that can make this winter a little easier. Ga...Read More
If you're a do-it-yourselfer you may have heard of PEX piping and wondered if it was something you should care about. PEX is a relatively new development (in North America anyway) in plumbing systems. PEX is an acronym for cross-linked polyethylene pipe and it's replacing traditional copper tubing in a lot of new construction and renovations. Used ...Read More
If you live in North America it's quite likely you've never heard of a shower pump. Shower pumps are quite common in the United Kingdom, where often a home's hot water supply is in the attic and the water pressure is less than enough to power a “real” shower. However, shower pumps are starting to find a place in many American ho...Read More
Updating a kitchen can quickly become costly. With a little creativity and some "sweat equity," though, there are ways to spruce up a kitchen on the cheap. Below we list several ideas that we hope with jump start your imagination. Think outside the box and you'll be surprised at how many more ideas there are for giving your kitchen a new ...Read More
Renovating your home is a great way to add value while giving you and your family the extra space you want. We've all heard stories about runaway renovation costs and how a home renovation can end up costing way more than originally budgeted, but fortunately, there are a number of ways you can save yourself some money while renovating. Plan Ahead a...Read More
Got an old bathroom that needs an update or is just an out of style you'd like to modernize? Totally redoing a bathroom can cost thousands of dollars and most of us just can't afford that kind of money, yet we still want our bathrooms to look attractive and stylish. Fortunately there are a number of things you can do to update a bathroom without br...Read More
No matter how nicely the rest of the basement is finished, if the floors are cold and the room feels damp, nobody is going to want to spend much time down there. It's a common problem in a finished basement because concrete floors continually release moisture (making a basement feel damp) and they act as a conductors of cold from the grou...Read More
