House Renovation Tips

A local store was having its fur vault fumigated, as it did every year after all the furs had been moved into storage for the summer. Something went wrong during the process, and the vault was overloaded with fumes. No one knew what to do to clear out the room. There were no windows, and [...]

Before you remove painted trim such as a window stop, use a utility knife to cut the paint at the joint. Prying without first cutting usually tears the paint and may even damage the trim.
Tips from Pros
When you need to pull finishing nails from trim you plan to re-use, don’t hammer the nails out. This [...]

Bringing color and character to your home
The story of color is too big to cover in brief - but you’ll find that paint manufacturers present their products in color-themed sample sheets, with selections of complementary and contrasting colors to help you select your preferred ‘color-way’ for each room.
Types of paint
Before you select colors, decide on [...]

Red vibrates with intensity, physiologically speaking, by increasing blood pressure, heartbeat and energy in most people. It instills feelings of intimacy and passion. Red can also stimulate the appetite, which explains why it is so often used in restaurants and is a good choice for a dining room.
Orange, like red, tends to warm a room, [...]

Painting suppliers would usually allow you to “try on” a color before you commit to the time and expense of painting an entire room.
Interior designers and professional painters do a “brush out” when deciding on color. This entails applying paint to a small section of the wall or several walls to see how the color [...]

Cracking and flacking happens because the old oil based paint loses adhesion, flexibility and becomes hard and brittle. Its most frequent cause is poor surface preparation.
To correctly fix cracking and flacking paint areas, follow next steps:
1. Remove all loose paint with a scraper.
2. Sand the surface and feather the edges.
3. Spackle deep scars caused by [...]

The removable wallpaper “is a product that is long over due,” says Mark Miller, a Product Manager for Wallpaper. Also called “substrates” (because of the material comprising the wallpaper), removable wallpaper is available from several manufacturers.
The East Coast is two years ahead in terms of interior design trends. Wallpaper sales are definitely picking up on [...]

1. For return on investment, the best home renovation is to upgrade an old bathroom. Kitchens come in second. If the only reason for renovating a house is to increase the possible sale price, the best way is to go with renovations that research shows return more than the cost to renovate. Adding extensions and [...]

Top 4 tips you need to know before even thinking of renovating your home.
1. Do it now
If you’re looking to remodel this year, now is a good time. You may even be able to get your contractor on the phone… on the first try!
The remodeling market has slowed down and contractors may not be as [...]