By the time I turned 21 years old, I had already purchased my first home and boy was it a learning experience. The home had originally belonged to my grandparents. It was well over 110 years old and had plaster and lath walls that were in desperate need of stripping. Each wall contained layer upon ...
I wanted to wallpaper a bedroom in my house in 1989. Unfortunately, my lavish taste clashed with my McDonald’s budget. I looked at magazines, went to DIY stores that advertised wallpaper sales and looked everywhere for something that resembled what I had in mind. I found a lot that seemed to fit the bill for ...
Is there a DIY carpet installation project on your horizon? If so, you’ll most likely need to install carpet padding and tackless strips before installing the carpet. In my experience, it isn’t really that hard to install tackless strips and carpet padding. Here’s how to do it: Buy Tackless Strips and Carpet Padding The first ...
Are you a first-time homeowner on a shoestring budget? Is your bathtub drain clogged? If so, you may want to consider trying to unclog the drain yourself. It is a task that I have had to complete many times over the course of my lifetime. Here’s how to get the job done: Supplies Needed In ...
Wallpaper can turn plain walls into colorful works of art, but many people avoid wallpaper because they are under the impression that stripping and removing wallpaper isn’t easy. Hanging wallpaper doesn’t seem nearly as arduous since it’s something new and exciting, but stripping and removing old wallpaper is considered a chore. Wallpaper isn’t always easy ...
The kitchen is well considered by many to be the heart of the home. This usually implies that the kitchen is often the most used room in the home and as such should be designed in such a way as to invite people in and be finished in such a way as too attract guest ...
Everyone loves a good ghost story. That’s what makes authors like Stephen King, Bentley Little and Robert R. McCammon so popular. A strong New England superstition and a history that goes back to the very beginnings of this country and that includes the Revolutionary War make Connecticut an ideal location for ghosts and haunts. We ...
There it is, the house of your dreams! As you roll into the driveway you couldn’t imagine a greater place to live. Serene woods, a lovely home with incredible curb appeal, and best of all it is just the right price. As you walk into the home you are very satisfied with the layout of ...
Wallpaper is a great way to spice up a room, but it can peel and become dirty after a short amount of time. Removing wallpaper is a painstaking job because of the wallpaper glue residue and the need to repaint the wall. Using wallpaper in a bathroom is never a good idea because the steam ...
Hanging wallpaper is really not that hard of a job. Removing it, can be hard, especially removing it carefully and without damaging the wall underneath the paper. But it must be done sometime. The wallpaper will fade. The wallpaper may rip. You just may getting tired of looking at the wallpaper. When it comes time ...
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