92 days ago
by Etsy |
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At the end of the quiet wooded street I grew up on, there once stood an upholsterer’s workshop called Brownie’s Upholstery. The workshop was a landmark for me well into my twenties. When I was likely no more than four, my father took me to Brownie’s to visit the cheerful and bearded man while he reupholstered a chair from our living room. Although I never knew exactly how it was done, I was always fascinated by the fact that this chair used to look a certain way one day, and...
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96 days ago
by Woodcanuck |
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Where to start? I’ve got a before picture hiding somewhere on my camera, I’ll probably post it as a project or throw it in as another post in the series.
Our laundry/furnace room is in the basement, roughly 12’x12’. The furnace takes up a little under one quarter of the space, no changes planned here. The rest needed work….a LOT of work!
Maybe I’ll start with the history. We had some drainage issues right behind the laundry room, creating a cycle ...
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96 days ago
by Woodcanuck |
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Having been on Lumberjocks for a little while now, and thoroughly enjoying it, I find myself drawn to this site as I’m being prevented from doing much in the way of woodworking as a result of a pile of home renovations.
Here in Canada we had an opportunity for a tax credit last year, called the home renovation tax credit. This was a poorly disguised way of getting people to spend money while the economy was in the tank. For most of the year I was in the tank along with economy afte...
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113 days ago
by Mike Blank, CGR CAPS |
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Thanks to NAHB.org for the info!
As summer approaches, many home owners grow eager to start remodeling projects to update and refresh their surroundings. Before getting started, it’s a good idea to hire a professional remodeler for a workable plan and better results.
Here are five tips for planning a successful home remodel that you can enjoy for many years to come.
1. Compile a list of home remodeling ideas and draft a budget for the work. You likely have some projects in mind, ...
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127 days ago
by Martin Sojka |
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I’d like you to become familiar with the restructured and much extended HomeRefurbers Forums:
Interior Home ImprovementAre you making structural changes to the interior of your home? Whether it is for your basement, kitchen, flooring, windows or even some little crawl space, post your ideas and questions here.
Exterior Home ImprovementDecks, foundations, fences, roofs… well you get the picture. If you’re making structural changes to the exterior of your home then this...
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141 days ago
by Paul |
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We went with 2 color scheme for the floor using the VCT tiles from Congoleum. Black and red are the colors we chose (Ebony AL-21 and Santa Fe Clay AL-64). They seem to go real well with the rest of the room. Both colors were a special order from Menards and we had to wait about 1.5 weeks to get them in.
Each color ended up being 9 boxes. At the end of the job we are left with 1 box each. At this point I’ll probably end up keeping those.
For the pattern we chose the diamond ch...
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142 days ago
by John W. |
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Asphalt driveways must be maintained. Minor damage quickly becomes major and nothing says neglect like a cracked and broken driveway with weeds creeping up through the cracks. For asphalt driveway repair all cracks and potholes must be filled in before sealing. To fill cracks use a rubberized asphalt-emulsion crack filler, applied with a caulking gun or polyurethane crack repair in a cartridge. Fill in potholes using a cold asphalt mix or polyurethane pothole repair material. Once the cracks ...
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157 days ago
by Mike Blank, CGR CAPS |
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Planning on installing a new deck or sprucing-up an existing one this season? If so, you’re not alone. Decks are still among the most popular home improvements. So, what’s hot in decks this summer? Here are some of the top deck trends for summer 2010:
Railings – Once merely a functional safety element, railings are now doing double duty as design statements. Railings are often the first thing one notices about a deck, so manufacturers are offering more aesthetically pleasing, architectu...
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164 days ago
by Paul |
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Since I joined up on the LumberJocks side of the site, I wanted to take a few minutes and post a progress on my basement build out here.
First off a quick info about myself. My daytime job is in IT for a small family owned business. I support their infrastructure (servers, workstations, laptops, printers, cabling, etc.). Pretty much everything I get my hands on. I am a jack of all trades and master of none :).
Doing wood working and any DIY stuff around the house allows me to blow o...
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169 days ago
by JeffS |
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Between Thanksgiving and Christmas I was able to get the flooring down. It is solid maple with a mahogany border. To make the border, I ended up going out and buying rough mahogany and milling it down to the right size and shape, then took it to the router table to put on a tongue and groove to match the maple flooring.
I put down the finish over new years week…of course it was 0 degrees outside, so I had to keep the furnace running to keep the place warm enough, and since we have ...
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