How to Clean Your Gutters :: Essential Fall Home Maintenance
Gutter cleaning is one of the more important tasks we can perform each Fall. Regular gutter cleaning can, among other things, really help in preserving your roof’s life. [...]
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The Features, Care & Cost of Concrete Flooring vs Hardwood Flooring
Aside from personal preference, there are things to consider when deciding on flooring, including the aesthetic and the intended use of the space. Two popular options for flooring are hardwood and concrete....
Five Costly (and Common) Roofing Mistakes :: Picking the Right Roofing Contractor & More
Thousands of roofs are repaired or replaced every year. Seeing that your roof is key in keeping you warm as well as dry all year round obtaining the best roofing services is...
Learning How to Landscape :: Like Building But with Plants
Much like a wall in a home can provide partition, and in some cases, it can be bearing. It always includes such things as plumbing or electrical, and it is contained by...
Custom Closet Systems: What to Know about Custom Closets :: DIY or Go Pro?
Given how popular built-in closet system have become, you are now faced with countless systems and storage products. A DIY closet system might save you about 10%, but when considering the time...
Paint Removal :: Removing Old Paint from Brick Walls
Because brick and mortar surfaces have countless nooks and crannies that paint can bond with easily, paint on brick must be removed using specific techniques. Paint not only has to be completely...
Quick Fix For The Tangled Kitchen Faucet Sprayer
The kitchen faucet sprayer is such a useful item, I can't imagine life without one. But have you ever went to pull on the faucet sprayer only to be stopped at few...
Garage Door Maintenance Tips :: How to Perform a Simple Inspection on your Garage Door
The last thing one needs is to be late for work or school because the garage door won’t open, and if the garage door won’t open, you are not getting your car...
Bathroom Flooring Options :: Finding the Right Floor for a Bathroom
When considering flooring, hardwood is usually the option that most people think of as the ideal. However, in a bathroom, hardwood can actually be a bad choice because the moisture in the...
Understanding How Hardwood Lumber is Graded
For more than a century, the hardwood lumber industry has held to a central grading standard established by the National Hardwood Lumber Association (NHLA) ... Today we take this grading system for...
Finishing a Kitchen Passthrough :: Enter the Other Man
I mean -- I can do some things. Seeing progress to on our kitchen reno come to a halt, we turn to contractor Paul (who later becomes Mrs. Moxie's partner). He helps...
Avoid Shopping Overwhelm :: 5 Tips to Shop Like a Pro Designer
These are some of the steps I take as a designer to make selecting furniture, fixtures, and finishes a more productive and streamlined process, and to save my clients (and myself) from...