Front door color frustrated? Theresa shared a tip in this month’s Better Homes & Gardens

So you’ve just built a new deck on the back of your house and those once lovely double windows in the living room would quite…

The hallmark of what building scientists call a water-managed wall system is that it does two things: First, it recognizes that all wall systems leak….

We love our retaining wall! Beyond the commanding presence and usable front yard we’ve gained–forget the mower gymnastics of the former yard– the wood wall creates…

Chad Gillikin, publisher from Extreme How-To magazine, is sharing news from the magazine from inside the Therma-Tru doors / Fypon molding booth at the International…

So we thought we knew which door we loved, until I discovered the Avonlea glass option. We might need to change our minds on our…

In our ongoing effort to install products on our 100-year-old home that will be easy to maintain and help reduce our energy bills, we replaced…

For many homeowners, adding a deck can lead naturally to thinking about ways to connect the new outdoor living space with the inside of the…

Over the years as a contractor visiting people’s homes for estimates, I’ve had to find ways to sum up people—and projects— quickly. Some you can…

Owning a home means giving constant attention to the building products that go into protecting the structure of your house. While we’d like to believe…

Over the years I’ve spoken to hundreds of homeowners about why they find selecting colors for their home so challenging and it always seems to…

Garage door a bore? Give it some giddy up. Garages, attached to the house or not, are often mostly door, driveway, and some wall around…

  There’s more to the Before and After-Shock story—everything from customer service to insulation details, that I think are worth going into for old house…

MyFixitUpLife show w/ Mark and Theresa broadcast live from the Therma-Tru Doors booth at the 19th annual Remodeling Show in Baltimore. They had the unique…

I love the modern materials that go into doors theses days — everything from MDF to fiberglass — but there’s still nothing like the look,…

Old house remodeling is often half challenge, half opportunity–and always a whole lotta work. And when opportunity knocks in an old house renovation, knock often…