Our old house gets a new door and more

There’s a lot to consider when you set out to refurbish an old porch. They’re challenging, and not just because every porch is different.

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…

Most of the time we mow them down. And we don’t even know it. Because Littlest Trees often get their start growing in the lawn,…

            Question: Here’s my story: My house needs a new roof. I live in an historic district where there is…

I’m wall art obsessed these days, and I think the holidays are feeding my obsession for holiday wall art. Ever since we designed for the…

So a homeowner calls you and asks you why the windows in his new (and expensive) home don’t have any trim like the house he…

When fastening baseboard we like to shoot the bottom nail so that it is just covered by the shoe molding. This saves on filling and…

Want a healthier, greener lawn without having to do any extra work? Of course, who doesn’t.  One of the simplest tricks I know is to…

For all the roofs I’ve replaced in my remodeling career–which have been asphalt shingles–I haven’t had much influence with my customers over the color they…

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…

Here’s a kitchen/bath project I call a marriage-saver. Its not that it saves the marriage directly, I hasten to point out, but it short circuits…

For customers hoping their roof can be more art than asphalt, materials like quarried slate and thick cedar shakes come into play. They’re timelessly beautiful…

June offers so many reasons to add a little color and fun, so why not take a few hours this weekend and decorate your front…

I’ve found that windows are unlikely to come off the truck in the order you need them, so I make a roadmap of the house…

Simonton Windows offers Energy Tax Credit (ETC) glass packages on a wide variety of energy-efficient, replacement windows and patio doors. Simonton products ordered with these…