I have a whole “thing” I get into below about DaVinci‘s new Bellaforte Shake roofing tiles, but after getting an early look at them,…
curb appeal
If you think about it, doors and fences have a lot in common: their appeal can be as much about what they keep out as…
Here’s a quick-fix for locks and knobs that are hard to turn. Give them a sip of Teflon spray. Turn the knob or throw the…
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…
Not that every month here at MyFixitUpLife isn’t national home improvement month, but for the record National Home Improvement Month is May. And while I’ve…
An old house gets a new door—and more. Mark checks down professional-grade techniques for safely installing a new door in an old house, and increasing…
There’s been a lot of talk about the color of the year: Tangerine Tango. Gorgeous hue that has powerful, bold energy that’s showing up everywhere…
According to the Remodeling 2011–12 Cost vs. Value Report (http://www.costvsvalue.com), the replacement of older, inefficient windows with upscale vinyl replacement windows is one of the…
It’s the dust you can’t see that concerns us the most. That’s why we practice lead safe remodeling in our clients’ homes, and in our…
As a home improvement contractor, I have installed just about everything there is to install in a house. Floors and doors, shingles and shoe molding,…