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Mark and Theresa make a roof replacement happen on a 120-year-old Georgian-style home, with smart historic charm and on-budget peace of mind for young homeowners…

Switch up how you mow your grass (north-south/east-west/diagonal.) If your mower stripes your grass, it gives a fresh look. And, if you’re (literally) mowing tracks…

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…

Three Fences Designing, detailing, and installing fences for looks, quality, and production speed Mark Clement If I said I didn’t like building fences, I’d be…

I have a conundrum. On one hand I often feel the world offers too many choices: electric automobile seats with predetermined settings that default to…

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…

There are a few quick tips to edge your lawn like a pro. Check these out. A neatly trimmed lawn is a thing of beauty….

Mark & Theresa replace the original door on their 100+ year-old American Foursquare. Theresa had been holding on to the original door, as it has…

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,…

MyFixitUpLife is taking you on an Extreme Makeover: The International Builders’ Show edition with senior producer Diane Korman inside the world of DuPont. We’ll be…

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,…

Why build a cedar pergola? It’s easy to love your wood pergola when the sun is shining. But it’s extreme weather that tests a wood’s mettle.

While there’s not much you can do to control the cost of oil, natural gas, or propane, you can save money this winter by avoiding…

When it comes to windows, I want what I call: “a lot and not.” Whether it’s an awning window, bay window, casement window; double-hung, single-hung,…

There are just some parts of a lawn where it’s harder to get grass seeds started than others. I encounter this a lot with remodeling…