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Shop your existing inventory of accessories and display a few on your mantel for a quick, no-cost refresh. Beaded board lends a traditional touch to kitchens and bathrooms. Cut holes in the boards or sheets for outlets, phone jacks, and other wall necessities.

• Stripping and staining cabinets will give your space a major facelift.
• The most effective system is a vent pipe placed in the sump pit or a hole made under your concrete floor slab.
• But there are often good deals to be found at places like Ikea, Home Depot, Lowes, and other stores that cater to the DIY

Check out your home’s basement, and where there are I-beams or wooden support beams in the ceiling, that’s where the home’s weight rests and you can’t remove walls above it. It’s tempting to cave to the gallery wall trend, but the more individual items you hang on walls in an already-small space, the smaller it will look. Instead, pack a powerful punch with one piece of large-scale art on a wall in your living room. Having a single dramatic piece of art of the wall will draw the eye towards it, rather than highlight the limited dimensions of the room.…

Home improvement is much easier when you are well-informed. Learn about home improvement, home safety and home maintenance. Give your dated brick fireplace a cozy cottage makeover with a paint and glaze application that mimics the look of the classic German schmear seen here.

• Looking back I’m not sure if things were done in the best way and I am concerned about the strength of th…
• “The process is simple,” says Mike McAllister, owner of Riverside Kitchen Center in Mount Vernon, Washington.
• To quickly and easily rehabilitate your existing fireplace, a gas or wood-burning insert adds energy efficiency to your

Season 44 starts with restoring the first black postmaster’s house in Atlanta, then the crew heads to Newburyport, MA, to remodel a classic New England-style home. Later, we start work on a 1720s Cape Ann Gambrel in Ipswich, MA. Mortgage-to-rent scheme Describes the mortgage-to-rent scheme, which allows people in mortgage difficulty to switch to renting their homes. Contact your local authority to check whether this scheme operates in your area.

• Home improvement is much easier when you are well-informed.
• Before you choose your sink design, though, consider your needs.
• Invest in area rugs to make “rooms” in open spaces.They’re the