Spacious living room with wood beams and hardwood floors.

Selling Your Home: What’s Inside Counts

Any good Realtor will tell you that move-in ready homes are worth their weight in gold. No buyer wants to purchase a house, only to have to make repairs, paint, and replace ugly cabinets. Investing in these projects now will make your home more appealing to potential buyers and create

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Painting while remodeling a house.

Remodeling Your House? Don’t Forget to Paint

One of the best ways to give your home, your pride and joy, the makeover it deserves is by giving it a fresh look; in other words, remodeling. Essentially, remodeling is when you change the structure, form, or fashion of your home. There really is no bad side to remodeling

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A Few Tips On Selecting The Right Caulk

With such a wide variety of sealants now available, choosing the right caulking for the right job can be tricky. Fortunately, most home repairs can be accomplished without being an expert. Just a few different materials are enough to tackle most household chores. Because of its unique characteristics, 100% silicone

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Tips for Applying Caulk Smoothly and Evenly

Caulking can be one of the things that really makes your house look great. But, it can be difficult and time consuming for people if they don’t use the following tips. Often times I see a caulking job that has wrinkles, ripples and is generally a poor end product. Use

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How to Prevent Oxidized Paint

Learn The Causes and Remedies For Chalking Paint A fine, light colored, powdery residue on painted exterior surfaces of your home is chalking paint. This is normal and how all paints wear over time and is considerably better than peeling. How do you know if your exterior paint is chalky?

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Using a Chemical Paint Stripper to Remove Old Paint

Sometimes the only way to remove old paint from a piece of furniture is to use a chemical paint stripper. Most chemical paint strippers are highly toxic and volatile. They are also known to have noxious fumes that will can affect a person’s ability to think clearly and even breathe.

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Refinishing a Door: Techniques Used on a Exterior Wood Door

With the cost associated with replacing a front door being very high, refinishing a door quickly becomes a viable option. This is a very good and doable project for the do-it-yourself home owner. Before beginning this project evaluate what the door needs to look new and your own abilities. The

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Refinishing a Custom Wood Door – Part 1

A custom wood door is defined by its uniqueness and these doors are certainly that. When I originally looked at these custom entry doors I envisioned a lot of work in order for a new finish to be applied. After talking with the homeowner, I came to an understanding that

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Wood Staining – Staying Safe

Staining wood isn’t difficult, but you do have to take care to stay safe. Avoid getting stain on you or clothing. Take care to keep the stain away from fire, and properly dispose of any rags used. Protect Yourself Wood stain doesn’t just stain wood; it can stain you, too,

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Sanding a custom built exterior wood door.

Tips for Deciding on the Right Paint Stripping Technique

To remove wood finish and paint from wood, you’ll need to use a paint stripper. Different types of finishes use different types of paint stripping techniques, but it is easy to figure out what type of finish you are removing. Removing paint or finish is not difficult, but it is

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