Home Improvement Resources (04)
Guide to the Learning the Essentials of Restoring and Renovating Historic Homes
A fitting complement to OldHouseJournal.com, the Restoration Exchange is practically an online starter kit for learning the basics of preserving an historic home. Links to the best industry Web sites and historical product and service providers are provided along with listings of historical societies, associations and government agencies. Features of the site include for-sale home plans of various traditional style homes, postings of historic homes for sale and information on financial assistance provided by the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). Articles include stories of successful historical home rescues and tips for restoring old homes. Visitors are encouraged to submit their own historic home preservation stories for posting.
DIY and Home Improvement - Guides and Information
This extensive do it yourself site features a DIY Encylopaedia and Home Improvement guide including plumbing, decorating, diy building, electrics, flooring, roofing, insulation, woodwork, windows and doors, guttering and stain removal, everything and anything related to diy. Also do it yourself forums and a section on finding local experts and suppliers.
The Renovator's Place
This is a huge site, very professionally laid out, with detailed plans, helpful hints, and materials lists for dozens of home remodeling projects—and more. Here you'll find detailed plans and helpful hints on everything from tips for savings money when you remodel, to inexpensive decorating tips, even ways to spice up everything from the kitchen and the bathroom to the family room for under $500. If you find the idea of remodeling too overwhelming, this site even has a wonderful article on 2-hour renovations—ways to break projects down into manageable bites so they don't seem so daunting. They even have articles for the brand new Do-It-Yourselfer to help you get started—and survive the experience. No matter what your level of experience, this site has helpful advice on how to get started on a project, how to estimate costs, how to hire and work with contractors, how to get financing, and, possibly most importantly, this site tells you how to maintain your sanity in the midst of insane chaos.
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Add an Indoor Fountain to Your Garden Room and Create Your Own Endless
Summer
Perhaps garden room is a bit of a misnomer; you don't have to
actually turn an entire room into a garden to achieve this effecf. All you
need to do is designate a portion of your living room, dining room, a guest
room, or a sunroom as your garden room. Add color to the walls that remind
you of the wonders of nature, a table fountain, and some green plants to
bring the outdoors in. What garden room would be complete without a pleasant
scent? Use scented oils to remind you of the wonderful fragrances that the
warmer weather brings.
Home Improvement Tutorials
This index page provides the links to all the tutorials on the Easy2diy.com site. How to do it yourself tutorials provide step by step instructions on topics that include appliances, attics and basements, electrical, exteriors, plumbing, yard and garden. Pages with links to resources and manufacturers are also included. Many of the tutorials also have multimedia animation and video.
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