Home Improvement Resources (07)
Do-It-Yourself Advice
An average homeowner guides others through simple home improvement projects with first-hand knowledge and tips. Woodworking section provides links to other sites on the topics of dust collection, hinges, framing and finishing. Do-It-Yourself section includes information about widening a closet door, basement renovation and home inspections. Home improvement links to articles of interest and a forum provide practical home renovation advice.
Psst!...Want To See What a Five-Year BackYard Project Looks Like!
If you thought your backyard plans were ambitious, think again. Visit this
site to discover how some Maryland homeowners spent five years transforming
their backyard space into a peaceful oasis by adding an indoor pool,
gardens, outdoor fountains, and a pavillion. The pool house includes a spa,
which is another example of how moving water makes us feel relaxed. The
project also included construction of a new garage to house the homeowners'
vehicles. Perhaps you can take some inspiration from this ambitious project
and apply it to your own outdoor getaway!
Show Off Your Beautiful Home at Our Beautiful Home.com
Our Beautiful Home.com is a place where you can share photos, ideas, and thoughts about your home or your remodeling projects with the rest of the world. Here is how Our Beautiful Home describes itself: "Our Beautiful Home is a place to exchange ideas via written accounts and images on what a home means. Visitors can post questions on our forum seeking advice from those who are professionals as well as from those who've 'been there, broke that'. We provide links to sites that anyone will find useful; designers, architects, contractors, real estate agencies, building suppliers, etc. Take a walk through Our Beautiful Home to see what the world is doing with their homes - we have nearly every type of home represented - from the New England colonials, to castles in Scotland, lofts in New York City to yurts in Spain." Whether you want to submit plans, sketches, or photos of your own home, or whether you just want to see how other people from all over the world are handling their design and building concepts, Our Beautiful Home.com will provide you with the means. Another great feature of this site is the forum, where you can share ideas and ask questions (and provide answers) with other Do-It-Yourselfers from all over the world. If you need to find a skilled and qualified contractor to help you achieve your dreams, then this is the perfect place to visit.
Three Do-It-Yourself Projects That Anyone Can Tackle
Dr. Simon White is a dentist living in Birmingham, England. A few years ago he purchased an older brick home and on this site he shares his remodeling triumphs and even his temporary defeats. Dr. White is just an average guy, with no special building skills, so the descriptions of every step of his three renovation projects are a true eye-opener and will give hope to any would-be do-it-yourselfer. After all, if a dentist from Birmingham can do, then anyone can. The three projects Dr. White undertook were putting in a bay window, putting in a new front porch, and putting in a fireplace. The steps taken in each of the three projects are fully described along with tools and materials needed. For such a simple site there is a great deal of useful information.
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