Holding a party is really enjoyable and fun because you can meet and greet with your families, your friends, colleagues, etc. Before holding this special event, of course you have to make good preparation, starting from the party theme, decoration, foods and beverages, invitations, etc. Don’t forget to choose the party date from now on.
Continue reading...16 October 2011
The surveys found that the same generic storage systems used in other areas of the house, other than tool systems, were being used in the garage. So more manufacturers have gotten into the garage game.
Continue reading...12 October 2011
A garage that is separate from the house that is turned into living space will need to be tied into the systems of the main house or have separate heating and cooling as well as plumbing, electricity, and telephone. If you are transforming the garage into an all-inclusive “mother-in-law” suite, renovations will be complex and [...]
Continue reading...8 October 2011
It depends on the alternatives. I’d never owned a garage before, but I’ve converted the one I now own into the workshop about which I’ve dreamed for 25 years. The car stays in the driveway, toward the end closest to the street. After having had to work in relatively dark, cramped basements for all those [...]
Continue reading...4 October 2011
Although our garage was not ideally suited for expansion, any extra space your garage provides should not be overlooked in your renovation plans. Unfortunately, most garages have become collection areas for everything we can’t fit anywhere else in the house, and before you can even begin to appropriate the space, you’ll need to come up [...]
Continue reading...30 September 2011
With an idea in his head but absolutely no plan, my father got started on the bedroom. He reasoned that I’d be a lot more comfortable if he was able to divide the garage in two with a wall between where he parked the car and where I’d be sleeping. So one Saturday morning he [...]
Continue reading...22 September 2011
The reasons: too many layers of paint, a badly prepped surface, or perhaps an undercoat of paint that didn’t dry properly before the second coat was applied. The solution is to strip the surface to the wood, prime, and then paint. Follow the manufacturer’s directions on the can.
Continue reading...18 September 2011
Remember: They promised that pressure-treated lumber would last forever. They didn’t tell us that what they were treating it with might be a health hazard or that we’d have to clean and recoat our treated decks with painful regularity.
Continue reading...14 September 2011
You should collect color cues from the room you want to paint. Such cues can include swatches of fabric, a piece of carpeting, or accent pieces. Take them to the color display where you buy your paint and look for families of colors that work well with those cues. By standing a few feet from [...]
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3 November 2011
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