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Refinishing Kitchen Cabinets While shiny new appliances are nice, nothing will vibe in your kitchen if the cabinets aren’t in tip-top shape. This doesn’t mean you have to spend thousands of dollars to get the updated look your kitchen needs. In fact, you can completely transform your existing cabinets by refinishing them yourself. 1. Start…
Build A Diagonal Tongue And Groove Shed Door This shed was designed by Sandra Stout from Creative Designs. One of the details that Sandra specified was for the tongue and groove doors to be set at a diagonal. After figuring out the door opening sizes I went back to the shop to build the…
How To Install Astragal Wainscoting Molding I recently installed some astragal molding to a wall in a bathroom to simulate wainscoting. This is often called faux wainscoting. This article will discuss how to install astragal wall molding. Determine Panel Spacing The first step is to lay out the equal number of panels on the wall. A…
Keeping Moisture Out Of Clapboard Seams When installing or replacing siding I always flash siding joints by using tar-paper splines at all of the vertical seams. For clapboards make sure the tar-paper spline overlaps the clapboard course below it. This overlapping coverage will ensure that moisture drains out and away from the house. Flashing Siding…
Adding Wainscoting Molding to a Curved Wall The picture below is a front entryway of a friend of mine. She wanted to dress up her front entry way by Installing Molding To A Curved Wall. the molding applied to the wall will basically be a faux wainscoting. New paint and wallpaper will dress it up once…
Embedding Art In A Cabinet Door Panel I love it when the days job is something more than a the same old thing. Today’s project was interesting and fun. We were to rebuild cabinet doors that hid a t.v. these were not ordinary cabinet door, these doors had cabinet door art embedded in them in…
Home Energy Savers The following Top 10 Energy Savers On A Budget will help you save energy and money on your heating and cooling bills. 10 Best Bang For The Buck Energy Savers: 1. Replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs. 2. Lock windows [winter or summer with the a/c] to create a better…
Taking Photos During A Remodel Take photographs during the remodeling phase can save time later! Not only is it often important to document the steps of a remodel but those photos can be useful later on during subsequent projects. Several years ago I started taking mid-construction pictures of home repair and remodeling projects I worked…
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