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In addition to normal stress such as needing to earn a living and take care of family members, renovation can add its own unique form of stress. It happens through the mess that gets made, through financial worries, through delays, and through inconvenience.

The best choice is to try to prevent stress. One way […]

When you buy a house, you begin to realize that there is a reason for all those do-it-yourself shows on television: it gets expensive hiring someone to come in and do everything that needs to get done.

If you are just entering the kingdom of home ownership, then here is the first project you might […]

Gravity causes things to fall down, and it is the chief arbiter of the order in which you make improvements to a room, if you have any kind of choice at all.

Begin with the ceiling. There’s nothing like a fresh coat of ceiling paint to dress a room up. And if the floor […]