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Flooring Topics

• Garage Floor Epoxy for a Concrete Slab A finished concrete slab comes to mind with the term garage flooring usually, however there are practical options; think epoxy, vinyl sheet goods, and rubber tiles.
• Floating Laminate Floor Installation Laminate floor sales are really heating up, overtaking tile and carpet. Learn how to install it!
• Laminate Floor Installation Tips Basic installation instructions on the box are just the tip of the iceberg. I learned these tips the hard way but they're yours for free.
• Tips For Installing Laminate Flooring FAQ, Part 1 Laminate floors are becoming more popular than hardwood flooring and they're easy to install. It's still possible to run into tricky situations. Find the gems of wisdom.
• Tips For Installing Laminate Flooring FAQ, Part 2 This is page 2 of the laminate floor installation tips FAQ. The questions all came from readers that were being their own building contractors.
• Laminate Floor Cleaning Laminate flooring is an economical, low maintenance alternative to traditional hardwood floors. Here's a look at its composition and care.
• Parquet Hardwood Floor Maintenance It's important to understand the maintenance, cleaning, and repair of hardwood parquet floors. Learn how to touch up individual floor tiles with a touch-up stick, or sand, re-stain, and refinish it.
• How to Install a Hardwood Floor Oak, Pecan, Maple, or teak, installation is a methodical process.
• Repair Your Plywood Subfloor Moisture will damage and rot a plywood subfloor. The damage is usually done before you see any signs of it. Find out how to fix it.

Bathroom and Kitchen Remodeling Topics

• Build a Walk-In Pantry for More Kitchen Storage Space A common complaint in most homes is the lack of kitchen storage space. One solution is to build a walk-in pantry.
• How to Install Base Cabinet Units Any kitchen or bathroom remodeling project calls for basic carpentry skills. Installing floor kitchen cabinet units is easy when precise architectural plans are established and followed. Prefabricated cabinets are the easiest to work with.
• How to Install Wall Cabinet Units Kitchen remodel? Built-in or prefabricated kitchen cabinet installation requires basic carpentry skills.
• Use Tile Tattoos For a New Look Transform your kitchen and bathroom tile walls in a flash!
• Make a Concrete Countertop Durable and striking, concrete counter tops can be formed and poured on site or remotely.
• Install a Kitchen Backsplash This tutorial explains how to install a backsplash above your kitchen cabinet tops and cooking surfaces using tile, granite, stainless steel, or laminate.
• Installing Butcher Block Kitchen Countertops A butcher block countertop made of rock maple in the modern or vintage kitchen combines beauty, functionality, and durability. It’s easy to maintain with oil and bee’s wax.
• Make a Kitchen Cabinet Door This article explains what a DIY’er needs to know about building kitchen cabinet doors. It discusses wood selection, finish selection, and types of hinges and hardware.
• Restoring Vintage Kitchen Cabinets California coolers, Hoosier cabinets, ceramic tile counter tops, and more.
• Bathroom Remodeling: Be Your Own Contractor Does your bathroom need a face lift? Be your own bathroom remodeling contractor! This small but functional space might not be big in terms of footage, but it has all the elements to address: floors, walls, lighting, plumbing, and fixtures.
• Install Tile on Shower Walls Ceramic tile is a traditional and very classy way to finish shower/tub walls. You can do it, no problem.

Interior Decorating and Design

• Decorating your Bathroom with the Great Outdoors Learn how to transform your bathroom with a seaside, hunting lodge, or a garden theme.
• Easy Ways to Decorate a Fireplace for Summer Imitate the forest floor or set up a candle display to create an intimate atmosphere for a romantic evening.
• Furniture for a Southwestern Style Dining Room Rustic wrought iron or wood furniture with traditional Spanish or Mexican style sets the tone for southwestern style.
• Perfect Coffee Tables for Small Spaces Add essential furniture and decorating accessories to a room first, then choose the right table.
• Sophisticated Style for an Urban Loft How to achieve a classy interior decorating look on a budget with affordable contemporary art and wood floors.
• 5 Designer Techniques to Make a Living Room Look Taller Open up a living space with a ceiling mural, natural light sources, concealed storage space, and more.
• Wallpaper Illusions that are Simple and Refined Indulge in custom interior decorating with faux marble, pinstripe, and mural wallpaper rather than a solid paint.
• Sweet Decor: Candy Theme for a Baby Girl’s Room When decorating a nursery, colorful curtains and painting candy striped walls work well.
• Window Dressings in a Beige Room with Red Accents Visually balancing a room? Try interior decorating with patterned curtains with a southwest theme, stripes, solids, or accents.
• Style Ideas for Using Vases as Wall Art Wall-mounted vases filled with flowers, ivy, or aromatic candles add a stylish interior decorating touch.
• Decorating a Room around Dark Brown Wallpaper A darker shade of paper or vinyl hides drywall imperfections and fingerprints and adds a casual feel.
• Lava Lamps and Bean Bags Still in Style Get that funky 70s look and decorate your bedroom, living room, or den with retro decor.
• Black and White Baby Designs Babies love contrasting or bright colors that contribute to brain synapse development and arouse curiosity.
• Adding Light to Your Home Office Use fluorescent or incandescent light fixtures in the home office to lessen eyestrain and increase productivity.
• Tiffany Blue and White for a Teen Girl’s Bedroom Design a teen girl’s bedroom with wallpaper, linen, and accessories.
• Paint Illusions that Enlarge a Room Use simple decorating strategies painting ceilings, baseboards, and crown molding to prove that less is more.
• Why Yellow Works in the Kitchen Interior designers use neutral paint colors to open up small spaces and minimize cleaning chores.
• 5 Easily Achievable ways to Homemade Prints Dress up your home with a decoupage treatment, fabric stamping, cloth transfers, and stencils.
• Remake your Living Room with a Color Infusion Living room decorating tips focusing on paint color options, earthy colors, overall color scheme, and artwork.
• Decorating the Diminutive Bedroom with Massive Style Interior bedroom decorating techniques focusing on furniture size, efficient storage space, paint shades, and window treatments.
• Balance a Room with Faux Windows Open up and increase character in an interior space with a mural, photo, LED screen, and more.
• Create a Stylish Area for Conversation in a Great Room Learn to Make a Cozy Entertaining Area with Furniture Arrangement, the Right Accessories, and Lighting
• Interior Decorating for the Kid's Bedroom Interior Decorating for the Kid's Bedroom An interior decorating makeover of a child's bedroom is an opportunity for parent-child bonding as they decide on decorating design, paint color selection, and coordinated flooring.

Miscellaneous Topics

• The Best Home Remodeling Tips Revealed The most successful residential remodeling contractors satisfy their customers and make money because they focus on a comprehensive set of details. The same steps apply to bathroom remodeling, kitchen renovation, or reroofing.
• How to Monitor Indoor Air Quality Inside air quality is a critical issue because increasingly, steps are being taken to tighten the home’s envelope; this increases energy efficiency. Unfortunately, this can elevate radon, carbon monoxide, and deadly black mold spores.
• Great Home Improvement Valentine’s Days Gift Ideas Are you looking for the best Valentine’s Day present ideas? Shake it up; why gift her with a dozen red roses or a heart-shaped box of chocolates with something totally unexpected and really useful? Why not a bath remodel project?
• How to Select a Contractor Builder Selecting a building contractor for new home construction or a home remodeling project is serious business. Chances are that a home improvement project is going to cost some good bit of money. This is because things must be done professionally.
• Follow my Perpetual Remodeling Syndrome Project Follow me as I slowly complete a backlog of home remodeling projects. It's either a reality show or a honey-do list. You decide.
• Testing Indoor Air Quality for Radon Gas It's a silent killer. Find out how to detect it and get it under control.
• How to Remove a Popcorn Ceiling They were once the rage, but they went out with shag carpeting and polyester leisure suits. Watch out for asbestos!
• Install a Trackless Bi-Fold Closet Door on a Laminate Floor Reader Mark Sick sent in this method he used to mount a trackless bi-fold closet door on his laminate floor. Eliminating the track is important on a floating floor system.
• DIY New Year's Resolutions Tired of failed New Year's resolutions? DIY projects don't require a diet or quitting smoking. Plan next year's DIY projects: install laminate flooring, renew bathroom tile, and more.
• How to Remove a Carpet Stain Recover from a spill with a shampooer extractor or using carpet cleaning chemicals.
• Suspended Acoustical Ceilings: Installation Tutorial A step by step guide to laying out and installing a suspended acoustical grid ceiling. It explains nailing up the wall angle (molding), installing hanger wires and the grid, leveling the grid and installing the ceiling tiles.
• Install a Prehung Door Modern prehung doors take the mystery, routers, and templates out of door installation.
• Types of Residential Baseboards What type of baseboards should you install? Here are the four basic types.