Barn doors are coming back in style, but not on barns. Today weāre seeing barn doors used in homes, much like the pocket doors of yesteryear, in places where a standard swinging door might not fit well. Theyāre also an option for sliding closet doors. The barn door style fits in nicely with the industrial … Read more
Adding greenery to any home creates a much more relaxing, livable atmosphere. Plants not only add oxygen to the air, but provide beauty and a touchstone with nature. Some plants go beyond that, providing food or at least herbs to flavor our food. Many people donāt really have room for a garden. Living in apartments … Read more
Artwork does a lot to make a home attractive. The thing about artwork though, is unless we want our homes to look like a collage dorm room; those pictures need to be properly framed. But framing, especially custom framing, can be as expensive as the artwork itself. Fortunately, itās not necessary to go with a … Read more
Panel doors significantly improve the richness of a homeās interior wood trim. Considering that the trim is one of the defining characteristics of finer homes, upgrading the trim is an excellent way of making a house look more valuable than it originally was. One of the best ways to upgrade a homeās woodwork is to … Read more
There are many reasons why shopping at the big home improvement centers is better than at the local lumberyard. First, lumber yards focus onĀ carryingĀ lumber, while lumber yards are only a tiny portion of a home improvement center. When the first Home Depot opened in 1979, part of their advertising claimed they had everything. Loweās has … Read more