Archive for May, 2008
8 Ways to Save Money at Home Depot and HomeDepot.com
A do quite a bit of shopping at Home Depot. Over the years, I've learned a few ways to occasionally trim my home improvement material costs. Besides the scrap wood bin (which I check regularly), here are a few ways to save at Home Depot and HomeDepot.com.
1. Register (for free) at homedepotmoving.com (this is [...]
Organizing Your Utility Closet
When you open the door to your utility closet, do things fall out? When you grab a broom or mop, do five other brooms and mops try to escape? Do you have more bottles of cleaning solutions than Home Depot? If you answered yes to any of these, you probably need to organize your cleaning [...]
Removing Carpet, Padding, and Tackless Strips
Occasionally, home improvement projects may require you to remove some of your carpeting. I've had to do this four times so far in my current house: in preparation for slate flooring, rubber flooring (for a home gym), and twice for built-in shelving projects. It is not a difficult task- just take your time and use [...]
Painting With Two Different Finishes of the Same Color
There has been a great deal of interest on my article on how to paint stripes with the same color, different sheen, so I like to follow up with some related ideas.
A while back, I used the same concept of painting with contrasting sheens in another room. This time, instead of painting stripes I [...]
Painting a Garage Floor
One of my first home improvement projects in my current house was painting the garage floor. Not only does it give the garage a more finished look, but it protects the concrete and extends its life. The process is pretty similar to painting drywall, except that there is some additional preparation for the floor.
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