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I wish I would have snapped a few pictures, but I'll try to explain as best as i can in the interim.

I'm doing a screened-in deck on the 1st floor of a 2-story house, and need to tie my ridge beam into the existing wall structure of the house. Any recommendations on the best way?

I ...

So starting this garden, we know we have lots of wildlife critters about. Everything from chipmunks, rabbits, and raccoons to goodsize groups of deer (in fact, I saw a group of 4 in my yard this morning eating the new buds from the wild bushes).

Now, since this is our first go and we're only ...

Most of us are somewhere between neat and messy because being neat is really just a matter of available time.

Fortunately, there are a few things that create an illusion of neatness without actually having a crew of English slaves doing constant maintenance, for illusion is sort of like sweeping ...

Effective and efficient irrigation is the goal when it comes to lawn and landscape maintenance
, according to Tom Kimmell, executive director of the Irrigation Association. He stresses that any landscape management plan should include lawn and plant irrigation.

“Rain shutoff devices and moisture ...

Bathrooms are generally compact and efficient spaces, designed for specific activities.
In spite of their small size, bathroom construction is expensive because of the plumbing
fixtures and finish materials. Bathrooms are also inflexible because, unlike a living
room or bedroom, residents cannot ...

Hello
If you need to focus your energies on redecorating your kitchen, you may not know where to start. You know it needs a fresh coat of paint, but what do you do with all of your decorative items and mismatched plates that you have accumulated over the years? Many times, the best way to decorate a ...

I have an interior balcony in my home that I dispise. It is made of a rough-cut, cheap, poorly constructed, dark wood (the same exact stuff they used on our outdoor deck). Not very appealing for the style of our home. Our house has an open floor plan with cathedral ceilings and skylights etc. It's ...

I hope I posted this in the right place - I'm hoping to renovate my kitchen starting
in the next couple of days and I was wondering if anybody could help me out with an
issue regarding handles. I've decided upon using bar handles for the new look, but
could anybody recommend me a 'reasonable ...

As with walls, stairs can take on a remarkably different look with a simple
coat of paint. Add a contrasting color (usually white) to the wood trim at the
sides of stairs (see photo) and paint just the risers white or a color that will
complement your décor. Get creative and use a different color ...

Hello,
I just build my new home and we shifted here about a month ago.
I am facing a problem here that water logging has started under the stairs.
I don't know contractor used raw material or some other problem is there.
Please help me and give me any suggestion about it. I spent a lot of money
here ...