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Archive for January, 2010
Maintain Your Garage Doors!
Jan 28th
Garage doors are something we use often and tend to not really think about… until they stop working. Your garage door is very important and like any part of the house it should be regularly maintained as well. A properly maintained garage door will not only look good, but help you avoid accidents and mishaps that can harm your car or risk your health (and life) too! Garage overhead doors related accidents account for thousands of injuries every year (average of 30000 per year).
Don’t ignore your garage door any longer. In an average household a garage door typically is opened and More >
Textured Paint
Jan 11th
Textured paint and faux finishes posses become more popular in budding years than at any colorful point in drama. Isolated actuation for this is because so many home developing stores are offering classes for those who are happy to pay the cost for the paint accordingly that the monotonous Joe or Jane can recreate these dynamite finishes on their grant walls for fresh. The fact is it is truly extraordinary what vigor of art can be created with the skilful also creative thing of textured paint.
Faux finishes amenability exemplify used to create the illusion of means from plaster or brick More >
Building a Limestone Retaining Walls
Jan 2nd
A retaining wall is a great addition to your garden or yard, and the exteriors to make it look aesthetically appealing. You can begin to build it by digging out a level area in which you want to place your flowerbed and the limestone wall. Then the next step is to begin by placing the limestone slabs to form the limestone walls for the wall. Make sure the slabs are placed end to end, against one another without using any mortar or concrete. Lay out the complete first level of the limestone wall.
Of course the steps above are far from More >
Design Your House with Custom Tiber Frame
Jan 1st
There is something about a timber frame house that conveys a warm, rustic feel. “Timber Frame” is beautiful and an inspiring method of construction that has stood the test of time in many countries throughout the world. Timber frames bring a nature inside and also act as a picture frame for the world outside. Timber frame homes are handcrafted in a style that proudly reveals its support structure as a mixture of art and engineering.
Today we see more and more homes combining log elements with timber frame components and conventional framing. The mating of traditional timber framing methods with modern More >