Floors are an important factor in home design and renovation. Whether you are building a new house or remodeling your current one, you will discover that there is a wide selection in interior flooring. Here is a comparison of several different materials to help you choose the best option:
5 Design Ideas for Your Outdoor Space
While a pretty exterior is pleasing to the eye, the outside of your home can be actively enjoyed, too. From expansive patios to resourceful gardens, there are many ways to make use of your outdoor space. Here are five external and landscaping design ideas to consider for your home:
What You Need To Know When Investing in Green Building Materials
One of the most important aspects of green design is using sustainable materials during construction. Any house that aims to be eco-friendly should focus on using natural, recycled, or durable resources. Here’s what you need to know when choosing green building materials:
Green Building Materials for Improved Indoor Air Quality
Poor air quality inside your home can have a negative impact on both your health and comfort level. Indoor pollutants and allergens, as well as excessive moisture or heat, can make for potentially hazardous living conditions. Luckily, there are a variety of options for preventing poor air quality before it ever becomes a problem.
Deconstruction vs. Demolition
Many people are quick to demolish old properties when they’re falling apart or in need of serious work. However, deconstruction is a great alternative to demolition and should be considered by all homeowners. Rather than tearing down an entire building and wasting potentially reusable materials, deconstruction allows materials to be salvaged and recycled or reused; […]
HomeWork: Latest Trends in Remodeling Include High-Tech Touches
As it becomes more affordable to implement automated controls for residential energy and more realistic for the average homeowner to be able to control their home systems more efficiently through a tablet or smartphone, there has been a corresponding increase in the popularity of automated home controls in new renovations. According to the Master Builders […]
DIY Safety Tips
DIY home projects are not particularly dangerous, but there are enough dangers to them to land thousands of people in the emergency room every year from incidents involving power tools, ladders, and home tools. This article features six tips to keep yourself safe if you’ve got some DIY projects in mind for your home. To […]
Smart Vapor Retarders
Vapor retarders have been one of the most confusing aspects of building design in terms of recommended practice and application over the last thirty years. Initially, it was recommended that vapor retarders be installed on the warm side of walls in the form of a polyethylene (or poly) vapor barrier. After that, it was recommended […]
An Infinitely Flexible Faceplate for Multimedia Cables
Of the many different kinds of faceplate for multimedia cables—from telephone, data, coaxial, and even specialty jacks, such as HDMI, S-video, component video, VGA, and fiber-optic cables—this article highlights the infinitely flexible faceplate. The infinitely flexible can host up to four different cables at a time and uses brush fibers to fill the space between […]
Construction Spending: Improvement Spending Shows Strength
Revisions to the seasonally adjusted improvement spending data shows that improvement spending has grown during the spring at the highest pace since 2007. The new data supports the conclusions of the National Association of Home Builders after their remodeler surveys suggested that the market conditions were improving. The Census construction spending report showed that May […]