Home Lolita: Home Remodeling

Here's an inside look on our Big Canyon home remodel in progress. We're doing a full-scale custom kitchen remodel, master bath remodel and main living area remodel. www.julielaughton.com/blog/current-project-update-big-canyon-home-remodel After spending more than $325,000 on renovations in the past year, and abandoning plans to spend another $2 million on renovations, the House of Representatives is undergoing another facelift – this time to the tune of $642,000. Few home improvement projects go perfectly as planned, and sometimes they turn into expensive disasters. Whether it was a DIY project or you hired a contractor, come share your tale of woe with us. If anything, your story could warn future and current During two weekends in August, the self-guided Luxury Remodeling Tour sponsored by Midwest Home magazine lets visitors inside nearly a dozen Twin Cities homes that have been extensively remodeled to highlight gourmet kitchens, master suites and elaborate If you’re planning a home improvement project this year, you’re in good company. The economy and housing market are recovering, home values and equity are rising, and many homeowners are beginning projects they had put off over the past few years. I wouldn't be surprised if other home improvement stocks like Mohawk Industries (NYSE:MHK) and Masco (NYSE:MAS) receive a boost, as well. YTD, these companies are already up 31% and 21%, respectively. Housing completions were 22% above the June 2014 level. .

Every home has spaces that seem to cry out for more natural light, whether it’s a kitchen with too many cabinets and not enough windows or a first-story hallway where windows just aren’t possible. Adding traditional or tubular skylights can be a great (BPT) - What’s motivating you to tackle that next home improvement project? Are you planning to sell and you want to make your home more irresistible? Or do you plan to stick around and you simply want to complete a project you can enjoy for years to come? Despite today's home buyers having an abundance of low- and no-downpayment mortgage options, meeting minimum downpayment requirements can be a challenge -- especially as home values climb nationwide. The choice to make a downpayment gets even tougher when Powered by rising home sales and prices, and lots of pent-up demand, the pace of remodeling spending is positioned to pick up. Industry experts expect remodeling spending to see a nice uptick this year amid strengthening housing market fundamentals, though .