Adding a door to a screen porch can improve access to a yard or garden, but it requires altering a wall. Many screen doors now have metal frames, but a wooden screen door will be more suitable for a screened porch built with 2-by-4 or 4-by-4 lumber.
Isn't it romantic? Sitting across the table from your Valentine, exchanging knowing glances over appetizers, playing footsie between courses, and shouting at each other over the deafening din of the overcrowded restaurant? "If you’re going out on Valentines day, that’s the one day I suggest you stay in," says Martha Hopkins, author of the aphrodisiac cookbook "InterCourses." "Besides Mothers Day, there is no day that people eat out more." Instead of doing the usual date night out, shake up your routine this Valentine's Day with breakfast in bed or a picnic in your own living room.
Framing additional dividing walls in a basement can increase your living space, and is cheaper than building an addition to your house. When a builder plans to finish the basement they generally insert anchors in the concrete to allow easier attachment of the interior walls.
Acoustic ceilings, or drop ceilings, are the ones you see in many businesses, where the ceiling looks like a grid with movable panels that lift up and out.
Corrugated metal siding may be durable and for the most part maintenance free, but when it comes time to installing a window in your building, the procedure is a bit different than when installing a window in a building with conventional siding.
Closets are important storage areas; often they're the only built-in storage spaces in most homes. Often, closet maintenance is ignored over the years. When a closet's shelves or hanging rods begin to sag or fall, your much-needed storage space suddenly requires a fix.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recommends construction of a "safe room" in every house in areas subject to extreme winds, such as tornadoes and hurricanes. A safe room has walls and ceilings strong enough to withstand very high winds and falling or flying debris.
Pillows, both bedding and decorative, can be filled with a variety of materials including natural feathers, foam or man-made fluff known as fiberfill. Whatever the filling, pillows are manufactured with several degrees of firmness.
A sunken fiberglass bathtub that has a built-in shower can become a safety hazard if you or a family member experiences mobility difficulties. Instead of removing your current bathtub and installing a shower kit, you can install a bathtub step-through conversion kit, or bathtub saddle, into your current tub.
A knee wall is a short wall used to block off oddly-shaped spaces, such as along the angled edges of an attic. The knee wall covers the space, helping to provide a clean, finished look to the room.