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Guide to Interior Doors for Your Home 2

How to choose interior doors should be given a lot more thought than it is in most people’s homes. Interior door choices can solve all sorts of problems from a noisy laundry room to a bathroom that is too small. In my previous post, I started talking about some of the different choices in interior doors and listing the pros and cons of each. Now, I’ll continue with the rest of the types. If you missed that earlier blog post, click here: Guide to Interior Doors for Your Home. Pocket Pocket doors are related to sliding doors in that they … Continue reading →

Guide to Interior Doors for Your Home

Interior doors can update your home and give it a new makeover, or solve a stubborn closet or laundry room problem. But not all interior doors are the same. Different designs and even different materials have different purposes. Here is a guide to tell you what you need to know about interior doors for your home. Let’s first take a look at the style of doors. The different types of interior doors include hinged, sliding, pocket, bi-fold and folding doors. Hinged or Hung A hinged interior is the classic door that most of us think about when we think of … Continue reading →

2009 Tax Credits for Home Improvement

Tax credits for energy efficient home improvement projects are back again. This is good news for many of us who have older homes that need some improvement. Of course, there are no tax credits for last year (2008), which means that the insulation we put in over the family room attic will not qualify. However, since we aren’t done yet with our energy efficient improvements, I am sure that we will be able to take advantage of this credit. The bill was signed into law on October 3, 2008 by President Bush. It provides for tax credits for energy efficient … Continue reading →

Allergy Free Kids Room

You can improve the indoor quality of your home and create an allergy free zone for your child. Your child’s bedroom is one of the most important rooms to tackle when it comes to a healthy environment. During that long stretch of sleep, your child may be breathing in irritants and allergy triggers.And just the act of laying down and being prone can make allergy and asthma symptoms worse. Here is how you can create and maintain an allergy free room for your child. Regular cleaning First, you’ll need a commitment to keeping it really clean, which is easier said … Continue reading →

Shelby Rodriguez’s Fight

Today, more and more people are looking for green solutions for housing. Shelby and John Rodriguez were looking to rent a home when they stumbled upon The Arbors at Antelope, a community outside Sacramento, Calif. The brochure for the housing development read “Think Green. Be Green.” The only problem is Shelby didn’t realize she would be green – with nausea! Shelby spent most of the day at home with then four year old daughter Elise. Things were fine until both started getting sick. Both were constantly sick and Shelby, who was suffering from nose sores and a sore throat, was … Continue reading →

Converting the Basement to a Teen Suite

If you’ve got teens, especialy a teen son who wants to spread his wings just a little, you might consider letting him move into the basement. I won’t get into why my son wants to move into the basement, but my husband and I have agreed that it is the right thing and now we are in the planning phases of getting him relocated. For a teen to move into the basement, the basement has to be pretty much finished already. You don’t want to do major construction. Asumming your basement is basically finished with drywall, heat, and air condition, … Continue reading →