Home Improvement

The Green Building

Thanks to reader Sally Etlinger for contributing this post to YHOB! I’ve always been fascinated by what green means to architecture, and learned a lot from this post. How have you (or will you) incorporate green into your future projects? ~Susan Going green is a phrase that has been tossed around for several years now. [...]

Read More →

Laura’s New Kitchen

Meet Laura. She has lived in her 1966 New England colonial EXACTLY 10 years and 2 days. She wanted to celebrate with a new kitchen in time for the holidays. But…she didn’t want to spend over $500 to do it. So she turned the creative readers of YHOB to get some ideas on how to [...]

Read More →

Laundry Space from Drab to Fab

Thanks to everyone who lovingly nagged encouraged me to keep my word that I would redesign my hard-working laundry room closet! I’m happy to report that just two weeks after I posted my embarrassing laundry closet in “My Laundry Closet Needs a Makeover”, I’ve transformed my closet from drab to fab – or at least [...]

Read More →

Painting Wood Floors

Looking to make a BIG change?  Ready to stir things up a bit?  How about painting your floor? For me, this fits the category of “I’d love to do it, but don’t think I can gain spousal consent.”  Yes, it’s a bigger job than painting a wall, or even a ceiling.  But if your wood [...]

Read More →

Choosing Paint Is Like Buying Toothpaste

Have you noticed that when you go to the store to buy toothpaste, there are so many choices that it’s overwhelming? Do you want whitening, tartar control, fluoride, sensitive, gel or paste, sparkles, or one of my favorite…”pro-health night toothpaste” (huh?).  And the price points are varied as well, anywhere from $2 to $5 – [...]

Read More →

Open letter to the current owner of my next home

Dear Homeowner, We’ve never met.  And I don’t know when we’ll meet because we don’t have current plans to move.  But I’ve moved a lot (3 times in the past 11 years) and I’ve had it up to here (visual cue: hand above head) with DIY paint jobs gone bad. I won’t even talk about [...]

Read More →

Next Entries →