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Get Stoned, Not Really – Using Fake Stone in Interior Design

June 9, 2011

I’m not sure which part of my title I should regret more… the part about getting “stoned” or the use of the word “fake”. Both are strict literary faux pas. (faux stone?) Anyway, here is the photograph that instigated all of this nonsense: This whole thing is really pretty close to perfect in my book. [...]

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A Big Old Clawfoot Tub and A Towel Warmer

June 8, 2011

This is a recipe for happiness: 1. A Towel Warmer I’ve always wanted one of these towel warmers. That just sounds like a really luxurious thing to hop out of the shower or tub and have a nice warm fluffy towel. (please don’t let my use of the word fluffy mislead you in any way, [...]

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Easy DIY Picture Shelf

June 6, 2011

If you’re looking for a simple weekend project and you need a place to put all those awesome pictures you’ve been collecting over the years, look no further: This simple shelf can be made with very few tools. In fact, most home centers such as Home Depot and Lowe’s will cut boards to length, which [...]

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A Thank You Note to Subscribers – Full Content Restored

June 4, 2011

Do you get RemodelingGuy.net in a feed reader or in your email? If so, then this post is for you. I subscribe to my own blog feed. It’s not that I just need to read my post at least one more time (I usually read through them at least twice before posting), it’s more to [...]

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Winder Up! — Space Saving Stair Designs

June 4, 2011

Everybody has a claim to fame. Sometimes they change, and I hope mine does, but here’s what it was back in the old days: I was the guy who could figure out how to add a second floor onto any house, even after other contractors said it couldn’t be done. There were usually two issues. [...]

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5 Secrets to Dreamy Outdoor Spaces

May 30, 2011

Here’s me: I’m flipping through the channels with one of the three remotes, while holding one of the others so I can toggle the mute button on the off chance something less than totally annoying comes on the screen. 5 million channels and nothing on. Isn’t there a song about this? Then I pass a [...]

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DIY and a Sense of Accomplishment

May 29, 2011

If you think it’s at all possible for you to do it yourself, I encourage you to try. Too many of us go far too long between those times when we feel victorious. You know, the sense of pride in having surprised ourselves by stretching and accomplishing something that seemed, at best, on the edge [...]

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10 Ways to Keep The Inspiration Alive

May 28, 2011

Raise your hand if your home remodeling plans have taken longer than you expected. Plans to build a new home? Plans to redecorate? Now take a look around the room. Almost every hand in the room is up, a few of you with both hands up, and one lady trying to hold a foot up [...]

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Delta Touch2O Faucet — Imperfectly Beautiful

May 2, 2011

Why can’t something just be totally perfect? Must there always be a catch? These are the questions I’ve been asking myself in the days and weeks since I replaced my kitchen faucet with a new Touch2O faucet from Delta Faucet. You see, the faucet is perfect! Totally perfect. Honestly, I’m not sure I’ve ever added [...]

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Landscaping Ideas and Inspiration

April 27, 2011

I took a few pictures while visiting a local new home landscaping project today. I thought maybe I’d share a few of those ideas with you here. But be warned, you might catch Landscape Fever like I have. Integrating Hardscape Into Landscape Design Hardscape is a term sometimes used in different ways. To me, it’s [...]

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Open Beam Ceilings and Great Color = Awesome Small Space

April 26, 2011

Yesterday, I wrote a post about a really great DIY Green Wall Vertical Garden Thingy that I ran across while chasing down a photo that caught my eye. This is that photo: This space really caught my eye because my family and I live in a tiny house of just under 1000sf, having downsized from [...]

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Plant a Vertical Garden — Green Remodeling

April 25, 2011

If you’re like me, you’re easily distracted when looking at cool stuff online. That’s exactly what happened to me today. I was following the trail of a really cool interior design photo (next post!) and was sidetracked by this shot: I stopped because I had seen a planted wall recently at the Epcot Flower and [...]

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Six Easy DIY Bathroom Remodeling Ideas

April 21, 2011

Take a look at this cool bathroom: I see at least six great DIY bathroom remodeling ideas in this shot. 1. Easy DIY Paneling – This bathroom achieves a classy level of rustic with the white painted horizontal 1-by paneling. The great thing about paneling like this is that it can be installed right over [...]

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EPCOT International Flower Festival Pictures — Wow!

March 25, 2011

I went to EPCOT at Walt Disney World in Orlando for my 40th birthday yesterday. I can’t put what I saw into words, so I took pictures… (I always squeeze a word or two in somewhere) This is what was just inside the park and it kept getting better! This type of area that is [...]

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