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A garage is the perfect home for all sorts of items and activities from storing sporting equipment to tools and machines; andit’s original purpose for car parking to activities like a home-office, a gym or a workshop. If your garage is only used for storage rather than other activities it really needs some shelves for organization.

Usually garage shelves can be found in two main forms: site-built and prefabricated. Site-built shelves are usually less expensive and allow you to adapt the sizes to the space available. You can find everything that you need at the local home center, lumber yard, discount store or hardware store.

One of the basics of the garage shelves is made of a simple piece of ¾” plywood or a length of 1x or 2x lumber on a set of heavy-duty shelf brackets. This is mounted by attaching the brackets to the studs directly using long screws then by attaching the shelf to the brackets. To strengthen the shelf you can add a brace at each stud.

Another type of shelves are the floor-supported ones. One method is to run vertical 2×4s every 50 inches and resting them on the floor and attaching them to the rafters or ceiling joists at the top. In addition, the 2×4s are run horizontally on edge between the uprights then a particleboard is used to create the shelve. The most commonly used dimensions are 19-25 inches for depth and the spacing between 2×4s is usually on 25 inches but of course, these sizes can be changed to accommodate the size of the items that you are storing. (more…)

Have you recently decided that you would like to have your bathroom remodeled? If so, have you already started making the changes? As much as some homeowners would like to have their bathrooms remodeled, not all do so. Among the reasons for that is the cost. Unfortunately, bathroom remodeling can get quite expensive. However, even though it may appear as if you cannot afford to have your bathroom remodeled, you may still be able to. There are a number of different ways that you can go about paying for your bathroom remodeling.

One of the most common ways that bathroom remodeling is paid for is by financing. If you are a homeowner, your home could also benefit from a little bit of remodeling. This benefit is an increase in value. Since many homes see an increase in value, after a bathroom remodeling project has been completed, many financial institutions feel comfortable giving out loans to qualifying homeowners. If you’re looking to have your bathroom remodeled, but you do not have the cash to do so, you may want to approach one of your local banks for a loan. These loans are often referred to as home improvement loans. Depending on your credit, you should easily be able to afford a bathroom remodeling project with a loan. (more…)

Decorating a home can be a trying thing to do with the best of budgets. The fact that you don’t happen to have large lots of money lying around however shouldn’t prevent you from having a lovely kitchen to call your own. The kitchen is after all, the heart of any home and you want this room to be one that invites everyone to come, congregate, and pitch in (one can always dream right?). This is the reason that you want your kitchen to shine first and last other rooms in your home though. The kitchen should radiate warmth and home to all who enter.

Truthfully speaking there are many things you can do in your kitchen that will greatly impact the overall look of your kitchen without changing anything structurally within your kitchen. If you’ve wallpaper, remove it and try paint. There are all kinds of great things you can do in the kitchen from plaster, which goes amazingly well in a kitchen, to faux finishes and textures, and glazes for added impact. The walls in the kitchen are your canvas and the world is at your disposal. Just remember to try to tie the walls into the floors and cabinets or at the very least to the floors and cabinets you hope to have in your kitchen someday.

In addition to painting the walls in your kitchen you may also prefer to consider painting, staining, or antiquing your cabinets. I know that some jaws just dropped to the keyboard. How dare I suggest such a thing as painting wooden cabinets? The answer is simple really. It’s much cheaper than replacing them and much simpler than staining them. Really it boils down to a matter of choice. My first choice wouldn’t be painting but and then again, there are times when painting is a viable option. It will greatly change the overall appearance of the kitchen if nothing else. (more…)

You park your car in the driveway and you still have to work on your projects in the back yard. If you don’t use your garage for it is designed purpose, why not turn it into a tidy workshop ?

Here are five steps to turn your garage in a perfect small home
workshop:

1) Create your own workbench from an old door, some sawhorses or scrap wood.

2) Mount a pegboard on the wall to store your tools. It would be a great idea to mount it above your workbench. Strategically place pegs according to the type of tools you will be placing on the board. After hanging your tools, trace around them with a marker so you will know where each one goes. (more…)

In the United States, a large number of homeowners only have a bathtub in their homes. Most bathtubs really aren’t just bathtubs; many also double as showers. As nice as it’s to only have one bathroom fixture, especially one that can do two jobs, you mayhap looking to more. If you’re looking to remodel your bathroom, you may prefer to think about purchasing yourself a new bathtub. Unfortunately, you’ll find that not all bathtubs double as showers; therefore, you may also be in the market for afresh shower bath.

Perhaps, the most important thing to remember, when looking for buy a new shower stall, is the amount of space that you have available. If you are going from one bathtub to a bathtub and a standalone shower, there’s a chance that you mayhap limited on space. If that’s the case, you may find your options to be somewhat limited. That’s unless you’re planning on remodeling your entire bathroom. If you’re planning on changing your entire bathroom around, it mayhap easier for you to find and purchase the shower bath of your choice, without having to worry about whether or not it will even fit in your bathroom. (more…)