You could turn a hobby of working in your garage or basement cutting wood, sanding wood, gluing items together, and making toys, and all sorts of neat stuff. You could even make items you could sell if you like.

First, we knew that the dogs would scratch it with their nails and that the kids would be rough on it too. Who wants to spend all that money for a beautiful floor only to have it damaged right away. My wife was watching a home improvement tool and they were using vinyl flooring, this vinyl flooring looked like real wood. The show said it looks like it would hold up to many years with dogs and kids. We took this job on ourselves and installed it over the course of 3 days. The install was so easy and fast. More on that later.

Many times older homes have carpet throughout, and it can be worn, stained and outdated after years of use. Wooden floors have a classic feel and last longer than most plush carpets.

In came the invention of wall to wall carpeting came about in the early 1900’s from a Mr. Erastus B. Bigelow, “father of the modern carpet industry”. It really began to take hold in the 1950’s with the push for suburban tract homes and the post-war baby boom and the invention of the tufting technique. Invented in Dalton, Georgia, this technique revolutionized carpet making and forever changed the way carpet is made. Today, over 80 percent of the usa gets their carpet, wood flooring and other laminates and tiles from Dalton, Georgia.

To install switches in a log home the builder must drill channels within the logs to run cabling and they must route cavities into logs for switch boxes. This delays the building process, it’s time consuming and costly, it restricts freedom to place switches where desired, and often results in an aesthetically unpleasing appearance.

Consider replacing your roof with shingles that are lighter in color or even using white tiles. Having a lighter-colored roof will reduce the amount of heat absorbed by your attic and upper floors, making your house more comfortable and reducing the energy needed to cool it during those hot summer months.

Whenever you are doing an electrical home improvement job, overestimate the number of sockets each room needs. No matter how generous your plans are, an extra duplex outlet in most rooms will prove itself a wise investment over and over. When it comes to your home’s resale value, “there are too many plugs in here” is a phrase home buyers never say.

Paint the kitchen cabinets. An easy kitchen home improvement project that most anyone can do is to repaint the cabinets. A dull, lifeless kitchen can easily be brought back to life by a new coat of paint on the cabinets. Select a bright, crisp color and a new coat of paint on the cabinets will change the look of the kitchen. It will look clean and fresh. With the sharpness of the new paint, the kitchen will appear and feel larger. A light, bright color seems to expand the feel of the room.