Update bathroom to add value to your home if you want to sell--or even if you are staying put. There are many good reasons to update your bathroom. After all, your bathroom is a home asset. It's easy to update bathrooms to spruce up your home and add value. If you own a home, it should come as no surprise that restoration and renovation are highly effective in increasing property resale values. But kitchens probably come to mind as the number one possibility for remodeling. Bathrooms are often neglected when it comes to a room remodel. Don't dismiss the humble household bathroom! Updating this space is one of the easiest ways to add value to your home. And even if you aren't looking to sell your home, a remodeled bathroom is something you will appreciate every day. Here are three great ways to improve and refresh a bathroom that can be done on a budget. Refresh or Replace the Tiles Your bathroom is a very moist place. Over time, all of this moisture and water can … [Read more...] about Update Bathroom to Add Value to Your Home
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Hide Your AC Unit with Smart Design Hacks
Air conditioners (AC units) are essential for countless homes and families. But AC units are not known for being the most attractive devices. In fact, many homeowners get frustrated when seeing those big gray boxes in their yards. If you have an AC unit in your yard, you probably wish it would just disappear. Well, you can't exactly get rid of your AC unit or magically make it vanish. It’s also important to be able to access it if you need to call an air conditioning repair service for essential maintenance or repairs. However, there are still plenty of innovative and effective ways you can hide your AC unit from view—or at least make it less of an eyesore. Here are some smart design hacks that will help to hide AC units and beautify your property. Home, Garden and Homestead is a member of several affiliate programs, and we receive a commission from qualified sales generated by the links in our stories. Thank you for supporting this website! Easy AC Unit Fence or … [Read more...] about Hide Your AC Unit with Smart Design Hacks
How to Build a Cedar Hot Tub
I always wanted to build a cedar hot tub. The vision of a long soak in a hot tub under the starry skies on a clear, crisp night in Santa Fe is quite compelling. Doing it in a natural tub constructed from cedar made the thought seem even better. As an experienced DIYer, I was taken by the idea that I could design and build a classic, red cedar hot tub myself. And I could save several thousand dollars over the cost of a kit from an established hot tub supplier. After all, how hard could it be? I built my own home in 2014. A cedar hot tub is a far simpler and much smaller project. This is the basic hot tub I envisioned: Research I spent several weeks scouring websites of commercial suppliers and DIY builders for ideas about wooden hot tubs. In my search, I discovered three things: How to Build a Cedar Hot Tub: The Design After my research was finished, I began the design phase. The tub would be circular, five feet in diameter and about 40 inches deep. I would use … [Read more...] about How to Build a Cedar Hot Tub
