Home Improvement

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Home improvement projects are a great way to spruce up a home where you can add a new coat of paint, or embark on something more complex such renovating an entire home. Our Home Improvement Section will provide you with informative tips for both exterior and interior projects, DIY projects and "how-to" articles to make the most of your existing space.

Articles

10 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Cleaning Service

11 Cheap (and Easy) Holiday Decorating Ideas for Your Home

6 Home Improvement Project Skills You Need

9 Reasons to Update Your Homeowners Insurance

A Green Move: Where to Dispose of Your Old Stuff When You Move

A Super Easy Do-It-Yourself Wall Art Project

All About Ceramic Tiles

All About Design Principles

All About Fire Extinguishers

All About Paint

Apartment Decorating Tips: Cheap Ways to Spruce Up Your Pad

Baby's Room: Tips to Decorate a Nursery

Basic Budget Questions When Embarking on a Home Improvement Project

Basic Design Concepts to Revamp Your Space

Bathroom Decorating Ideas

Bathroom Remodel: Questions to Ask a Contractor

Budgeting for Home Improvement Projects

Can an Architect Help With Your Project?

Carbon Monoxide: The Odorless Gas

Carpet: Simple Decor Ideas for Your Home

Cartridge Type Faucet

Casualty Insurance Types and Coverage Levels

Caulking 101

Choosing the Best Plants for a Small Garden

Choosing the Right Finish for the Job

Choosing Wallpaper Adhesive

Cleaning Methods

Cleaning Stucco and Masonry

Clearing a Clogged Toilet

Clearing and Cleaning the Room

Color Basics to Decorate Your Home

Concrete and Masonry

Contemporary Patterns

Contractors and Cost

Converting from Gas to Electric

Cook Top Installation

Create a Work Zone When Working on Your Kitchen

Cushion Backed Carpet

Dealing with Problems Associated with New Wood Siding

Decks, Fences and Porches: A Guide on Getting the Best Person for the Job

Decorating Ideas: How to Design a Room with your Kids

Decorating Your Vision

Design Concepts

DIY: Relocation.com's Fun Halloween Decorating Ideas

Door Installation: How to Do It Yourself, or Hire Someone to Do It

Draw the Floor Plan

Electrical Safety 101

Empty Nest: What to Do With Your Child's Old Room When They Move Away

Entry Doors

Essential Repairs for Your New Home

Estimating how much paint to buy

Exterior Paint

Exterior Painting Tips

Find the Right Contractor for Your Window Install

Finding a Good Contractor

Finding a Starting Pattern

Finding the Focal Point

First Move: What Questions Should You Ask?

Five Basic Design Elements

Five Quick and Easy Outdoor Projects

Fixing a leaky faucet

Flocked Paper

Flooring

Flushing Mechanisms

Focus on Finding the Right Insurance Agent

Follow These Easy Steps

Frugal Kitchen Decorating Idea

Garage Doors

Getting the Right Tools

Gingham

Gluing it Down

Grab Bar Extension

Grass Cloth, Hemp and Other Cloth on Paper

Gravity

Hanging Door Panels

Hanging Wall Cabinets

Hanging Wallpaper

Hardboard Siding

Hardwood Flooring

Herringbone

Hinged Door Installation

Hire a Professional or do it yourself

Hiring a Contractor: When to Know When You Need One

Hold the Granite: Kitchen Remodeling on a Budget

Home Remodeling Projects That Make Sense in a Bad Economy

Home Security Systems: How to Protect Your Home

How to Attach Water Supply Lines to the Faucets

How to Care for Your Doors

How to Choose an Exterior Finish

How to Clean Mildew

How to Cut a Seam

How to Eliminate a Low Spot

How to Figure Out Costs for Your Home Improvement Project

How to Fix a Studio Apartment

How to Get Along With Your Contractors

How to Get the Floor Ready for a New Toilet

How to Hang Wall-Coverings

How to Install a Dishwasher

How to Install Cabinets

How to Install Gas Lines

How to Make Your Own Bookshelves

How to Move Specialty Items

How to Organize Your Closet

How to Organize Your Garage

How to Properly Install a Burglar Alarms

How to Remove and Paint Aluminum Siding

How to Repair a Ball Type Faucet

How to Repair Damaged Vinyl Flooring

How to Set Your Home Improvement Plan

How to Stage Your Home for a Sale

How to Use a Plunger

Installing a Ceramic Tile Floor

Installing a countertop

Installing a Shower

Installing a Shower (or tub) Door

Installing Base or Lower-Level Cabinets

Installing Sinks and Countertops

Insurance Guide

Interior / Exterior Paint

Interior Paints

Key Questions to ask yourself as you evaluate your space

Kitchen Remodel: Where to Start, How to Finish

Large Rooms

Last Minute preparations

Laying Carpet with Carpet Pad

Let the Sun In With a Sunroom

Liability Insurance

Liability insurance

Locating Furniture

Locks

Major Home Renovations You Can Do Yourself

Making the Sink Cut Out

Masking

Matching Repeated Patterns

Material

Measure the Space

Measurements

Metal Frame Windows

Moving During the School Year: Pros and Cons

Moving to Suburbs from the City: What to Consider

Need Demolition Help? How to Find the Right Team

Negotiating Moving Packages with Your Company

New Fridge Installation

Old Painted Siding

Painting

Painting Concrete, Brick, Stucco

Painting Paneling and Cabinets

Painting Sequence

Painting the House

Painting the Interior of Your Home

Painting Woodwork

Pasting the Wallpaper

Pasting Tips

Patching a Hole in Carpeting

Patching Surface Cavities Before Painting

Pattern Selection

Patterns

Personalizing Your New Home

Plan before you begin to hang

Planning and Decision Making

Plumbing - Finishing the Installation

Plumbing Lines and Electrical Wires

Plunger

Power Washing

Practical Tips When Moving In Together

Preference Lines and Mounting Locations

Preparing Exterior Surfaces

Preparing for a New Toilet

Preparing Interior Surfaces

Preparing Surfaces for Painting

Preparing Surfaces for Wallpapering

Preparing Wall Surfaces

Preparing Wood for Painting

Pressure Assisted

Primers

Priming

Professional Help

Relocation.com's Rental Guide for the First-Time Renter

Remodeling Kitchens and Bathrooms

Removing an Old Toilet

Removing Wallpaper

Repairing Damaged Hardwood Flooring

Repairing Sub Flooring

Replacing a Broken Window Pane

Replacing a Damaged Tile and Cracked Grout

Replacing a Rotted Windowsill

Replacing a Screen

Replacing a Strip or Plant or Flooring

Replacing a Worn Washer

Replacing Cracked or Missing Grout

Replacing the Valve Seat

Replacing Wood Floors

Roman Stripes

Roofers: Find the Right One

Room By Room Moving Tips

Safety and Preparedness

Sanding

Scale and Size

Sealing New Drywall Before Papering

Selecting a Shower

Selecting and Installing a Toilet

Set Your Landscaping Plan of Attack

Settling In: Fun Activities and New Family Rituals

Settling In: How to Have a Low-Key Thanksgiving After Moving Day

Sheet Vinyl Flooring

Shower Door Installation

Sink and Faucet Installation

Sizing and Finishing the Countertop

Skills

Small-Space Design Considerations

Small-Space Design: Create More Storage Space

Small-Space Design: How to Make a Small Room Look Big

Smoothing Painted Walls

Snake

Spread the Color Around

Spreading Pattern Around

Stain – Varnish Combos

Stains

Start Small

Stem Leak Repairs

Sticky Windows

Storm / Screen Doors

Structural Changes

Style

Styles

Stylish Color Schemes

Sub Floors

Tearing Out the Old Stuff

Template

Texture and Touch

Texture on Ceilings

Texture on Floors

Texture on the Walls

Textures

The Root Cause

The Snake

These Big Changes in Your Life Will Affect Your Insurance Needs

Tightening Loose Hinges

Tile Cutting

Time

Tips for Decorating A College Dorm Room

Toilet Auger

Toilet Installation

Toilet Size and Height

Tools and Supplies for Removing Wallpaper

Tools for Home Improvement

Tools of the Trade

Transparent Finishes

Unclogging a Garbage Disposal

Unclogging a Kitchen Sink

Unclogging a Toilet

Unclogging a Tub or Shower Unit

Underlayment

Un-level Ceilings and walls

Using Five or Six Patterns

Wallpaper Sources

Wallpapering

Watch These Missteps When Hiring a Home Decorator

Water Damage

Water-Based or Oil-Based

Weather-Stripping Windows

What Are Some Alternatives to Moving Boxes?

What are Some Basic Color Schemes to Jazz Up Your Home?

What are the Different Types of Floor Finishes?

What are the Different Types of Windows?

What Does Homeowners Insurance Protect?

What is Casualty Insurance?

What is Chintz?

What To Do If Your Move Goes Wrong

What to do in Case of Fire Damage

What's on the backside of the paper?

Window Maintenance

Windows

Wood Frame Window

Working With Texture

Your Environmentally Friendly Home Improvement Project

Your Room and Balance

You're Ready to Paper

You've Moved! Five Quick Design Ideas to Make Your New House a Home

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