Home Remodel Made Easy

Home Improvement Made Easy is an invaluable guide that will undoubtedly save homeowners time, money and stress. First, this guide includes more than 100 pages of home improvement information and tips to get started, plus more than 100 easy-to-use worksheets to help the homeowner document the home improvement project, such as contact information for everybody involved, sources and brands of all materials purchased, warranties, and much more. It also features graph paper and furniture templates to help the user visualize how furniture and appliances will fit in the rooms of his or her home. This book is also an invaluable tool for any home insurance claim, for filing taxes, or to show potential buyers the value of the home when owners decide to sell.

This book will provide do it yourselfer's with basic home addition design suggestions for anyone interested in saving lots of money. We've done the difficult job already for you.All of the basic questions to get started can be found in this book.Where should you put it?Do I need a hallway and if so how long will it need to be?Do I need to match the existing roof or can I install something with more architectural details?Then there are those questions that you won't ever imagine or consider, because you're not a building designer. You're not a general contractor and have limited or no experience with architectural design.You don't know where to start and you're having a difficult time trying to imagine what it's going to look like. Quite frankly, the design process can be mentally and physically exhausting, without a basic understanding about what it takes to design a home addition.If you're not interested in spending hour after hour doing research on the Internet for information you can't find, because you really don't even know what you should be looking for, then this books for you.Especially if you're more of a visual person, because this book is filled with a variety of different floor plans, elevations and roof designs. I've already done the research, searched the Internet and did the design work for you.I would also like to suggest if possible avoiding falling in love with the first design idea you find, because this was a common problem I dealt with as a contractor. Make sure you thoroughly examine all of the pictures and information in the book, before settling on the home addition of your dreams.I would also like to point out that this book will not provide you with everything you need to design and build a home addition. You're not going to find any structural engineering, contracting or building permit advice.You're not going to find complicated architecture or home additions that will require a group of skilled builders. This book was meant to provide do-it-yourselfers with what I believe to be the easiest process possible for designing a home addition that looks like it was always part of original design.How to Use This Book1. Find a floor plan similar to your existing home, using plans number 1, 2, and 3.2. Then try to find a home addition similar to what you're thinking about or something better.3. If you find something you like, then you can skip the roof design section.4. After you have found a floor and roof plan, figure out the doors and windows sizes and where they're going to be located.5. After you have a design that looks nice and is practical, I would strongly suggest scanning through the book again to make sure there isn't something you missed or a different design that might work better.When you're finally satisfied with your selection, you can use the information to start designing the building blueprints necessary for construction using a variety of different computer aided drawing software.I won't be recommending any building design products, but can provide you with a link if you're looking for more information about creating building plans.

Whether it be small design changes or a whole new makeover, this book is a handy reference tool that just about anyone can use. Design tips and challenges (some from my own personal experiences) as well as information gathered from Model Home Design Tours can all be found here. Flooring, paint color, accent colors, doors, cabinetry, trim molding and landscaping are just a few of the many parts that go into a home remodeling project. Find out about the latest in design trends that other remodelers just like you are using, and why keeping your home updated is an important part of the remodeling process.

This New York Times bestselling book is filled with hundreds of fun, deceptively simple, budget-friendly ideas for sprucing up your home. With two home renovations under their (tool) belts and millions of hits per month on their blog YoungHouseLove.com, Sherry and John Petersik are home-improvement enthusiasts primed to pass on a slew of projects, tricks, and techniques to do-it-yourselfers of all levels. Packed with 243 tips and ideas—both classic and unexpected—and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this is a book that readers will return to again and again for the creative projects and easy-to-follow instructions in the relatable voice the Petersiks are known for. Learn to trick out a thrift-store mirror, spice up plain old roller shades, "hack" your Ikea table to create three distinct looks, and so much more.

Grace W. Weinstein shows readers how to avoid the stress of doing their taxes—while saving money. Taxes: We put them off because they’re stressful—they’re stressful because we put them off. When filing day comes we scramble for documents, chase down accountants, and curse ourselves for not taking care of it sooner. With this step-by-step, month-by-month guide, learn the easy way to: • Pay the least amount of tax • Take advantage of tax breaks • Fight the IRS by filing an appeal • Document a home office • Make end-of-year gifts • Cut taxes on investment income • And more... The sooner you start, the sooner you’ll be done. Discover the easier way to do your taxes...with The Procrastinator’s Guide. Includes a resource guide to the books, pamphlets, software and websites that can help you get organized, save money and—when necessary—fight the IRS.

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