Expert Advice on Home Improvement

Old doors can be reused for a number of home improvement projects, including headboards for beds and dividers in a room. Watch this video to find out how to convert an old door into a writing or computer desk complete with bookshelves and coat rack. Watch this video.

When designing an outdoor kitchen for your home, be sure to use weather resistant materials and provide a way to vent the smoke from the grill out of enclosed areas. Watch this video to find out more. Watch this video.

The furnishings in this green home are made with eco-friendly materials. Rugs were selected that used vegetable dyes while the furniture has soy based cushions covered by natural fabrics. Watch the video to find out more. Watch this video.

Custom Carved Interior Doors from JELD-WEN Windows and Doors can be ordered with various designs and lettering carved into them, including your child’s name. Constructed from medium density fiberboard (MDF) with a separate core to make them lighter and reduce noise, custom carved doors come primed and ready for painting. Watch this video.

If you’re not able to expand your existing living area, then consider taking out an interior wall to open the area up and make it feel larger than it really is. Watch the video to find out how. Watch this video.

While converting an unused basement, attic, or garage into additional living space is a popular option, careful planning is needed to prevent potential problems. If you take these unique planning and design aspects into consideration, your conversion will be a success. Watch this video.

For this project, we converted an existing carport into an outdoor living space complete with wet bar, mini fridge, and built-in stainless steel grill. The counter of the cooking area was covered in marble tiles while the concrete slab was cleaned, scored, and stained to match the floor inside. Watch this video.

To keep pictures level on your walls, add self-adhesive rubber bumpers (available at hardware stores and home improvement centers) to the bottom corners on the back of the frame. Not only will your pictures stay put, but the bumpers prevent the frame from marking the wall and can keep dust from collecting behind it. Watch this video.

This café style curtain rod from Levolor attaches to metal doors with magnets. This not only simplifies installation by eliminating the need for drilling holes in the door, but it allows you to remove the rod anytime you like in a matter of minutes without leaving unsightly holes. Watch this video.

When adding on to your home, it’s important to try to match the new bricks and trim as closely as possible to the existing house. To help you do this, take a picture of your house, along with several of the original bricks, with you to the brickyard. Watch this video.