So I removed a ceiling lamp and I tried to patch the area to match the rest of the ceiling. I used a Home Depot knockdown texture spray. But it’s still very obvious. The original texture is in the last photo.

Any tips?

Any suggestions on how we can improve this space situated under the curve of the stairway? The bubbled wallpaper really is an eyesore. Would love to keep the wainscoting design below. How can we achieve a clean regency era look for our powder room?

shelf kept sliding down so i wrapped the pipe with electrical tape then did another layer with the shelf. The shower feels a little loose near the wall and i’m not sure if hanging the shelf directly on it is a bad idea.

I’m renting and trying to avoid putting holes in the walls.

Hello! I am looking for an extender for a baseboard vent like the one posted here. There is only one vent in my living room its on the longest wall where the furniture covers it and there's really no other ways to set up the furniture to not cover it. Im looking for something to redirect the air under the couch and into the room but most of what I have been able to find are for floor vents or just not long enough. Does anyone have any ideas or items that would be worth looking into? Thanks in advance!

Trying to get some ideas what to do here. Water splashes on my bathroom window and I was curious if anyone has any ideas or recommendations for a screen that I could remove once in a while.

Thoughts?

We have 2 closets in our entry way, the one pictured and an identical one on the opposite side. I’d like to remove the closet pictured and put in a hall tree, similar to the 2nd pic (ai rendering). Can I simply remove the walls and header around the closet door (red coloring)? Or is there a reason I would have to keep a header in this space. I don’t believe this is load bearing. The only thing above this space is a small crawl space. Thanks for any advice.

I am currently in Escrow to buy this house. I was really hoping to get a pros opinion on the siding here. I beleieve it is solid wood vertical channel rustic, which will be difficult to match. Is there a way I can patch the bad parts in the pictures and then paint and be good for awhile?

I would plan on residing the entire house within 5 years. Can it make it that long?

California foot hills for reference. Thank you so much

has anyone ever stripped paint from a fireplace? i have a suspicion this is painted, but unsure of paint type or stone type. whats the safest method to go about figuring it out?

i absolutely hate the color it is now. its just too much blank same color space going across a large area. if i cant strip it, can i stain it?

if it can’t be stripped or stained, would a mantle really add a lot to this area? all opinions welcome, i just want to warm up this area. TIA!

My wife and I just finished updating our kitchen, and now we’re a little lost on what to tackle next. We recently bought a 1987 tri-level and decided to start with the kitchen because my wife absolutely hated the original cabinets.

We went with cabinet refacing as a more budget-friendly alternative to a full replacement, and we’re really happy with how it turned out. Now that the kitchen is done, we’re looking around and realizing just how many other projects we have on our list (bathrooms, flooring/carpet, and plenty of other updates).

For those who have renovated an older home, how did you decide what to tackle next? Did you prioritize based on cost, necessity, or just what bothered you the most? Would love any advice or lessons learned!

During the afternoon it gets BLAZING hot in our living room because these windows allow beams of light to shine in and we NEED them covered but it's far too tall for a traditional ladder to reach (and frankly I don't want my husband on a massive ladder) Any tips or ideas on how to get these covered? My only solution is an extra long grabby arm, curtains and command strips. EDIT: If it helps we're in an apartment.

Partner doesn’t want to do a full reno and he’s oddly attached to the blue tub and toilet. What would you do to clean this room up a bit? I’m thinking new vanity and lighting.

I’m moving in with my dad to save money, and we’ve decided to do some slow upgrades to the house. This room will be my daughter’s room, and I want to paint, but I never noticed how awful the walls look until now.

I’ve never done any sort of home improvements on my own, but I am a quick learner. Is this something I can do on my own, or do I need to consider hiring a professional?

Any and all help is appreciated!

I recently redid the garage floor. In the process of prepping the floor I also took pegboard that was lining the back wall and half of what I assume is plaster wall fell down. I cleaned it up and continued the floor finishing the floor. Now comes what do I do about this wall.

Though googling plaster and concrete walls I don't find anything that resembles this wall. I don't know if I should take the rest of the wall down and stud it out and drywall. The plaster also was bowed at the bottom half of the wall.

Any suggestions?

Thoughts…. This bump out is 22 x 59. Empty behind. Option 1 remove it. Option 2 turn it into a closet. We need more space for stuff. My closest is 23 deep so i think it may be to shallow.

Started the last couple months working on our front entrance stairs

Looking for general opinions on the cost and feasibility of adding a front patio to this home by removing the deck in the front and the entrance door that it leads up to. We would be replacing it with a brick/stone patio and placing a door somewhere around where the windows are (pictures show the windows on the ground level on the far left of the house from both the inside and outside). This would involve flattening out the front of the home for the patio, removing window(s) and placing a door on that left side of the house at ground level.

I am working on installing my metal raised bed (2 ft. x 8ft. x 2 ft.) in my back yard and there are literally tons of potato stones that need to be removed or moved. The problem I am currently having is what kind of ground treatment I should go with. Eventually the concrete pad in the back of the photo and the 3 foot wide sidewalk leading up to it will be removed but for now all I can afford is to remove the stones to the left and leave the stones to the right and replace the weed fabric under it with new weed fabric. The reason I ask is because I need something that can later be removed to make way for future large projects, which will eventually be a poured patio. this area is a water drainage area for the house but I need something that wont cost a ton but something that looks nice and can be walked on easily without tripping. what kind of material could I replace the stones on the left with that could later be removed or placed over?

I was visiting my mom's place and I saw this hideous pipe for the AC, now I am thinking what to do about it. Any ideas?

We are finally getting close to finishing this room that I have posted about in the past, however, this eye sore is still here. Much to my chagrin, it is staying but I am happy to compromise as I have say over most of this project. I do still want to redo the outside asthetics of this "bar" without tearing it to shreds, any suggestions? Thank you in advance.

Our house was built in the early 1970s. about 60% of the house has the original aluminum siding. The rest is a mix of stucco, brick and stone. The aluminum siding has lost most of its paint and is separating at some of the seams. I am trying to treat this as an opportunity to improve the envelope of the house. Doing some minimal research about the existing envelope.
* I have quite a few of ~15 year old replacement windows within the aluminum siding.
* The exterior walls are 2x6 construction and seem to be minimally insulated.
* The sheathing is NOT plywood. It seems like it is like an HDF or a homosote board.
* There doesn't seem to be a house wrap of any kind

Some ideas I had were: * Add a modern peel and stick or fluid applied membrane to improve the air sealing of those sections of the house.
* Add some amount of continuous insulation to improve energy efficiency * Vinyl vs Hardie/Concrete plank * Bigger gutters to improve drainage and less clogging from pine needles

There is a lot of scope creep with these ideas that are blowing up the budget a bit and I'm not sure if the gains are worth it.
* To technically and correctly install a new WRB, the windows should be removed so the membrane can be properly wrapped and the windows can be properly flashed.
* Additionally, adding any kind of continuous insulation that changes the depth of the exterior wall messes with all the windows which would have to be re-framed and flashed properly * Also adding depth to the sided sections, adds some weird complications when the bottom 3rd of the wall is brick and the top 2/3rds is siding, the depths won't be the same anymore. * One of the biggest issues is, I have spoken with 5 different contractors some just siding contractors and some renovation contractors, and none of them are familiar with anything other than the traditional mechanically applied tyvec house wrap, nor do they fill me with confidence that they can properly execute a more complex ask like what I'm thinking.

So I'm left wondering, if any of what I'm dreaming about worth it, or should I just hire a standard siding contractor to rip and replace and move on.

I forgot to add, I am in climate zone 5 on the east coast (non-maritime), and spend ~25Mwh annually, most of it for HVAC, I don't have exact numbers separating my power usage.

Every install guide I've found assumes you have a clean concrete deck around an in-ground pool. We don't have either of those things.

Intex oval above-ground, 15*24. Wood deck around part of it., grass yard on the other side. Our daughter is 20 months and has figured out the pool ladder exists and that it's a problem worth solving. We lock it but that feels temporary as a fix.

can removable mesh pool fencing work on a setup like this? What anchoring options exist for wood decking vs grass, and is the install significantly more complicated than a standard in-ground setup? Most of what I've found doesn't address above-ground pools at all, which is a gap in the information out there for this situation.

My house has an unused chimney with the flue entry in the kitchen. It's been paneled over and I have no idea what it was originally used for, but I can access it easily with a screwdriver. I'm thinking about attaching a smoker to it, or a pizza oven or something. Wood fired whatever it is because that's the whole point. I use a woodstove for heat exclusively (different chimney) and I have a great chimney guy who I trust to handle those logistics, whatever they may be. I asked him the last time he was here and he didn't seem to think it would be an issue. I'm not expecting unusual temperatures, certainly nowhere near what my woodstove is capable of, so I think a chimney fire is very unlikely. But I can't find anyone on the internet who has done something similar. I feel like there must be someone out there who wants to grill or smoke inside during the winter and who also has or is willing to install an extra chimney. Or am I utterly insane?

We are currently in the process of repairing and remodeling the outside of our home. We had extensive termite damage that needed remedied and treated, and we are now prepping for new siding (siding color included in pictures). There also used to be a terrible wooden front porch that we removed and replaced with a concrete patio. We now need to figure out what to do to complete the pictured area. We need to put a post in for support (green arrows), and try to figure out how to finish the area circled in red. There used to be predominantly decorative short walls in 4 different places, but one of them supported the overhang where we need to put a post in (you can see we have a temporary support post). They really dated the house, and were rotted out by water damage and termites, so we chose to remove them. We are very open to ideas on how to make this area look its best, and would appreciate any input or advice. Thank you!