If you enjoy working on home improvement projects like I do, then you probably like tools. I generally buy tools based on the jobs I have to accomplish, but sometimes I pick up a little tool here and there because it either looks pretty darn cool or I really want to find home improvement project just to use it on!

There are several different sites that offer “daily tool specials” and with most of these sites if you don’t buy the special that day, you’re out of luck. In some cases the tools you missed might be featured …

There’s a new free web service available that aims to make the processing of finding a home improvement contractor a much more simple procedure than it’s been in the past. Most homeowners looking for a home improvement contractor follow the same pattern: they call around to the various contractors and describe the project they want to have done. The contractors then either schedule visits or give approximate quotes over the phone. The homeowner has to keep track of all this information and make a choice on what home improvement contractor to use. Once the home owner …

Chances are you have a home or at least like reading about people who are working on their own home. Whether you have a house or a condo or even just a basement apartment, there’s plenty of interesting and fascinating things to read every day at the king of all house blogs, Houseblogs.net.

Houseblogs.net is a pretty slick website which allows people who blog about their home and home repairs to become members and share their house stories through a common portal. You can visit Houseblogs just about …

I’ve taken some breaks from tackling any big projects on my home for the moment while I save up some cash for some spring outdoor projects. But while I may not be working on my own living space very much at the moment, I’m definitely still getting my share of home improvement learning through the experience of others. Here are a few home restoration blogs I’m checking in on from time to time. Most of them are tacking projects much bigger than just simple updates…

Foxcroft - Following the restoration of a 1928 Craftsman. …