We’ve had a few days of warm weather here on the East Coast lately and my wife and I have been running the ceiling fans in most of our rooms to keep the rooms cool without having to turn on our central air conditioner quite yet. Even though its been relatively mild outside we have a few rooms that get a lot of sun and warm up rather quickly.

I was sitting in my office last night and commented that even though the fan above me was on medium speed that it didn’t feel as …

This is kind of an optional step, but trim around a doorway really helps tie a room together. First you’ll have to remove the old baseboard molding and you’ll want to use the same methods for removing any trim that might already be around the doorways of a room. My doorways didn’t have anything, so I decided to put some trim around them.

For this project I’m going to paint my trim and molding white. I do this for a couple of reasons:

1. White trim and molding “brightens” a room. I find most stain …

Baseboard molding, the wood trim that lines a room where the walls meet the floor, is an often an over-looked part of any room, but it can really make a big difference in the overall look and feel of a room. Baseboards not only serve as a decorative function, but they also protect the lower part of the wall from being damaged as furniture legs, little feet and even toys are bumped and slammed against the walls over the years. The baseboards in my fifty year old home are dented and chipped and even rotted out in a …

About two weeks ago my wife and I were sitting in our dining room when I noticed that one of our 45 year old original baseboards was cracked. I should have kept quiet, but I mumbled to myself, “Hmm, I guess I should replace that baseboard…”

The first pyramid was built when the Pharaoh’s wife asked for a stone bench to be moved ‘a little to the left.’ The rest is history…My wife quickly replied, “If you’re going …