While almost two-thirds of homeowners are planning on renovating, few people remember that basements offer unique opportunities for expanding and transforming a living space. Basements make great recreation rooms, home theaters, and extra offices, but with careful home improvement strategies, they can serve a greater variety of purposes. In particular, basement bedrooms can be an exciting and innovative way to repurpose a finished basement. If you’re thinking about adding a bedroom in your basement, here are a few tips to make any basement an restful underground heaven. Be Careful About the FinishFinished basements and basements finished for bedrooms are not…
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Any home needs proper maintenance, and although its builders may have one idea in mind when the house is constructed, renovation and remodeling can totally change the materials used in a home, and usually for the better. Windows can be replaced, as can doors or the roof or even the floors under one’s feet. Often, hardwood is using for flooring in modern American homes, but there are alternatives that may be much more attractive and efficient, and eco-friendly material for building is growing in popularity not only to preserve the natural environment (part of “going green”), but there are other…