Recent content by DonnaFL

Unfortunately - I'm not that skilled and neither is my husband.

Our house was built in the 1970's and has two sky lights, one in each bathroom. The interior translucent glass panel, which sits in a a frame in the ceiling, is about 1/4 to 3/8 inch thick. Over time, debris, dead bugs, etc., fall on the glass and is visible as a shadow to anyone in the...

Dan, Thanks for the idea. We have windows facing in all four directions. The front of our house faces west and gets very warm in the summer. I will look into the exterior shades, but wonder if there would be a problem with mildew since they are exterior. Donna

Currently, our house has draperies with shear under-curtains. I like that the shear under-curtains give some privacy during the day and also the light blocking insulated curtains are great for privacy at night and blocking out light/heat during the day. I want to update the interior look and...

This just happened to us, too. Disconnect the dryer from the outside vent connection and clean it out. We did this and found the exhaust vent almost completely blocked by lent. This worked for us and now we can once again get a load of towels dry in the normal time.

Just registered and it suggests introducing yourself, so here it is. We just completed remodeling both bathrooms (we did not do the work ourselves). Now we are starting on the kitchen (we won't do this ourselves either). Our home is 20 yrs old and I am looking to replace the kitchen...