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Since I'm nearing the completion of my kitchen remodel I figured I'd share here. When we bought the house the kitchen was a complete dump, wood paneling installed over the drywall, plywood covering the old back doorway after they added on, grease stained cabinets and nonmatching counters that...

Coming up on 2 years ago my fiance and I purchased a foreclosed Ray Ellison tract house in San Antonio. The house needed a lot of work, it had been worked on by some people who should be banned from using tools of any sort and had things like extension cords as wiring and plywood in doorways...

I have this type of door on my Cabin and I love the look...just so happened that the house I moved in to has the same type...the window was missing, I've put in some glass but I was wondering if I can still find the window grill anywhere? It's a fairly common door style and I'm just hoping it's...

These are pics from my new house, all of this has been removed and/or corrected

My girlfriend and I bought a house together that had a kitchen I absolutely hated. When we initially saw the house it was bank owned and we weren't able to buy it but it was purchased by an investor who did minor repairs and resold it with financing, which is when we bought it...so I have these...

I have this area under an upstairs deck...the house is tiny and I'd like to utilize it as storage for yard equipment and stuff, nothing fancy, just putting lattice up and some old cast iron gates I have that can be locked, but my issue is that when it rains, of course, it leaks down from the...

Some time ago I posted this thread: http://www.houserepairtalk.com/f45/before-after-plans-my-first-house-8888/ and the house has remained exactly like this ever since...now however I have a new job (I say new but I got it about 5 months after that thread :P ) and I have resumed work on the...

Already finished...thoughts? Before: After:

I am finally doing this! I live in my parents house but they trust me completely to remodel the rooms assigned to me (bedroom with attached bath, walk in closet, and I remodeled the laundry room as well since I'm right near it) I fully redid my bedroom with new flooring, recessed lights, a new...

I want to install 4 recessed lights in my bedroom, in each corner, 2' from the walls, as shown in the plan below, I can get into the attic but I was hoping for a guide on installation, what type to get, etc. I was going to run the wire for it from the fan control in the wall

Hi again guys, While I was on vacation I drew out my plans for my house in Willis, TX that I'm remodeling slowly but surely. I bought this place when I was 18 (now 21) and it is quite an experience! This house was built by this guy out of used building materials so it's not perfect looking...

We live in an older home with ceiling fans and lights in every bedroom, in the living room, dining room, kitchen, and back porch and we have one switch for each, turn it off and both the fan & light go off, if you want just the fan or light on, you gotta use the pull chains...doesn't bother me...

I'm stripping paint off the cabinet doors in my bathroom and at first it went great, apply the stripper, let it sit for 20 minutes, come back, and scrape....the first coat came off like nothing! Then the next coat was/is incredibly stubborn....it doesn't bubble up at all, no matter how long I...

This house I moved into about 2 months ago has gutters on 3 sides and some parts of the front....the rest has these weird louvered things....what are they and what purpose do they serve....I can tell you that they don't stop water from falling over the side of the roof....

Sometimes the toilet will flush and sometimes it won't, but when it doesn't the water in the bowl stays at a constant level, it doesn't overflow, and when it does it seems like it just barely does....I replaced all the parts in the tank and it fills as far as it can, right up to the overflow...

First off, my house has mismatched windows, none are the same, but that's not my problem. Since they are obviously second hand windows that the guy who built the house got at a salvage yard they have flaws....two of them do not stay up on their own, I want to know if I can fix that somehow...

Sometime this summer I'll be treating my house for termites. It presently has a block & beam foundation and I'll be needing to tear off the entire floor downstairs (no big deal, it's unfinished plywood) to have the area around the posts treated. I was wondering about the possibility and costs...

Hi guys, I'm Zachary Yarnes, I currently live in San Antonio, TX and I work at a local animal hospital. In a few months I plan on attending Real Estate School to get my license and become a realtor. I own a small house in the town of Willis, TX, about 40 miles outside of Houston, that I'm...

Hi Guys, I purchased this house about 2 years ago, in March 2007, just a few months after my 18th birthday, and I figured I'd share on here....since I'm renovating it myself I thought it might be good to join this forum to share my experience and ask for help, if needed. The house was built...