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I want to build an alcove bed (see Hibernating Dreams: Alcove Beds | Apartment Therapy New York for examples) against the outside wall of our smallest bedroom. The HVAC vent is of course against this wall. I am 99.44% sure that the duct runs perpendicular from the main ducts down the...

The software is Punch! Platinum, I used the "Export 3D, current live view" option. Thanks for your input everyone, I've come up with something my husband likes to. The front facade remains the same, the addition is to the rear and gives us a first-floor master suite, powder room, open floor...

Actually, there are rolling metal glides on the sides. Hard to see in the pic, but they are there. Wood filler ... duh ... I'm not sure why I didn't think of that, that stuff is a good friend of mine. :lol Thanks for that link, Inspector. Plastic Edgemate is about what I was thinking, I...

I am in the process of refurbishing my kitchen cabinets (painting mostly, some repairs, some storage enhancements, some trim). One of the repairs I need to do is to the drawers. They are crummy. Literally. No dovetails, miters here ... badly made, old, crumbling plywood drawers. I'm tired...

I have to agree, you have to figure out whether the structure is sound first. I don't think you have had the right type of person look at it yet, you need a home inspector. Generally, people pay a home inspector to check out a house they have offered to buy with a conditional clause in case...

We replaced two old furnaces (one natural gas converted to propane, about 30 years old, one electric about 20 years old ... previous owners used up old gas well in backyard) about 5 years ago with a single propane gas furnace. We got our central-air replaced at the same time. I think it was...

FYI ... I bought a Posi-Temp cartridge repair kit at Lowe's. I removed the old cartridge, didn't see anything wrong with it but proceeded to rebuild it anyway, and then noticed the big (3-4mm) ball of lead solder that must have came out of the old cartridge. I had to have my husband finish...

Thanks so much! Disguising 6" will be easy-peasy!

So pressure treated, how far can that be from the ground? Though 18" isn't too bad. Not doing it is gonna look weird.

One thing I have been including in the many variations of my split-model redesign is "erasing" part of a cantilever. Attached is a rendering of my existing house. My remodel methodology is to start with a correctly measured model of my house as-is and make changes from that. What I have ...

Just ideas ... * Use a decorative accent trim piece over the seam(s) * Center the longest piece and cut what you need for the ends to put the seams off center

There is a place near me called "Wayside Workshop" (website not working atm) that sells unfinished furniture. I bought a couple plain-jane pine bookcases I am going to trick-out with some trim for the kitchen there. It seemed a little pricey to me, but it's real stuff.

Glenn, yeah, I think you're right. I've looked at a few light fixtures, but I need something really slim/sleek or that could be put between the wall studs. A recessed can light or two would be great, but there are those ducts immediately above. Most of the sconces I've seen stick out a few...

I saw the recently updated thread about Solar Tubes and have a question. I tried Googling, didn't find an example. Would it be possible to wall-mount a diffuser for one of these things? I know it would be awfully bright, I'm thinking of a transom-type effect. Another idea would be to steal a...

:D Ok, this was hard to draw ... replace the chair with a bean-bag, have the slide end into it. :cool:

I remembered something I looked into before. We aren't ready to finish our basement yet, but there are these soft, foam mats used for exercise areas, kids play areas. I did a quick Google and came up with this: https://www.softtiles.com/content/view/28/39/ The price isn't bad, the colors...

Here's an improvement ... thanks for letting me have some fun too :) Yes, the program is quite addicting. I really needed to think about somebody else's house a bit. ETA: The lovely model is 5'6", added for scale reference. I assumed an 8' ceiling and sized the stairs accordingly.

Oooh ... great possibilities. I did a real quick drawing with guesstimated measurements. Personally, I'd wrap the bottom step around slightly (see second pic) and put something beautiful there. Everyone is into something different, perhaps one of those small wine tables, a short bookshelf, a...

That. Our shower is original (I believe) to our 1970's house. I'm not sure it would be allowed today.

We've got one possibly a bit smaller in our downstairs bath. I call it "the world's smallest shower". The outer width dimension is 31". I'm still getting the hang of "nominal dimensions". ;) It feels very closed in, hard on the elbows. That said, I've showered in there when I was 9 months...