Transforming wood shipping pallets into pallet flooring cuts your renovation costs, reduces landfill waste, and gives your room an extra touch of personality. These pallets are often dumped into landfills after just a few uses, but by collecting them, you can get free material to build a one-of-a-kind floor. First, though, you’ll need to know […]
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Magnesite Flooring in Your Home
From the 1920s to the 1950s, magnesite incorporated elegance and serviceability as a low-cost pourable flooring material, utilized everywhere from Depression-era art deco homes to mass-produced apartment projects to the decking of World War Two battleships. The iconic American architect Frank Lloyd Wright made extensive use of magnesite in residential designs and it was the […]
How Much Weight Can Drywall Hold?
Wall art, shelves, and other hanging decor add a lot to a room, and your drywall shouldn’t stop you from enjoying them. Decorating drywall does take some planning, though. Exactly how much weight drywall can hold depends on where and how the weight is mounted. A thin nail in hollow drywall will leave even a […]
The Pros and Cons of Eucalyptus Flooring
Although not yet well know in the home improvement world, eucalyptus flooring has a number of advantages over many more popular flooring wood species. It stands up well to foot-traffic and moisture, it’s environmentally sustainable, and it’s so easy to work with you can install the flooring yourself even if you have little home improvement […]
The Homeowner’s Guide to Bathtub Materials
A well-made bathtub adds an air of elegance and luxury to any bathroom, and the material your tub is made from plays a major role in its appearance and durability. Finding the ideal bathtub material for your style preferences and budget will help get you started toward choosing the perfect tub. Enameled Steel To make […]
Do Mold Foggers Really Work?
Because most mold spores are microscopic, when you find those fuzzy splotches on the wall, you see only a fraction of the mold that’s actually there. That means cleaning the visible mold won’t always get rid of all the mold. Mold foggers are designed to help with this problem by applying a mold-killing mist to […]