home improvement

Home Improvement Professionals Report Feeling More Confident, More Concerned with Labor

By Heather Hunter / June 28, 2017 /

Confidence among home improvement professionals is booming. After a quarterly survey of thousands of remodelers, carpenters, painters, plumbers and roofers, the HomeAdvisor Farnsworth Index reports that over three-quarters of those home improvement professionals feel highly confident in their business prospects over the coming year. The survey was administered between May 11 and May 26 to…

Retailing Deathmatch: Restoration Hardware vs. Rejuvenation

By Jon Anderson / June 21, 2016 /

Expo and the Great Indoors whetted our appetites for cool kitchen and bathroom showrooms we mightn’t have been able to afford, but could crib ideas from.  Their bankruptcies left a hole in our collective Sunday afternoons. Even at a fraction of their size, Capital Distributing and Perch sate our inner renovation voyeur. In the meantime…

Manufactured Stone Veneer, Insulation Top Dallas Home Remodeling Projects for ROI

By Leah Shafer / April 4, 2016 /

When it comes to home remodeling projects, homeowners are all about improving either a home’s curb appeal or energy efficiency. This is true in Dallas, the state, and the nation. A new report from the Texas Association of Realtors released Friday, the Texas Remodel Valuation Report, looked at the profitability and popularity of home improvement projects in 2015…

Dallas Public Schools: When Two People Realize the Same Thing

By Bethany Erickson / May 11, 2015 /

See this? This is the porch of shame. I’ll start with the porch of shame because it’s my porch of shame, and it’s also the start of what will be a series of renovations and improvements on our cute little Midway Hollow home. As we’ve talked about before, we have been weighing several schools, knowing…