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The Pros and Cons of Granite, Quartz, and Marble Countertops
Whether you’re building a new home or renovating your kitchen, you’ll have to make a decision about your countertops. If you’d like to go with a natural stone—as opposed to laminate countertops, for example—you can opt for granite, quartz, or marble. The next step is determining which stone is the best fit for your budget…
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Why You Might Actually Want a Grass Driveway
Cost-effective, erosion-proof, and chemical-corralling, the mighty grass driveway doesn’t get the respect it deserves. But if you have rainwater rushing down your gravel driveway, washing away dirt or leaving trenches in its wake, it might be the solution for you. Using a system of interlocking pavers, a grass driveway is essentially a structured grid with…
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How to Use Up, Repurpose, or Sell Leftover Renovation Materials
Renovating your home is exciting, expensive, and stressful. You might think the difficulty is over once the last coat of paint has dried, but there’s almost always one final step: Dealing with the leftover construction materials. Renovation is far from an exact science, and you pretty much have no choice but to buy more material…
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How to Repair Your Crumbling Footpath Curb
One of the first things any new homeowner discovers is that a house is basically entropy in building form. From the moment a house is born, it’s dying — eaten by termites, digested by rot, eventually subject to any number of cataclysmic natural disasters. You thought you were borrowing a worrisome amount of money in…