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Does having carpet decrease your home value? Turns out, some experts at HGTV say carpet can make your home "unsellable".
Here are nine tips for choosing the best types of flooring for your spaces while maintaining a cohesive look throughout your ...
Homes sold in the month of May featured homes built over 120 years ago and some as recent as 2018. Here's a look at the top ...
This house at 620 S. Scoville Ave., Oak Park, has a lower level with a rec room, an exercise room, a second kitchen and a sixth bedroom. (Fio Creative) Oak Park 6-bedroom home with Prairie-style ...
A historic Clintonville home, the Richard Berry Jr. House, built in 1929, is on the market for roughly $1.7 million. The 5,680-square-foot home, designed by noted architect Ray Sims, is listed on ...
How to save on hardwood flooring costs. To save on costs, be prepared to do some thorough research and at least some of the work yourself. 1. Refinish your existing wood floors ...
I’d accept compliments on the original hardwood floors and point out the delightful period features to admiring visitors. ... So here we are, in our 10th year of the Old House Experience.
My old house in Minnesota had wood floors, and they gleamed like the day they were installed in 1900. ... Hardwood floors are an investment, and repairing them isn’t easy or cheap.
Q: My dogs have heavily damaged the hardwood flooring in my 1956 house. Is there a way to refinish the floor so it’s impervious to dog urine? My handyman has suggested vinyl flooring, but I ...
Hardwood floors bring a warm, timeless charm to any home, but they can start to look dull after a while -- foot traffic, pet claws, and daily dust tend to wear down the shine. While there are ...
At move-in time, my house had original heart pine floors almost all the way throughout. Only the kitchen hardwood had been drastically altered (and it survived for over a century before someone ruined ...