We went with matte black fixtures in our kitchen and bathrooms, and honestly, fingerprints haven't been a huge issue for us. Soap residue though...yea...

I get what you're saying about glare, but weirdly enough, my experience was kind of the opposite. When I first set up my home office (finally got to d...

Painter's tape is a solid choice, yeah. I actually ended up using masking tape last time—mostly because that's what I had lying around—and it wasn't t...

I get what you're saying about insurance being tricky, but honestly, even the most detailed contracts can't cover every scenario. When we built our fi...

Yeah, I totally get that frustration. We went with a fancy pull-down faucet when we redid our kitchen last year, and while it's been mostly great, fin...

Denim insulation, huh? That’s a new one for me...wish I'd known about it sooner. Just finished up my attic with cellulose last weekend—definitely bett...

Hiring a surveyor definitely sounds like it worked out well for you, but honestly, we had a pretty different experience. When we built our place last ...

Haha, totally feel you on this! My custom built-ins turned into the Bermuda Triangle for chargers and mail. Love your idea about tall plants though—mi...

Yeah, budget's always the tricky part. When we built our place last year, I found the most helpful thing was actually talking directly to someone at t...

Went through something pretty similar myself. When I was getting financing sorted, the lender kept saying things like "it's all standard," but when I ...

I've had some decent luck with liquidation sites, actually. When we were building our place, I snagged a pallet of flooring that was way cheaper than ...

Totally agree with this. When we moved into our custom build last year, I was all excited to plant some fancy ornamental trees I'd seen online. But af...