TRIMMING DOWN EXPENSES ON PROJECT SUPPLIES I’ve actually used old bedsheets as drop cloths a few times—worked better than I expected, though you have...

Title: When Was The Last Time Your City Changed Its Construction Rules? When we built our place last year, I ran into this exact thing with the insul...

Had a similar experience when we first moved into our custom build. I was so focused on the house itself—room sizes, layout, kitchen design—that I tot...

Had a similar runaround when we built our place. One of the subs cracked a window installing siding, and suddenly everyone was playing hot potato with...

Totally agree with this. When we built our place, the surveyor had trouble locating one of the original markers—it was buried under decades of landsca...

We had a similar issue when we bought our first place—low-pitched roof, minimal venting, and summers were brutal. Ended up installing an attic fan alo...

We had a similar situation—thought gravel would be easy too, but between weeds and the constant crunching noise late at night, it drove us nuts. Ended...