They’re kind of cute and cuddly-looking. Sort of strange and mysterious. And if you look at them just right when they’re cast in just-so lighting, they can even appear to be bit creepy-looking. We’re talking about garden gnomes, of course…. Read More
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Basement Bathrooms: The Art of the Upflush
Many of our basement renovation customers choose to add a bathroom to their basement. That’s not surprising, considering the huge convenience factor and utility that a bathroom adds to a remodeled basement. But deciding to do something and getting it… Read More
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The Top Ten Landscaping Projects for 2015
What are the most popular landscape-related projects for homeowners this year? The American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) recently posed that very question to nearly 600 professional landscape architects. But the ASLA survey wasn’t asking what types of projects most… Read More
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Factors That Determine the ROI of Your Next Home Renovation Project
Every time we complete a home renovation project – a bathroom makeover, a basement renovation, or whatever – we drive away from our client’s home with a really good feeling. That’s because we know that the project we’ve just completed… Read More
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Soundproofing Tips for Remodeled Basements
Most basements, by definition, are big holes in the ground. And that means that a common feature among basements is that they are typically surrounded on all sides by solid earth. That’s a good thing. That solid wall of earth… Read More
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7 Tips for Making Your Landscape Bee-Friendly
By now you’ve probably heard the bad news: honeybees are in trouble. Bee colonies around the world have been dying in record numbers in recent years. Places like Iowa, for example, have lost as much as 70% of the local… Read More
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The best equipment for cleaning your garage floor
It can be a battle to keep garage floors looking spic-and-span clean. But that’s the goal we all have, right? So I thought I’d provide some great tips for garage floor cleaning. Garage floors offer unique cleaning challenges for a couple… Read More
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6 of the strangest things found during home renovation projects
As you know, we do lots of home renovation projects here at TLC Inc. We focus mainly on basement and bathroom renovations. And one of the interesting things about renovations is that sometimes some really strange things are found during the renovation project – maybe… Read More
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Bet you’ve never seen a basement renovation like this…
More than 13,000 square feet. Three bathrooms. A family room. A massage room. A wine cellar. A six-car garage. Sounds like an impressive house, doesn’t it? Except it’s not a house. It’s a basement. In fact, that’s not even a particularly unusual… Read More
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Have you heard about the world’s largest garage sale?
When we complete garage organization projects for our customers, do you know what often happens as a result? A garage sale. That’s not really surprising. Because once a customer’s garage has been transformed from a hideously junky mess to a… Read More