Build a Custom Bookcase Secret Door with Murphy Door’s Pin Hinge System

Build a Custom Bookcase Secret Door with Murphy Door’s Pin Hinge System

You don’t have to live in a Victorian mansion or a castle to have a secret passage or a hidden room concealed behind a bookcase. You can buy a complete kit with everything you need to build a bookcase that opens like a door, or 

Step-by-Step Build a Secret Room Door with a Kit

Step-by-Step Build a Secret Room Door with a Kit

I have loved the idea of a hidden door to a secret room since I read Betsy Byers and Nancy Drew. How many gothic mysteries have a hidden room behind a wall that is revealed when you press the right place in the wall? That’s 

Discover Extra Storage You Didn’t Know You Had

Discover Extra Storage You Didn’t Know You Had

It is hard to stay organized when there is just not enough space. Buying extra bins and tubs doesn’t help if there is nowhere to put them. Look around your house. You might be surprised for find space that can be used for storage that 

Before and After Adding a Bump Out Closet

Before and After Adding a Bump Out Closet

When I first bought the log cabin, the bedroom was only 10-feet wide and there was very little closet space and storage. We took out the small closets to make the master bedroom larger and more functional and built a bump out for two closets. 

Using the Attic for Storage: Attic Storage Lifts

Using the Attic for Storage: Attic Storage Lifts

I finished the attic at the log cabin. It started out as a play room, but worked out to be really useful storage. I took out the pull down ladder and replaced it with stairs. They are just wide enough to make it easy to 

Kitchen Drawer Organizers

Kitchen Drawer Organizers

The new kitchen has a lot more storage. There are six drawers. Five are very wide and they are deeper than the drawers in my last kitchen. I was using the organizers from IKEA. They were exactly the right width for the old kitchen drawers, 

Finishing the Acrylic Shower

Finishing the Acrylic Shower

The installation story begins with the post Replacing the Fiberglass Tub with an Acrylic Shower. Or you can start reading pricing and rationalizing West Shore Home Bath Remodel Price or Replace the Fiberglass Bath with a New Acrylic Shower Research when we first started to 

Replacing the Fiberglass Tub with an Acrylic Shower

Replacing the Fiberglass Tub with an Acrylic Shower

The log cabin had a fiberglass tub. We have been fighting a leak for years and finally decided to replace the tub with a shower. We called West Shore Home on November 23. They came out and measured the very next day. Everything we wanted 

West Shore Home Bath Remodel Price

West Shore Home Bath Remodel Price

The shower is leaking again, so we have to do something. We have tightened everything up as much as we can without getting at the pipes in the wall. They are behind the fiberglass in the bathroom. We could reach them on the other side 

How to Remove Wallpaper from Drywall

How to Remove Wallpaper from Drywall

So, your house is not old or you’ve confirmed that your old house has drywall, not lath and plaster walls. Is there an easy way to get the wallpaper down? How to Remove Wallpaper from Lath and Plaster Walls There are a lot of instructions