How many uses can you find for your basement & garage? Hometalk members have turned their basements & garages into all kinds of fun and functional spaces. Do you need help making the right decisions about your basement remodel or need expert advice about a garage installation? Ask the Hometalk community, and get answers from Hometalk members who have done similar projects. Or share photos of your basement & garage storage solutions. After all...who doesn't love a great basement or garage?
Garage Organization
Elbow grease, sorting and discarding, and finding a place for everything left followed with a label is a good start to an organized garage. In this process we "found" things we'd lost as
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Hi Marcy! Thank you for the nice compliment! It was actually fun to do this!
Basement Renovation with Recreation Area and Kitchen ~ Greenwich, CT
One of Titus Built's Greenwich, CT clients had approximately 10,000 sf of “formal” living space, but no rooms for his teenagers and their friends to hang out. Jeff Titus, and his
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Thank you all for the lovely comments. I agree, this would be a great space for grandchildren. ...»
9 Ways to Think Outside the Toolbox
Whether you excel in the garden, garage or craft room, you probably have quite a few helpful tools in your arsenal of awesome. While more tools mean more great projects, they can also mean more storage problems, and toolboxes can quickly become a clutter trap. #JuneGardening
These nine out-of-the-toolbox storage ideas will make tool clutter a thing of the past: ...»
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Clever!
How to Hide a Water Heater - Realtor Secret Exposed!!
Our RE/MAX Gateway Real Estate Team was getting ready to List a BEAUTIFUL Condo for Sale, but the one issue that had always bothered our Seller was how to hide an ugly water heater located in the Laundry/Mud Room between the Garage and Kitchen. The space was very small and required plenty of venting, so building a wall was out of the question. We headed to Ikea and purchased the Kvartal Curtain Rods that could be mounted on the ceiling and featured a curved connector and curtain
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Hello, Betty! This was a fun project thanks to IKEA. We used the Mitre Box that is sold next ...»
Garage door panels, Painter.
I have a 16' wooden garage door and need to replace two panels after 19 years of good service. One has a bought eight glass panels and one has wooden panels. They will be delivered to
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I prime and then caulk all the time. (30 years)
Weird sewage smell in basement?
I have a 2002-built brick home near Atlanta, Georgia. Just a few days ago I noticed a very strong smell (smelled sort of like a dead mouse or something) in my basement and upon further
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Cobb county residentual permits and inspections
I purchased a home with an unfinished basement. It has framing/installation/some electrical and roughed in plumbing. So I spoke with an Licensed electrician about wiring it out to code
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What is the best way to fix water leaking in the basement?
During the last week heavy rain, I notice in one corner of my basement there is water leaking. Whom should I call to fix it? Or is this something home owner to fix it himself?
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I have the same problem, I had to dig up my foundation exterior, found a good hole that the ...»
Adding a mudroom to our garage
In our previous home, we didn't have a nice laundry room. It was tiny and stuck in our master bedroom. To help sell our home, we decided to ad a laundry/mudroom inside our two car garage.
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Wow! What a fantastic addition!