Articles filed under Home Improvement
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A rambler 'witch house' gets new life with a midcentury flairOct 07, 2017 6:00 am - Alex and Karin Hodjatzadeh did not need another house. They owned a perfectly fine Colonial-style home in Rockville, Maryland, that they bought from Alex's father. They'...
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Advice from the 'Masters of Flip' to keep your projects from floppingOct 07, 2017 6:00 am - Kortney and Dave Wilson of HGTV's "Masters of Flip" joined staff writer Jura Koncius on The Washington Post's Home Front online chat. Here is an edited excerpt. Q. How m...
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Living room, dining room, kitchen … brew room?Oct 01, 2017 6:00 am - The first time a batch of beer boiled over in his kitchen, Steve Clemens started thinking about creating a dedicated brewing space somewhere else in his home. “That pret...
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Cleaning a fireplace is best left to professionalsOct 01, 2017 6:00 am - Q. We use our wood-burning fireplace for heat. It has not been cleaned out for years and we noticed bad spots on the outdoor chimney brick. What maintenance steps can we...
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Courtyards: The original 'outdoor rooms' get a new lookSep 16, 2017 6:00 am - The trend toward outdoor living, which uses comfy seating, bright rugs and weatherproof art to extend the al fresco season at home, is bringing new attention to a centur...
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Two suburban couples win outdoor makeoversSep 10, 2017 6:00 am - Two suburban couples win outdoor makeovers
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Homeowner seeks a longer lasting roofing materialSep 03, 2017 6:00 am - Q. Our old, dark, shingle roof is leaking again. I prefer to install a longer-lasting roof this time even if it costs a little more. Other than metal, what durable roofi...
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To adapt to a streaming world, home speakers get sleeker, smarterSep 02, 2017 6:00 am - Home speakers used to be big and blocky, more or less an eyesore. Hanging on the wall or sitting in the corner of a room, they were accompanied by a tethered music playe...
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A life of odds, ends and new beginningsSep 02, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - Community Forklift's 34,000-square-foot store looks like the treasure chamber of an Egyptian pharaoh's tomb, if that pharaoh had a penchant for midcentury m...
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A tweak - not a teardown - for that just-right houseAug 27, 2017 6:00 am - Across the Washington, D.C., area, modest Cape Cods and Colonials are routinely demolished to make way for supersized houses. But there are exceptions to this market tre...