It is a real personal achievement to improve and repair your home with your own hands. Successful home improvement requires a mastery of detail and little tolerance for error. If you’re a beginner, this may sound daunting, but the advice in the paragraphs below should help put you at ease.

If you can afford it, go for hard wood floors and stay away from laminate. Despite a similar appearance to real wood and being easy to take care of, laminate cannot be refinished. In another decade or two, you or another owner will find it necessary to install new flooring rather than simply refinishing.

If you don’t have much counter space in the kitchen, think about a microwave over your range. When you replace a range hood with this type of microwave, you enjoy features like a flexible price range and even convection cooking options. A lot of units use