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Old 01-11-2010, 09:48 AM
homealone homealone is offline
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Well I dont know about all of you, but now that winter has set in I find myself stuck in the house more and more. Its just to darn cold to be outside doing much of anything.

I love sitting on our porch during the warm seasons, but right now I cant manage to sit out there for very long at all before I begin to shiver so much that I am forced back inside.

Because of being inside so much, I am seeing more and more things that I would like to do to our home. Just mostly little improvements here and there. Things like what color to paint the bedroom when we tear it apart, designing the kitchen so that when we are ready to start the work on it we will have it all planned out carefully.

Now is the perfect time to do such things because heck I am stuck in here most of the time anyway, may as well put the time to some good use.

We have even began purchasing things that we will be needing in the future and storing it all in the garage. Most of the home improvemnt things that we will be needing such as lumber, paints and other items are all on sale right now and usally are at this time of the year.

So because I have been inside so much making these plans carefully we are learning that we will be saving alot of money come this summer when the work begins.

Heck we even managed to purchase enough paint to paint the exterior of the house and garage next year for a total of $40.00. Now that is a great price for painting the entire house and garage.

Its always better to purchase what you need for future plans in the off seasons. The prices are lowered a great deal, giving you greater savings and more money to make even more improvements, when the weather is right.

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Old 01-12-2010, 02:28 PM
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This is the time of year for great deals, I also see that Lowes has a clearance, table on the weekend here where I live I got great deals there on paint was able to paint 2 large rooms for under 10 bucks with paint left over, also painted my kitchen cabinets for only $1.
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Old 01-13-2010, 05:55 AM
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I found a really good site that shows you how to remodel yourself. I watched some of them and they make it look so easy.

Here is the addy.
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Old 01-14-2010, 04:54 PM
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It is really nice being able to fix up your home with out it costing you, your entire life savings. This is why during the off seasons you can purchase what you are going to be needing and know that your saving yourself alot of money.

Heck at this rate with all the sales we are finding, I may be able to get the kitchen done, my bedroom and the basement completely redone for what it would cost to completely do one room!!
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