Install Wood Stair Railing

Here's a great step-by-step from a homeowner who replaced his dated wrought-iron stair railings with new oak railings.

Installing Stair Railing [Fischers Place]

  May 19, 2006 | Comments (7)

Building Bookshelves

For roughtly $100 and about 3-4 hours, you can build your own bookshelves. Forkbender provides a step-by-step that is easy to customize and more importantly organizes your space very quickly.

DIY Bookcase and Photo Gallery [Forkbender]

  May 17, 2006 | Comments ()

Building and Demolishing an Interior Wall (redux)

One of our most popular entries is "Build an Interior Wall". We noticed it was a bit sparse so we have decided to revisit this subject as well as provide insight into "Tearing Down Interior Walls", which is much more fun.

Breaking up larger spaces is a common remodeling project and this usually includes building smaller rooms or installing bathrooms or storage closets. Opening up spaces and creating "great rooms" is another popular DIY project that can increase light and add grandeur to an otherwise small space.

Here are some fine resources that will provide you with the details on tools, materials, time, and knowledge required to build or tear down an interior wall.

Build a Wall
Is My Wall Load Bearing? [Yahoo! Answers]
Identifying a Bearing Wall [Bobvila.com]
Interior Wall Structure [Hometips]
How to Build an Interior Wall [Hometips]
Building a Wall: Step-by-Step [Better Homes and Gardens]
Framing Interior Details [Hometime]
Framing an Interior Wall [Black & Decker]
Dividing a Room [Lowes]
Wall Repair [Home Depot]

Demolish a Wall
Remodeling Errors to Avoid [AZ Central]
Demolition Checklist [Bobvila.com]
Wall Demolition [DIYnet]
Demolition [Home Humor]
Types of Sawing Demo [Cutting Technologies]

  May 2, 2006 | Comments ()