Renovations

As the seasons change, the urge to refresh one's surroundings intensifies. Spring is all about brightening up and cleaning out -- painting dated kitchen cabinets and adding pops of brighter colors throughout the house. In contrast, this time of year calls for making things cozy and warm for the...

The nation's largest home improvement retailer reported that its third quarter net earnings rose a higher-than-expected 21% due to lower expenses and cost cuts. Additionally, Home Depot raised its fiscal 2010 earnings outlook.

Homeowners still aren't ready to go whole-hog on their bath and kitchen renovations, but they're taking on slightly larger projects than they were earlier this year, according to executives at Lowe's Cos. (LOW), which reported that its third-quarter profit met expectations. The nation's...

For Holiday Inn franchise owners, 2010 is starting to look a little bleak. At its annual meeting on Thursday, the chain's owner, Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG), told its American franchisees that, recession or no, they need to renovate. At the very least, every outlet has to install new...

Following in the footsteps of its innovative Whopper Bar, Burger King (BKC) has announced it's launching an extensive interior renovation of its 12,000 restaurant locations. The new design, codenamed "20/20," draws design cues from both traditional diners and the Korova Milk Bar in Stanley...

The home equity-financed home improvement boom of the first part of this millennium has come to a halt, and that wood paneling in the dining room is likely to stay there until the economy improves.Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies reports that spending on home improvement...

On HGTV's hit series My House is Worth What?, real estate experts walk through homes that have undergone extensive renovations, reassuring the owner that that new luxury bathroom was actually a good investment and not just a self-indulgent waste of money.But before you take out a home equity loan...