remodeling

Expect a Kohl's vs. Penney's remodeling face-off next year, and new additions in their home departments. While reporting their third-quarter results this week, the department store rivals both said they're planning to focus on remodeling stores in 2010, and will pay more attention to their...

Our house is a beautiful, 3,000-square foot home built in 1918 that sits across the street from South Shore Park and Lake Michigan in Milwaukee. But after living in our home for 25 years, we were faced with a difficult decision: Do we spend a chunk of money to fix up the place or move? We had done...

This Old House recently put together a video with the top five mistakes people make when remodeling their homes.Committing this list to memory could save you thousands of dollars. Here are the tips: Don't hire a general contractor who gives you bad vibes, and don't try to do it yourself on a...

USAToday has found a couple in the San Francisco suburbs who had a contractor come knocking on their door offering to remove a tree -- at a discount."[Darien} Destino and her husband, Don, recently had their 3,000-square-foot home painted by the same contractor who bid 40 percent more for the job...

Just as President Obama gets handy swinging a figurative hammer to nail down an acceptable recovery plan for the automotive industry, he's also gearing up for a few home improvement projects at the White House? Home improvements that, unlike past presidents, he'll be paying for out of his own...

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...

The growing market for earth-friendly products and solutions has given homeowners a lot of choices, but how do you know what are truly green products versus "greenwashed"? Here are five signs to help measure greenness. Start with the manufacturer: Green begins at the industrial birthplace of...

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...

For parents whose last little bird has finally flown to coop, the combination of available space at home and expanded cash flow offers potential for a new kind of nesting. While the home improvement possibilities are many, the current state of the housing market demands projects that'll deliver...

Ken and Daria Dolan, America's First Family of Personal Finance, answer your money questions every Friday. My husband and I would like to make a $125,000 extension on our home. What is the best way to finance this project? -Suzanne Thinking of making some home improvements? Click here to visit...