Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Installing new trim should be easy, right? Just measure the boards, cut the miters, and nail the trim in place. Well, it’s not ...

Is new carpet in your future? Don’t forget to walk through installation details before you buy. It’s important to assess carpet quality and match type to intended use, but you’ll avoid hassles if you ...

Measure the linear feet of the walls to be installed with baseboard. To be safe with your calculations and account for any bad cuts, always purchase 10% more material than measured to avoid returning ...

Installing baseboards in your home is a relatively straightforward way to spruce the place up a bit. And while the general process is easy enough for a do-it-yourself project, cutting the baseboards ...

Q. This week: We live in a 26 year old home. We recently had a new furnace and A/C unit put in, then had new, light carpet installed. We have noticed a "darkening" of the carpet upstairs at the ...

Last weekend, I had the good fortune to show my son how to install wood baseboard and interior door casing. We’re in the final stages of finishing over 1,000 square feet of living space in the ...

Q: We are planning to re-carpet our home. With the original 1988 carpeting, the house certainly needs it. The stair treads - there are 44 of them - were sloppily installed, with wall-to-tread gaps ...