Paints + Stains 3 Steps to Avoid Common Painting Problems While it’s a no-brainer to say that paint helps protect exterior finishes, such as stucco, from the elements, some builders seem to have...
Affordable How Home Improvement Contractors are Handling Material Shortages and Price Increases While reported job delays are down, material shortages, cost increases, and the frequency with which home improvement contractors are...
Home Exteriors Paint's Price Problem Painting a room was the home improvement project that even a novice DIYer with a low threshold of confidence was willing to take on during...
Paints + Stains 16 Different Colors of the Year for 2022 The onset of another year typically is accommodated by a sense renewal. That yearning for a fresh start will be greater going into 2022 as...
Building Envelope 10 Largest Price Increases By Building Product The price of residential construction products (as a group) from January to July of this year rose at a rate more than double that of all...
Building Envelope Guest Column: 5 Benefits and 4 Considerations to Becoming a Manufacturer-Certified Installer Manufacturer certification programs can be a source of confusion. Most often, the confusion stems from using words like “certified,” ...
Building Envelope 2022 International Builders' Show Registration Opens: The Quick Need-to-Knows The International Builders’ Show returns to Orlando this upcoming February and registration is now open. With hundreds of exhibitors...
Kitchen + Bath This Quick-Turnaround Sample Service Makes Product Specifying Easier Specifying products for a new home traditionally requires a builder or contractor to see and physically touch samples, but doing so can be...
Building Envelope 9 Ecolabels (Other Than Energy Star) to Guide Healthier, More Sustainable Product Selections Ecolabels can help builders and remodelers more easily increase the efficiency and sustainability of their projects through product selection
Kitchen + Bath A New Wallpaper Collection Inspired by World Travels Interior designer Michelle Nussbaumer and mural artist Paul Montgomery have teamed up for a new wallpaper collection dubbed Wanderlust,...
