Totally hear you on the wood-look vinyl. I tried to convince myself it was a good idea a few years back—looked sharp at first, but after a couple summ...

You nailed it—every material has its own way of making you want to pull your hair out. I’ve done the foam board shuffle more times than I care to admi...

Plastic shrink kits are the stuff of winter nightmares in my book. I’ve spent more hours than I care to count scraping gummy residue off painted trim,...

I hear you—my neighbor swore his new windows would pay for themselves in a few years, but unless energy prices triple overnight, I’m not seeing it. Di...

Tried the plastic sheeting circus myself—looked like my living room was prepping for a paint job, not saving energy. Swapped to door sweeps and weathe...

I gotta disagree a bit—my living room definitely feels gloomier since I swapped to triple panes. Maybe it’s the low-e coating or just my old house, bu...

Can’t tell you how many times I’ve tried to cut corners on prep work, thinking “Eh, it’ll be fine,” only to have the paint bubble or peel a year later...

I hear you on the weatherstripping headache. My house is pushing 40 years old, and I swear the original builder must’ve bought the cheapest felt strip...

Couldn’t agree more. My house was built in the late 60s and honestly, the original windows have seen better days, but ripping them all out wasn’t in t...

Yep, the dust is relentless. I swear, I’m still finding it months later in places I didn’t even know existed. Last time I did a tear-out, I found a Mo...