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If you want to change a powder room into a full bathroom, you'll likely need more floor space. You'll also need careful planning and various permits from your city's zoning and building office.
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Discover how to turn a closet into a bathroom. A bathroom closet conversion requires measuring the space, planning, building permits, and plumbing and electrical work.
Read MoreSwitching the direction of a staircase can open up a new floor plan. You can, for example, change the direction to leave room for a table or doorway where the bottom of the stairs now fits.
Read MoreA home's front entry can significantly improve its curbside appeal and market value. By increasing the size of the front door and adding special touches, you can change a plain entry to one with pizzazz to spare.
Read MoreRemodeling a three-season porch into actual living space requires making the space snug. To utilize the room year-round, you will need to heat and cool it efficiently. In a best case scenario, you might be able to run duct work and venting to utilize your present heat pump.
Read MoreEnclosing a porch for sleeping space is much easier with a sound roof in place. With the roof framing intact, the rest of the construction is similar to any other addition project. One challenge of the room enclosure will be adding heating and cooling, however.
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Persons in the building industry may tell you that you can't build a house for $50,000 in the United States. Note however, that in one study scientists determined that bees can't fly. (See Resource 1) Sometimes conventional wisdom and even informed opinion is wrong. As of this writing, proponents of the growing "
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Most small kitchens require a minimum of six upper wall cabinets. Two to three cabinets on either side of the sink on the upper wall provides crucial storage space. That same wall will typically have four or five lower cabinets with room for a dishwasher and small column of drawers for utensils.
Read MoreMany people own or lease land for permanently parking a travel trailer. It's common in certain rural areas for rooms to be added to such a trailer. An added room greatly expands the living space, and you can build on an extra room for family activities, sleeping or to accommodate overnight guests.
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Adding a basement to a new home can create space for rooms or a drive-under garage. A basement adds value to virtually any home. However, issues with an extremely steep or rock-filled lot can make the price of a basement exorbitant. Cliffside homes or mountain homes can have these issues.
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