Carnival of Home Improvement #1

–by Sagar Satapathy

Greetings! Welcome to the first edition of the Carnival of Home Improvement. Barring a few irrelevant entries, all other good submissions have been included. Without further ado, here are the posts in the order they were received:

Amy Allen Clark presents Before & After: Dining Room Chairs posted at Amy Allen Clark. Awe-inspiring Meredith, from Like Merchant Ships, is a source of great inspiration when it comes to home decorating.

Silicon Valley Blogger presents This Old House Is Worth $1.23 Million posted at The Digerati Life. Silicon Valley Blogger’s friend sold this old thing around 5 years ago for way under a million. But that was then, this is now. As he mentioned, it is now valued at $1.23 million. In fact, he has never in his WILDEST dreams imagined it would ever sell for anything over $600,000. But prices can only be as crazy as the politics.

Larryb presents Finding the Best Interest Rate posted at Mortgage Tips. When you want to apply for a mortgage, you should spend a lot of time and effort calling around or searching the Internet to find the best rates. Because so many people are dishonest from the start, it is difficult to do this shopping sometimes.

Geoff Lacey presents The Complete Photo Guide to Home Improvements posted at House Remodeling Blog. A useful companion guide for anyone who is looking to do any form of home improvements. Being prepared is crucial when you are making changes to your home.

Bobby Johnstone presents Air Bag Failure, an interesting site about how to deal with lawsuits related to defective airbags. Along with it, the site showcases a number of legal articles related to seat belts which are defective and defective tires. All of this is written by Bobby a specialist attorney in SUV Rollovers.

Jane May presents Remodel Your Home The Right Way posted at Career Ramblings. Is 2007 the year you have been planning to finally do your home remodeling? If it is, remember that it is not about how much you spend, it’s how you spend it.

SengAun Ong presents Freshwater Aquarium Starter Guide posted at Tipskey - Unlock Practicality. Aquarium makes home homelier. This articles talks about mistake-minimized startup of freshwater aquarium.

Geoff Lacey presents FHA Can Help With Buying Your House posted at Hud Home Blog. If you are on a budget and looking to buy a home then Hud Homes and FHA loans are the first place to start your search.

Tracy Coenen presents The REAL “Flip This House” is coming back! posted at FRAUDfiles. You heard it right! Not those scam artists from San Antonio and Atlanta. This is “The Real Deal.” Quite literally.

Michael Cook presents Rehabbing Real Estate is for You posted at Suite101: Buying/Selling a Home articles. Great new real estate may just be one house away. Rehabbing can be a great way to get into a good neighborhood cheaper and add value to your most important investment.

Vilo Kanis presents How To Remove The Old Paint From The Wooden Windows posted at Roofing Childs Play. Grinding, scraping, sand or water blasting… to remove the old paint you can use the steel shave or spatula, straight, sharp piece of glass, wire brush, chisel, mechanical or electric grinding machine… practically anything. Removing the old paint mechanically, with the spatula and abrasive paper.

With this, the first edition of the Carnival of Home Improvement is concluded. Keep sending such interesting and useful posts to the future editions of this carnival. Please give a link back to this carnival, which will help promote this carnival on the blogosphere.

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