Our mission is to build a community of homeowners who like to build, contract, or remodel their homes themselves. This is a place to share ideas, resources, and experiences.

Welcome to the inaugural of the Self Made Homes website

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Self Made Homes is an example of a revolutionary new approach to web-based information called Web 2.0. How does it differ from the old Internet?  Web 2.0 is focused on community building and social interaction.  Visitors are encouraged to get involved.  You can leave comments and posts, and carry on conversations with other homeowners on our forums. Setting up such an Internet site is a daunting process!  I can verify that it is much more challenging than writing a book, but it's also very exciting because information and knowledge transfer happens at light speed.  You are assured of the latest construction and remodeling information.


Daily Coverage of the 2007 International Builders Show in Orlando

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IBS logo The Big Show: the 2007 International Builders' Show®, just keeps getting bigger!! Now with over 1,900 leading suppliers representing 300 industry categories, covering over a million net square feet of exhibit space it is the largest Show in NAHB history!


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Mommainia Builders still going and going and....

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Going crazy is more like it. I wish I had batteries that lasted a long time. I am so tired. There has been someone on the lot every day. I have not had a day off and have worked most Saturdays and Sunday I worked four hours. When I mean worked I mean putting in insulation, sweeping floors, picking up trash and vacuuming up all the junk the contractors left behind.

Stone workStone workI have not had any issues with any contractor until now. I hired a stone guy to do the stone on the front. He does great work, don't get me wrong, but he didn't give me what I wanted therefore I will have to pay more to fix it correctly. These days we do not live in America anymore. If you hire a contractor and even put it in black and white what you want it sometimes doesn't work out in your favor. His language wasn't mine and therefore I was misunderstood about what I wanted him to do. However, if I don't pay him, he will put a lean on the house and I cannot close without going through court to prove him wrong, etc. Or. he could just get mad and do something to the house or me. He has a temper. Even though I don't agree, it is not worth the effort to battle it out. If I already lived in the house it would be a different story. What a pain. Well, they say you learn by your mistakes.


Want to give your home stereo system that built-in look?

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Here's a wonderful solution for remodelers who want to place speakers up on the wall without unsightly wires. Taperwire is an adhesive backed speaker wire that can be taped directly to the wall, spackled, and then painted or wallpapered over.

Here's a how-to on bathroom tile that's pretty cool.

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In this first segment of the "Bathroom" episode of DIY's Tiling Techniques, host Paul Wilson will prep the bathroom and install the backerboard.

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