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	Welcome to Inventive Home Improvement.com, a website full of imaginative home improvement solutions from a very stubborn homeowner--who can't stand to leave things looking broken or ugly. The story of this home improvement website began five years ago. Back then, I was blissfully free of all home improvement madness. But all that was about to change, because five years ago I bought a dilapidated old house.
This was my living room after two years. Still much to do.		This is my living room now, with cherry wood floors, two-toned walls and privacy blinds
	There were holes in the deck, a leaky roof, ugly popcorn ceilings and hideous brown doors. 1970's light fixtures hovered over the living room like flying saucers, and everything looked out-of-date. With little money in the piggy bank, I began fixing my new-old home myself. One day I was a plumber, the next a carpenter, then an electrician, a painter, a wrecking crew and a gardener. My home was slowly transformed, every room teaching me new lessons about home improvement.
My basement after a lot of hard work was still looking dingy.		My basement after I remodeled the fireplace with painted illusions, then added Berber carpet.
	I discovered a simple way to remove popcorn ceilings and a painted illusion that could make low ceilings look higher. I discovered a cheap way to make my old kitchen look like a Tuscan dream, and how to install molding and door casings all through my house. Having little money was a great incentive to discover ways to make old things look like new, rather than throw them away. I'd like to share these fun home improvement ideas in this website, so other homeowners can turn their old houses into their dream homes. I hope you enjoy the inventive home improvement ideas you find here. Many folks have written to talk about the ideas I used in my home, and I'd love to hear from you too (drop me a line). So set your imagination free, and make your home the perfect place you wish it to be. I did it, and so can you!
No amount of grout cleaning and tile refurbishing could make my old entryway look new.		The entryway after I replaced the worn banister myself, and brought workmen in to lay the cherry hardwood floors.