Lend Me A Hand

This site was established to bring you with a wealth of information about transforming your house into your dream home. Everything from recommendations on home improvement tools and renovation supplies for various Do-It-Yourself projects to kitchen appliances and bathroom and lighting fixtures, outdoor landscaping and project ideas and even cooking tips and recipes.

Covering everything that makes a house a home is a mighty big task and it wouldn’t be feasible to expect you to read it all through in a single sitting. Just the same, considering not even Lowes or Home Depot have everything you need for your home, we’re sure we won’t be able to cover everything here either. But we want to get to as much of it as we can.

Our contributors passions run the gamut from food preparation for fine cooking, to cooking ribs over an open pit barbecue at your favorite campground. We’ll look at the recipes and the equipment for all of it.

Looking to add some new kitchen lighting or upgrade your bathroom sink? We’ll take a look at those as well. Do you need to learn how to use a tile cutter or a circular saw? Are you trying your hand at hanging, taping and mudding drywall for the first time? Yep – we’ve been there too.

Hopefully you get the idea… no matter what it is, if it involves you, your house or things about and around your house, we want to be here for you when you’re ready to say, “Hey, could you Lend Me A Hand?“

If you are looking for a way to get more bang for your buck then fitted wardrobes could be just what you are looking for. There are a lot of different free standing closets that you can purchase, but prices of them tend to be a little on the high side. If you do not have a lot of money to spend but still want to have something that looks good in your bedroom, this type of wardrobe furniture will be able to provide you with everything you are looking for. However though, you will just have to make [...] Continue Reading…

Many people choose to create a new look to their bathroom or kitchen by doing some basic remodeling. This allows you to keep some of the major components while selecting new ones that will help change the overall look of your room. When deciding to change the color of your kitchen walls you also don’t want to forget to change the backsplash in order to enhance your new design. You can select from a variety of materials to use as your new backsplash. A glass tile backsplash gives your wall a modern look and is available in assorted colors [...] Continue Reading…

Vanity tables have been popular in a woman’s bedroom for many years. In Victorian times ladies would sit at their vanity table while their maid styled their hair. Women have used these as dressing tables to help apply their make up, do their hair and show off their perfume bottles and vanity sets. If you have been lucky enough to inherit an old makeup vanity or you have found one at an auction or flea market, you might want to brighten it up by removing the old finish. There might be some controversy in the antique world about doing [...] Continue Reading…

If you are looking for something to buy for your children that will keep them occupied with having hours of fun at a time, yet which is not computer oriented, you really could not go wrong by purchasing an outdoor playhouse. Outdoor playhouses are just as popular as ever amongst children. There is something about them having their own space that never fails to intrigue and inspire them as they fantasize and make up their own worlds and stories.

Toy playhouses come in all shapes and sizes, and there is a huge difference in prices between different models. Some [...] Continue Reading…

So you have decided that you want new flooring in a room in your home but what is the next step? You most likely want to call in a professional flooring company to do the work for you. More and more homeowners are taking on the task of home decorating jobs such as floor installation themselves, but if you don’t have the time or money to devote to this you are better off calling in the pros. Deciding between the different companies can be challenging. With a few pointers you can decide which company is best and which is [...] Continue Reading…

Plantation shutters are some of the most aesthetic window treatments around and they are growing in popularity amongst home owners. They can be made from a variety of material ranging from vinyl or faux wood, to hard wood. Consequently, prices range accordingly. Home Depot plantation shutters are available in all materials, as are those sold at Lowes and at most stores that deal exclusively with shutters and blinds.

Choice of material alone is not the only consideration when buying plantations shutters, however. They are usually a fairly expensive investment, one which will actually increase the value of your home; however [...] Continue Reading…

Garages are typically used as excess storage spaces for the homes they are attached to. While this is fine for the most part, it can lead to excess clutter for those who do not properly organize their items. Whether you have a mess right now or are expecting one in the future, you cannot go wrong with some well planned organization for your garage building. Here are some tips to help you keep your space as neat as possible.

Built in Shelves

You can actually increase the value of your garage if you build the right shelves within it. This cannot [...] Continue Reading…

Fully removing black mold from a home can be a rather difficult task.  What many people don’t realize is that it’s a combination of eliminating the mold, as well as eliminating the cause of the mold.  This means you think you’ve got the problem under control because you’ve employed only half of the solution, but eventually you find out that your black mold removal tactics were ineffective.

First of all, you should determine why mold is going in the first place.  Is it something that could be eliminated by opening the blinds in a room that tends to remain dark [...] Continue Reading…

There are a lot of new and interesting furniture pieces that are designed to make the best use of the available space you have in a room. This makes designing the interior of your home more fun and easy to do. You might be in the process of purchasing all new furniture for a new home. You may want to limit the amount of large pieces you place into a single room to keep it balanced. It is best to select these larger main items first and then choose the smaller additional pieces to place around them.

A corner cabinet [...] Continue Reading…

Cleaning tile can be more challenging than other types of flooring. However, with a few pointers you will be well on your way and can stop spending so much time cleaning tile floors in your home.

The biggest problem with ceramic tile floors is that even when grouted properly, dirt and debris can still easily make their way into the cracks in between the tiles. This makes for messy work and it can be difficult to get in those cracks and get the dirt out without scraping out grout along the way. This is why it is so important to [...] Continue Reading…

Free standing carports are one of the best choices you can make when it comes to storing all of your various vehicles and equipment. This is due to the fact that not only can you find these carports in a variety of different materials and designs such as steel, aluminium, plastic, brick, and much more, but you can also install and place them where you feel like as opposed to traditional attached carports place locations. Another benefit to going with a free standing carport is the fact that they tend to be much more affordable than models which need to [...] Continue Reading…

If you are looking for a desk for your child’s bedroom you may want to consider purchasing a writing desk. They come in many different styles, yet all have one thing in common which makes them perfect for a child’s room; their size. Generally writing desks are quite a bit smaller than a regular desk, making them the ideal choice for rooms that do not have a lot of space or rooms where you want to maximize the available space to use for other purposes.

Many parents like to set up a child’s room with as much space as possible [...] Continue Reading…

In this article, I’d like to take a moment to describe some of the available options that you can find when shopping for pressure washer wands.  Most people that I’ve spoken to think that the wands are limited to the straightforward “stick” shape, acting essentially like over-glorified extensions for the washer, itself.  (Excell pressure washers come with this type of wand).  While there’s nothing wrong with the standard issue wands, these devices come in a far wider range of shapes and uses that one might expect.  Therefore, let’s go through a couple of the most useful options available.

Wands With [...] Continue Reading…

There are a lot of different styles of shower enclosures available these days. Trying to determine which type of enclosure meets your needs the best can be confusing. Since more than one model will work a homeowner often worries about which are the best options. Having a small bathroom can narrow down the list of models you can choose from rather significantly. Yet there are still various options for corner entry shower enclosures out there.

In large cities the square footage in town homes and apartments is considerably smaller than normal. A 1000 square foot [...] Continue Reading…

Whether your home has floors that are inexpensive vinyl or are made from the finest hardwoods, all can benefit from having some type of colorful enhancements. While there are various types of kitchen and bath-specific oval rugs on the market, if you are the kind of person who likes to change your décor from month to month, you may be interested in purchasing a more versatile type of rug that can be used in multiple rooms.

For example, if you feel like using red rugs in your kitchen and dining areas for the December holiday months and plan on outfitting [...] Continue Reading…