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Ken “Bear” Iddins of Buffalo Hats reveals his unique eight-foot custom Six- Pac shell model with an extremely custom, tricked-out, and modified interior.  Are those really stained glass windows ? Many of us have dreamed of designing and building our own truck camper.  One moment you’re sitting in your dinette looking at the kitchen thinking, “Why didn’t they put another cabinet right there?” and the next you’re drawing a truck camper floor plan on a napkin.  We have certainly inked a few ideas this way over the years.  Then the reality the of cost and time involved in such an endeavor hit us.  If truck campers could be built in Photoshop, we would make the world’s greatest truck camper .  Until then, we’re probably just dreaming. Then again, what if we could buy a shell and then have it custom up-fitted to our exact specifications?  That eliminates the need to design and build the exterior structure and allows us to ...

Jan Romanuk and I were business partners years ago . If you are building or renovating a home (anywhere on the North Shore in Vancouver) and need a designer to choose everything or a project manager, she is the one. There’s very little that Jan doesn’t know about the world of renovations in every aspect. She knows exactly where to source every little thing that your house might need. Jan Romanuk measuring the sconce placement with the template of the round mirror going in my master bedroom. Jan stayed with me this week  to manage all the details of the start of my bathroom renovation and I’m so grateful that she did. Since I spend my days either decorating or specifying colour, renovating is not what I do and I am not an expert in the minutia of what happens next inside a renovation. The demolition happened Monday and the electrician arrived Tuesday . This means you have to have all your lighting chosen. If you don’t, your electrician will likely measure 64″ off the floor (for wall s...

Greenwood bathroom after makeover. Renovating the bathroom that Stephanie and Pat Greenwood ’s four children share had been on their to-do list from the day they bought their home over 11 years ago. We helped to make it a reality by replacing the vinyl flooring and shower surround , installing a new vanity top and faucets, and replacing the toilet and light fixtures . Bathroom Prep Work The whole Greenwood family pitched in and helped by stripping the old wallpaper, and removing the tub surround and vanity top. Watch How to Strip Wallpaper to find out more. Greenwood family stripping wallpaper ." src="http://www.todayshomeowner.com/television/files/2015/04/848-bath-basics-family-bathroom-remodel-3-stripping-wallpaper.jpg" alt=" Greenwood family stripping wallpaper ." width="510" height="250" class="size-full wp-image-23443" /> Greenwood family stripping wallpaper . After any holes in the walls had been patched, joint compound ...

Your bathroom is the first thing you see every day. Bleary-eyed and groggy. And you are tired of it! What can you do? First, come up with between $5,649 and $12,938, which is the low-end cost most homeowners can expect to pay for a moderate bathroom makeover in 2016 or the upcoming year 2017. Then consider the following upgrades many of which can be completed by a handy “Do It Yourself” enthusiast such as yourself! 😉 via GuyCo Homes 1. Flashy Finishes: When it is time to upgrade the industrialized look of your bathroom, a new finish to fixtures will put an exclamation point on any bathroom decor . Chrome is still the shiny finish of choice, but the market leader is being elbowed by brass and copper and nickel and oil-rubbed metals. Depending on your taste, a finish can be shiny or matted, or even textured! The customized finishes can run from $40 for chrome to over $500 for nickel fixtures. By WAM Interior Design ROI: Your return on investment is the pleasure you get with handlin...

By Matt Weber Each year, professional remodelers and building- product suppliers put their heads together at the Remodeling Show/Deck Expo, where new tools and materials get a showcase and the craftsman that use them get a chance to offer face-to-face feedback. The Extreme How-To staff will be exhibiting at the convention this year in Nashville, TN, so if you make the trip, stop by booth 525 and say hello. In the meantime, here’s a preview of products that will be on display. Deckorators Heritage Decking Two new Deckorators Heritage deck boards bring interior design to outdoor living . Heritage Riverhouse and Heritage Smokehouse composite decking feature detailed embossing that offers the rustic look and feel of distressed wood flooring . The innovative embossing process creates a pattern that does not repeat for at least 12 feet, meaning boards are not only full of rich character, they are also unique. Riverhouse (brown) and Smokehouse (gray) are available in 12-, 16- and 20-ft....