With so many remodeling books on the market, finding a diamond amongst the many many many rough lumps of coal can be a kingly task. A new book called Remodel This! by Laura Meyer and Robyn Roth choose to buck the traditional tidbits of remodeling insights for a more focused guide for women seeking to "giterdun" by themselves. The Los Angeles Times recently reviewed the book:
DO we really need another book on how to get through a home remodel? I mean, people have been remodeling since they started hanging pelts over cave openings, right? And it's pretty much the same as it's always been: Figure out what you want, find someone to do it, pay a lot of money, rip your hair out when things go wrong, do the final walk-through and live happily ever after (or sue someone). So, what's changed that made us need a book called "Remodel This! A Woman's Guide to Planning and Surviving the Madness of a Home Renovation"? First of all, there are more aging houses that need work. And more women are remodeling than ever before, if only because there are more of us (simple population growth). And the remodeling industry is not straightening up the way it should have after so many decades of valiant effort by the National Assn. of the Remodeling Industry, the remodelers' segment of the National Assn. of Home Builders; Read Full Article
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