A special in the Seattle times offers great insight to the world of home remodeling, America's new past time. While I love to remodel, the most money is probably made by contractors that come to the rescue of misguided do it yourselfers.Americans spent $291 billion on home improvement in 2006, according to the National Association of the Remodeling Industry, up from $107 billion in 1990.
Earlier this year, 103,000 people visited the Seattle Home Show, cruising 600 exhibition booths hawking such products as retractable window awnings, solar-powered hot tubs, genuine slate tile from northern India, and other stylish and convenient additions you didn't know you needed. Ever popular, a second Seattle Home Show took place last weekend. Full Article
