Usually, I steer far away from advising homeowners to touch their 401(k)s.  But if you're strapped for cash and looking for a home remodeling loan--and other methods have not worked out--your 401(k) is a legitimate source of funds.

No, I'm not talking about cashing out your 401(k).  That is dangerous is two ways:  1.)  You deplete your retirement account; 2.)  You get hit hard on the taxes the following year.

Most 401(k)s allow for loans.  But that's the key word:  loan.  When you log onto your...

Yes, that question mark in How to Make a Craftsman Kitchen is intentional.

This was one of the odder articles I've written.  I  began with that kingpin of all Craftsman-style houses, the Gamble House of Pasadena, CA.  Using that as a model for what your Craftsman kitchen should look like, I found...

Well, I found I was greatly disappointed.  First of all, like other kitchens of rich people at...

Looking for bathroom renovation ideas?  I used to think:  Gosh, who really needs ideas?  Isn't it obvious?

Then, I started wracking my own brain for ideas and came up with squat.  So, I began looking around...

One thing that's pretty cool is using tin ceiling tiles in lieu of beadboard.  Beadboard is nice, but it's hardly unique anymore.  The pictured bathroom remodeling idea from Rejuvenation Hardware, of ...

Yep, it's that time of year.  It's time to start thinking about exterior house paint colors.

Exterior house-painting season (depending on where you live) can run from March to October.  That eight-month painting run means big work ahead for you.  Either:

• Painting the house yourself.  When you sit down to think about everything involved with painting a house's exte...

Talking about the best interior paint on the market is dangerous.  Some home remodeling topics really raise the ire of people, and interior paint is certainly one of them.

I think it's the fact that we have invested so much time, energy, and money into making a particular brand of paint work--no matter how lousy the stuff was--that we...