Every home can use more storage but where do you find the room to add storage. so let’s start at the front door and walk through the house to find places where you can easily add storage on a budget. Let us help you find the right storage solution for your home! Entryways Not every [...]

Mudrooms provide the perfect place to store things you wear or take with you when leaving the house. By creating a mudroom, you can avoid morning stress that comes when you can find the car keys, or the bills you paid and need to go into the mailbox or the homework you signed last night [...]

Exterior doors play an important role in keeping the weather outside while providing access to your home for those you invite to enter. In fact the concept of doors for safety and access has a long history. Today we look to government to protect our country’s border and safety is a factor when selecting the [...]

Selecting the right materials for the job is one reason why you want to call a professional handyman.  Probably the best example is which caulk do I use? Customers often call after their personal attempt to replace caulking fails (and I will write a post about buying caulk, I promise).
Recently Mark Barone, owner of Shelf [...]

When you need more storage, a little creativity goes a long way. This condo kitchen lacked adequate storage for oversized pots and pans.  Mr Handyman suggested adding a window seat with storage, to the bay window. It proved to be the perfect solution, providing far more storage capacity than standard cabinets.

When building storage in a basement, you have to consider the odds of water penetrating the basement. The condo where we were building basement shelving is dry so it offers great storage options. Our customer requested shelving along 2 walls, and wanted them deep (2 ft) which meant built-ins versus shelving you buy and assemble.
Mr [...]

Condominiums are small so storage is important to everyone, whether they are renters or future buyers. Mr Handyman’s customer was clear that he wanted lots of wall shelves in the living room, office and master bedroom. He also wanted lots of storage in the basement (see separate post).
We worked with the client’s interior decorator, and [...]