For most people, it comes down to this: if they think they know how to do something they prefer to do it themselves rather than have someone else do it for them.

But you see, thinking you know something and knowing it are two completely different things!

You won’t believe just how many times our handyman team is called to fix what someone else started fixing.

Doing home repairs and renovation work, and having good-looking and safe results is not as easy as knocking down drywall, ripping out floors, or touching up a few electrical wires over a six-pack of beer and your favorite eighties music.

Bamboo flooring is an excellent alternative that helps us combat the excessive exploitation of natural resources that threatens the trees from which wood comes, particularly exotic woods.

So, if you are trying to reduce your carbon footprint, consider bamboo flooring as it also is easily biodegradable.

Bamboo flooring is not derived directly from a tree per se, given that bamboo, although it shares a lot of features with wood, is a type of grass.

Bamboo is a type of grass that grows very fast, as fast as a meter a day, and can adapt to any climate.

That’s why, its renewability as a resource is considered to be another of its advantages while it could take over 100 years for a hardwood tree to mature to the point where it can be used as flooring, bamboo, being a grass, readily regrows and matures in roughly 4 years.

Although there are over a thousand species of bamboo, the kind of bamboo that is used as a substitute for wood is a species called “Moso”, with its largest reserve located in China.

Every wall in your home has a special characteristic that requires a unique type of pain. That’s right, you can’t simply go to your local paint store and hope that one type of paint is going to work throughout your property.

Each different kind of paint has been formulated to adapt to the needs of the environment, enhance the durability of that particular area and prolong its beauty.

Is your kitchen a little jaded? Can’t afford a full-blown renovation? Don’t despair! We’ve put together a list of handy tips to help you modernize your old girl without breaking the bank. 1. The obvious…