More stories about Additions

• Business: Getting Paid for Your Time

  Getting paid for your time

• Building a Curved Stairway

  Simple framed walls support the treads and act as forms for bending the rails and stringers.

• On Her Own

  Charmaine Curtis has been developing multifamily housing for nearly 20 years. Now, she does it for her own company.

• Slow But Steady

  Des Moines—A booming submarket in West Des Moines and strong occupancies in the city center will ensure a steady 2008 for Iowa’s capital city.

• Tapping a Larger Renter Pool

  The nation’s homeownership rate has declined to its lowest level since 2003, and foreclosures nearly doubled in September 2007 as compared with September 2006.

• A New Kitchen in An Old House

  Shifting an exterior wall made room for a larger, brighter, more versatile space.

• In the News

  Homeland Security reconsiders "no match" rule; Harvard Joint Center's Kermit Baker forecasts betters days for remodeling; more

• Kitchen & Bath

  Shower pans; toilet seats

• In the News

  How we got here: JLC at 25; catching up with the lifers

• Products

  Insulation; hvac; locksets