Home Improvements USA is one of the largest home improvement companies in the Chicago area. Our growth has been due to credibility with past and new customers. The trust that the consumers has put into our company has made us what we are today. Home Improvements USA strives for the highest customer satisfaction from our products and services.

 

We don't use automated lines. You'll reach a live person when you call the company. We carry the best of Home Improvement products. All of our products carry a lifetime guarantee and are made in the USA. Home Improvements USA is the exclusive dealer in the Chicago area for these fine products: Fireplace mantel designs have always been the interior decorator’s challenge, although their purpose has shifted slightly in the last fifty years. Earlier fireplaces were the main source of heat during cold winters. Large homes had a fireplace in each room, which were laborious to maintain, creating a mess alongside their cheerful warmth.

 

The fireplace served as a natural focal point, drawing families to gather, and stood as an important decorative feature. Wealthier homeowners hired tradesmen to build elaborately carved mantels out of wood, stone or marble. Today’s homeowners may enjoy the best of both worlds: the practicality of central heat and the drawing power of a cozy fire on a cold winter’s night. However, a fireplace demands that you design the room around it. Do you have a fireplace that just If your beige walls are driving you up-the-wall, it’s time to paint your room. Adding color to your home’s walls is the easiest way to transform a room from plain to stylish.

 

It’s also the cheapest; changing the furniture and flooring in a room costs thousands of dollars, while a gallon of paint costs just $50. And unlike installing hardwood floors, painting a room requires no special skills. With a bit of time and patience, you can transform your room in one weekend. But don’t rush out and buy the first color you see on a paint chip. Colors can change depending oil the light; a paint chip that looked yellow in the store might look Once you’ve found a color you like, you’ll need to figure out how much paint to buy. Multiply the width of your room by the length, then multiply that number by the height of the ceiling. Just say you have a 10 by 10 feet room, with a ceiling height of 8 feet.

 

You will need enough paint to cover 10x10x8 =800 square feet. One gallon of paint covers 350 to 400 square feet, so you will need approximately two gallons. If you’d rather let a computer handle the calculations for you, you can find several paint calculators online. Few homeowners want their walls to look like Swiss cheese. If nails and screws from hanging pictures have left their marks on your walls, you’ll need to fill the holes. First, take all furniture and hanging artwork out of the room. If any drywall nails are popping out of the wall, hammer them back in. Using a putty knife, fill the holes in tile wall with point compound. Once dry, sand the entire wall smooth with 120-grit sandpaper; primer and paint adhere to rough surfaces better than smooth.

 

Be sure to wear a face mask, as the fine dust can irritate your lungs. Next, vacuum the walls or wipe them down with a microfiber cloth to remove dust. Using a paint brush, apply a thin coat of primer to the patched spots. Once the primer has dried, sand tile patched spots again to smooth out the brush strokes. Paint belongs on a wall, not a floor. The next step in painting a room is to lay drop cloths over the floor; avoid plastic drop sheets, since the slippery surface could be a safety hazard. Remove all light and outlet plates, and tape over the electrical outlets and light switches with painter’s tape. A paint roller is the perfect tool for applying paint to a large expanse of wall.

 

But try painting a comer with that roller, and you’ll end up with a mess. To paint every nook and cranny of a room, you’ll need to cut in using a paint brush. Dip an angled brush into your paint until only the bottom half of the bristles are submerged – this is all the paint you’ll need. Tap the excess paint on the side of tile bucket, and then carefully paint a wide band of color around all the areas the roller can’t reach – the trim, ceiling, baseboards, and comers. Start painting about an inch away from the edge of the trim. Many first-time painters cover baseboards and trim with green painter’s tape to prevent any smudges from shaky hands.