we are senior citizens that need help remodeling a bedroom and bathroom. don't no what to do and how?

my husband is 74 has always help people . I would like to have a make over but i don't no where to start and we have very different taste. we have been trying to sale our home for 3 yrs but our both room has been downer. we watch every hgtv every night. if you have a show that fits our needs we really love to find out what is need to get it done.

Barry on Hgtv's Hidden Potential?

Ok am I the only one, or isn't the concept of this show kinda dumb?
People are buying old fixer uppers just to redo it....that part doesn't bother me...but the fact that Barry Woods comes up with these expensive *** prices to remodel rooms in the homes.
The architect/designer Paige seems more reasonable with her estimates. She would stay way under the persons budget. Barry on the other hand moves kitchen and bathrooms, and its just ridiculous to me.
His hand movements also annoy me...sometimes the potential homeowners look real disappointed with the estimates he presents to them

Why would anyone belittle someone for being a poor college student? ROP (short)?

I have a B.A. and an M.A., and I'm now working on my Ph.D. (should be ABD in a semester or two). Obviously I'm not 22, and most people my age are getting married, moving to the suburbs and having babies. To be fair, I did get married when I was younger, but it just didn't work out (and no babies, thank God). So now I live in a tiny studio apartment and basically live on student loans and research jobs (the ones for students at this school are part-time and don't pay much, but are good experience). Anyway, I don't have a lot. I have a seven-year-old car with a ding on the front bumper and my apartment furniture is all heaving Ikea bookshelves and a futon.

So I just got dissed over the phone by an old college acquaintance for the reasons stated above (including my sad lack of furniture...gee, I'm so sorry I can't afford a penthouse decked in the latest from Crate and Barrel or Anthropologie). It's not like I'm a shiftless drugdealer or something. The job opportunities for someone in my field with a Ph.D. are really good (I will most definitely have to move...oh well...good-bye home sweet studio) and I've chosen not to have kids and buy a house of live off of credit cards like I know so many of my old colleagues are doing (30,000 a year millionaires, anyone?). So my priorities are different. Why on earth would a grown woman go to the trouble of making fun of it, though?

It is obviously bugging me. I don't think it's fair or valid and would be like me making some comment about her living beyond her means or having kids with a man who didn't want them and who cheats on her (which is true...but guess what, it's rude and hurtful).

Do you point out other peoples' flaws as you perceive them? Do you know someone like that? What is behind that kind of behavior?
Yeah, I'm not someone who coos over kids...I don't really like kids. I can't impressed with expensive things from people who I know can't afford it and have all their credit cards maxed out, so it's hard for me to compliment a new 1K handbag from someone who was contemplating filing for bankruptcy a few months ago. I guess I should pretend to be impressed with a facade of wealth...ugh, not gonna happen. I'm from the school of "if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all", but I guess that doesn't fly anymore.

i'm living with the girlfriend

hey guys,
i go to college out of state and happened to meet my girlfriend there. we actually live in the same area when were home for summer, too. but, she's got an apartment with her older sister and her sister's friends (she doesn't know them very well). anyways, we've been dating for some time now and we've talked about moving in. well, i got a 1 bedroom apartment and it's very nice and we've gone to great lengths to make the apartment modern and looking nice and spent a lot of money at ikea (ugh). but, it looks nice. ever since then, we've really been talking about her moving in. we started talking about it a couple months ago, but now we're committed to doing it. she's moving her stuff in and it's something we're excited about. but, i just need some advice or some good, helpful pointers on what to expect or other people's personal experiences. this is very exciting for us, and i'm excited to do it and she's very excited for it. obviously, it gives us privacy and we like that fact. but, it gives us a chance to be with each other a whole bunch. also, it's cool to know that we can go to sleep with each other and wake up next to each other. but, if anyone could give me some input, advice, experiences...i'd definitely appreciate it. thanks again!!

I'm looking for virtual remodeling web sites that I can use a photo of my kitchen.?

I've tried sears.com, and my virtual model. I want to be able to choose paint color, backsplash, flooring, etc.

Is there a virtual remodeling tool where you can upload your own photo?

I am in the process of buying a house and I want to remodel the kitchen. I'd like to find some kind of remodeling tool where I can upload an actual photo of the kitchen I want to remodel. I would prefer it to be free but would pay to download if it wasn't too much.

how much would it cost to remodel basement 532 sq ft.?

How much would it cost to finish and remodel my basement?

i want to rent out my basement by adding a small kitchen with a stove and oven, microwave, dishwasher,sink and two, small, counter tops. I want to add a bathroom with a corner shower, double sink vanity, and toilet. I don't have any plumbing down there. I also need to add a small walls and doors. thanks!!

How much does a bathroom remodel cost?

My bathroom is like 100 years old. I need new EVERYTHING...but I will keep it the same size to save costs on doing a new foundation. With flooring, a new wall, lighting, new appliances, tiles and paint, what is the range it could cost?

What is the average cost of remodeling a bathroom?

The bath room is about 6x12. There was titlng place half way up the walls(the floor was not done. The rest of the walls were painted by the contractors), a new toilet, a new bathtub with sliding glass doors, a messager head for the shower, a new cabinet with 4 lights with it, a fan in the bathroom with a way for air to ciruclate out(with a light attached to the fan, a towel rack, a metal toilet paper dispencer and a metal robe hook placed on the bathroom door. That what was done. I do realise that it is difficult to estimated when there are other factors un-answered, but please give me a ball park estimate. I believe the current contractors are charging way too much money for a relativly simple project.

I just remodeled one of my bathrooms and I'm planning to remodel my other one ?

and I was told it would look nice if I design it the same way as the one I just remodeled. Is this true? Does it look nicer if a house has 2 bathrooms and they look the same?

Should we put a bathtub in our remodeled bathroom?

We are remodeling our bathroom but did not plan on putting a bathtub in it because we have a hot tub. We were just going to put a shower in it. We do have another full bathroom upstairs that does have a bathtub in it. We plan on selling our house in a couple years and after watching HGTV House Hunters, I see that most people want a bathtub in the master bath. Do you think we should put one in to help sell the house or just forgo the bathtub because we don't use it?

I am looking for a barn style home design and need help?

I want it to have a barn style roof, I have found tons of barn style homes but not with the barn style roof. I was looking for some plans to look at so I wouldn`t have to draw none out. I would like for it to have 4 bedrooms and 2 and a half bathrooms. And a full basement and preferably 2 story. And not to fancy, I also found some that were just way to fancy for me. I would like to check in on prices for barn style kits like I want and see how much they would be. Thanks so much

What does it mean for a person to go up in equity?

I just finished watching an episode of Income Property on HGTV with host Scott McGlively. It's the show where tehy renovate a basement apartment into a bachelor's apartment. It was a really nice design--they painted the walls a light yellow, laid zebra print wood panels on the floor, and installed new fixtures in the kitchen and bathroom--which contained a stall. The yellow walls really made the room alive.

Anyway, on the show, when he was talking to the red-headed woman and her husband, he told them something like(to paraphrase) they went up in equity. I've seen other shows on HGTV where they say --the homeowner's equity went up. Anyway, at the end of the show, they said that convertign the basement into an apartment added 80,000 to their house in value.

My question is--what does it mean when they say -- a person went up in equity or the equity increased? Does this mean that they got more than they invested or will reap a huge profit compared to the amount they invested or just that the value of their property/investment went up?

is it worth the investment to insulate walls in a remodeled basement?

I recently remodeled my basement. What can I use to absorb sound? The room is fairly large & echos.?

I was told that once I furnished the room, the echo would be cut down, but that doesn't seem to be the case. While the entire room is not carpeted, parts of it are, but even that doesn't seem to have helped all that much.

Do you have a shower curtain or glass door in your bath?

We just expanded our bathroom and can't decide if we should get a glass door or a shower curtain for the shower/tub area. The tub is a larger deep soaking tub and I think it would be easier having a fancy curtain. Are shower curtains out of style now for newly remodeled, expanded bathrooms? It is a ground floor bath, not the master bathroom by the bedrooms upstairs... Any ideas? Thanks.

Replacing bathroom vanity, how to get new one to fit?

I am remodeling my master bathroom and I have already ripped out the old vanity and I'm about to put in the new one. The old vanity and top appeared to be of normal length (60'/61'), like the new pair I picked up at Lowes (I did a quick measure and it looked close, so I assumed it was of standard size). However, the geniuses who built my home built the space for the vanity (between a regular wall and a half-wall beside the toilet) exactly 60' wide. So while the vanity will squeeze in, the vanity top won't. I am thinking I will have to end up removing the half-wall, but I want to do as little work as possible. Is there a way to shave an inch off the wall? Anybody think of any ideas?

BTW, the vanity top is a marble top, so I doubt I can shave an inch off that.....Thanks in advance.
My home is fairly new (2005), but the half-wall is old hat. My issue with the half wall is that it has an outlet and a switch that turns on a light.