Affordable Remodeling Explained By Fernando Pagés Ruiz
After reading “Affordable Remodel,” a new Taunton book by general contractor and Fine Homebuilding magazine contributor Fernando Pagés Ruiz, it makes sense that many contractors have, as a result of their years in the field, a unique intelligence about what makes economical sense in a remodel and what doesn’t. Many of the book’s suggestions are not just about space and construction but about design. One idea, pictured on the back cover, shows a fireplace faced with slate tile from the hearth to the mantle and then faux painted in similar hues from the mantle to the ceiling. You get the vibe of the stone all the way up to the ceiling, without the all-stone cost. If the book does fall short at all, it’s where nearly every other book like this fails, and that is by ignoring the consumer’s need to know how much things cost.
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