| If your home has suffered from a fire or a flood, | | | | screen porch in front of your front or back door so |
| you can do some remodeling on it. All you need to do | | | | you can sit outside whether it is raining or to stay |
| is go to the home There are many ways to fix up | | | | cool under it when it is hot outside. |
| your house on the outside. You can put things on | | | | If you have someone in your house that has to use |
| your house or you can fix something to make it look | | | | a walker or a wheelchair, you can put a flat stairway |
| better. If you have a porch on your house or not, | | | | for them to get in the house so it will be easier for |
| you can build one that wraps around the whole | | | | them. You can put a fence around your yard so you |
| house. All you need is the lumber, nails, and all you | | | | can have some privacy. You can put up a small fence |
| need to know is how the lumber needs to be. You | | | | or a tall fence, whichever fits your style. You can |
| have to make sure it is level and if your yard has hills | | | | also add a sidewalk that goes up to your porch or |
| or goes downward, you need to make the boards | | | | house, or you can have flowers lined up next to it to |
| longer than some of them. If there is a tree close to | | | | make it better. They can be any way or shape that |
| your house, cut the wood so that it will go around | | | | you want to make your house look the way you |
| the tree. You don't have to knock it down. You can | | | | want it to look and to make it stand out. |
| fix up the roof if it is getting old or if it needs it. | | | | You can get any of these things at a home |
| You can even change the roof by putting something | | | | improvement store, and it may cost you a lot |
| over it like metal that will not make your house hot | | | | depending on what you are doing but it will be worth |
| and so it protects it. It will not leak, rust, or bend, | | | | the money. You can also look around other home |
| and it is a very good investment to put on your | | | | improvement store to see which ones are cheaper in |
| home. You can put shutters on your windows to | | | | price. Another thing you can do is put up new siding |
| match your roof, and this will also help keep your | | | | around the house to replace the old ones or to cover |
| house cool or warm. When you put on shutters, it | | | | the wood and make your house look better. This |
| makes your house look better. You can make them | | | | also protects your house as well so the wood will not |
| or you can buy them at a store. You can build a | | | | get damaged. |