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Originally Posted by Benzgirl
"Curb Appeal" always helps, but as I said before, don't overdo it for the neighborhood. Since you don't get dollar for dollar on any improvement (unless you can do the work yourself), never go overboard unless you plan to "live it out"
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My house was the second to the last house on a deadend street until about 15 years ago, when the deadend was opened up and about 40-50 McMansions were built. People who don't know see the street name & think, "WOW!" I've always heard that the best thing is to buy the least expensive house in the neighborhood, then flip it. It's not ready to flip yet!
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Originally Posted by AGDee
They added a ton to the room, in my opinion, and weren't much more expensive, especially since the door frame and everything had to be re-constructed anyway. I liked these in particular because they are vinyl on the outside but were unfinished wood on the inside so I could finish them the way I wanted to.
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I love French Doors, too! They can make the dullest room look so much more classic. Who makes the vinyl on the outside, wood on the inside ones? Do they have any sort of "safety bar" that sliding doors have? Or do you have them alarmed in a different way? My mother was looking at ones that have pegs (for the lack of a better word) that go into the floor & ceiling, but she can't remember which brand they were.
And don't get me started on mismatched woods. I've been known to wander around hardware stores with swatches!