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Why This Blog Exists — A Project Manager's Case Against Showroom Living Rooms
I’ve walked through hundreds of living rooms in Bexar County. Most looked great in photos but fell apart under...
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Mike's Clipboard
The blog's personality category. Job-site stories, before-and-after walkthroughs, client horror stories (names and addresses changed), "what I'd do if this were my house," and the Sunday-afternoon projects that make him reach for another beer.
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My Own Living Room Took Three Tries to Get Right — And I Do This for a Living
Eleven years running renovations, and my own living room still took three attempts to get right. The first lay...
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The Five Most Common Living Room Renovation Mistakes I See on Every Job Walk
I walk into remodels and new builds and see the same five mistakes every time. Bad paint sheen. Can lights lai...
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San Antonio Job-Site Report: Three Living Room Renovations, Three Different Decades, Three Different Budgets
Three real living room renovations from my project files in San Antonio. A 1950s ranch in Jefferson with hidde...