Joe Provey
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Joe Provey is an expert on all things home and garden. His work has appeared in many national magazines, including Popular Mechanics, House Beautiful, Better Homes & Gardens, and Fine Homebuilding. Mr. Provey has also written more than dozen books, including Convert Your Home to Solar Energy and 1001 Ideas for Kitchen Organization. Other titles include Outdoor Kitchens, Easy Closets, Green-up Your Cleanup, and Design Ideas for Flooring. Currently, Mr. Provey serves as the president of Home & Garden Editorial Services (HGES), a company that produces books for publishers in the home and garden category. In the past, he has been chief editor to several national home improvement magazines, including The Family Handyman, Mechanix Illustrated, and Practical Homeowner. Joe lives in Bridgeport, Connecticut, with his wife MaryAnn, where they have seven children and four grandchildren between them. Joe Provey on LinkedIn | Google+
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In a room with wood-paneled walls—particularly if that wood is a veneer—your instinct may be to start fresh, either by tearing out the paneling or by concealing it behind drywall. Both of...
Hardwood flooring offers rich, warm, timeless beauty, and can even favorably affect the resale value of your home. Without question, wood costs more than other types of flooring, but many...
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This post has been brought to you by Solatube International. Its facts and opinions are those of BobVila. com. Bringing natural light into a home is a relatively easy prospect, provided t...
This post has been brought to you by Englert LeafGuard. Its facts and opinions are those of BobVila. com. Re-roofing your home is not the most glamorous of home improvements. You'll note...
Several years after you complete a bathroom or kitchen renovation, it inevitably starts to show some wear. One culprit is grout: Over time, it stains, cracks, and becomes loose, even if i...
For our newly renovated attic, we'd wanted solid wood flooring, but that idea, it turned out, wasn't practical: The attic floor is out of level—so much so that it's actually wavy. Back to...
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