2012 Fall Home Improvement

Home Improvement Wednesday, September 26, 2012

The Lynden Tribune & Ferndale Record present

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Make your home fall-ready, both inside and out, in a few weekends Do final painting, trim shrubs, inspect your heating system With cooler temperatures on the way, it’s time to be checking items off the home improvement to-do list. Several projects are “must-do’s” and should be completed before the harsher weather arrives. Most are simple enough to accomplish in just a couple of days.

Complete these projects this weekend and spend the rest of fall enjoying your home and family.

Paint it: Fall is the perfect season for painting, as you’re able to open your windows just enough to keep the air clean as you apply a fresh coat of color to interior walls. Painting is a quick and doable weekend project that provides instant results.

Inspect it: Regardless of the type of heat source used in your home, be sure to have an inspection done before the temperatures drop. If your home has a fireplace and chimney, hire a professional chimney sweep to remove any accumulated soot that could catch fire.

Winterize it: Cover grills and air conditioner units and store outdoor furniture in a shed to prevent rust and damage from the elements. Winterize any pipes that are exposed to outdoor temperatures, and consider installing door and window draft guards to keep your home warm and efficient.

Protect it: Newly installed decks and permanent, wooden furniture may need protective stains or varnishes. Be sure to apply the proper protection to the surfaces prior to the arrival of weather that could damage any untreated wood.

Spruce it up: Give all shrubs and the lawn one last trim before winter to keep your home’s curb appeal looking great well beyond the first frost of the season. Remove seasonal plants that won’t last the winter to also ensure the outside of your home keeps looking well-maintained.

If it looks too bare for your liking, consider a few potted mums on the porch or stoop for added fall color. Keeping the plants in pots will save the effort of digging into the frozen ground when their life span is through.

Repainting exterior doors during this time is a fun way to make a statement and

deliver an entirely new look to the outside of your home. Add a wreath or swag to your newly painted door to showcase your personal style.

By taking the proper precautions and

completing these weekend projects, you’ll save time and money, all while keeping your home well-maintained, looking great and ready for the winter.

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New technology can help you keep your home secure, energy-efficient Control lights, doors, thermostat from your smartphone With its shorter days and cooling tem-

peratures, autumn brings many changes that can affect your home. Now is the ideal time for homeowners to prepare to be secure and energy-efficient. With some easy updates and modern tools, your home will be ready for fall with surprisingly little effort.

Start by making your home safe for all members of the family. Cooler temperatures mean fewer hours of light, especially when Daylight Saving Time ends Nov. 4.

Shorter days can leave a house more vulnerable to intruders since it’s easier to break into a home unnoticed at night.

Smart homeowners will check to make sure there is ample outdoor spot lighting and motion detector lighting around their home. A well illuminated house is less attractive to criminals.

Door hardware is another great security feature to update in the fall. There’s no need to fumble with keys in the dark — many companies now offer a touchpad lock that can be opened hassle-free with a unique code or with the click of your smartphone through the use of modern cloud technology.

You can also keep your home safe, secure and energy-efficient wherever you are with modern tools like the Iris Smart Kit that allows you to manage home tasks right from your smartphone and operate as an affordable security system. Automatically turn the light on in your living room as you approach the house at night, receive a text when your kids arrive home from school, or receive an alert when the motion sensor on your front door is activated while away on holiday vacations.

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home automation system is affordable for home owners and renters. To save energy and cut back on heating costs, the kit includes a programmable thermostat that allows for remote control of the thermostat through the Iris app. Also included is a smart plug that can remotely control devices in the home, such as lamps, and report back on the specific device’s current and historical energy usage.

The motion sensors and contact sensors in the kit also include a temperature

gauge, so if you notice that the temperature by your window or door is colder than the rest of the home, take some time to add weather stripping or caulk around areas where cold air can creep in. You can also detect air leaks by simply holding a piece of paper or a feather near doors and windows to detect airflow.

Since heating accounts for the largest portion of your utility bill, with 45 percent going to space heating (U.S. Department of Energy), using technology to identify

energy leaks in your home and making appropriate updates can put more money back into your pocket.

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Letting in the light East Lynden home a ‘country modern’ take on residential living LYNDEN — Jeff and Jennifer DeRuyter’s east Lynden home has a bit of a complex: This is a medium-sized home acting much bigger than it is. And you can thank the pure customizing of the space for that.

Coming in under 2,500 square feet — on the larger side of medium, certainly — this two-story, four-bedroom place may look routine at first glance, but it is all those individual touches that give the Larkspur Street home its character and ample space for a bustling family.

After poring over hundreds of plans, the DeRuyters teamed up with JWR Design to draft plans for builder Mike Engels, both of whom Jeff said he couldn’t be more pleased to work with.

With design molded by Jennifer in an effort to create a “modern country” feel, the open layout home prizes light over all else.

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Jeff and Jennifer DeRuyter's highly customized "modern country" home was created with natural light and an abundance of windows in mind. It also brings back an old-style front porch.

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Light: Openness complemented by separation, quiet But even with openness and light comes a need for separation and quiet places, so the DeRuyter home has that too.

You get the individuality in the home straight away, with a mini-foyer, complete with a vaulted ceiling that shuffles visitors down a short hall.

Jeff said the separation gives the family of six privacy when in their living space — people can’t peek through the front door and see into the living area.

It also gives the family a chance to show off their chandelier cascading from the vaulted ceiling.

A short walk on the engineered wood floor — a past house had hardwood and the couple didn’t like how it wore — lets visitors choose between heading toward the stairs, turning left into the kitchendining-living space or ducking into Jeff’s home office to the right.

Within the front office is a marriage of light and privacy. Glass double doors allow light from the outside to pass through into the main living area, but also offer separation from noise when Jeff is on an important work call.

The room also goes studious with a fully customized three-wall bookshelf by Riverside Cabinets.

In the great room, the modern

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Jeff DeRuyter's office features a three-wall bookshelf designed by Riverside Cabinets and several sources of natural light, including windows and glass double doors.

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Above left: The DeRuyters' back yard showcases the abundance of windows that allow light into their house. Above: The mini-foyer, along with its vaulted ceiling, features a chandelier that remains visible at eye level after heading up the two-story home's stairs. Left: The DeRuyters do much of their entertaining on the outside table, which sits right next to their spacious back yard.

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Light: Kitchen's island serves as centerpiece country flair comes through, especially in the kitchen.

With three times as many windows as in a house of similar size, the entire back wall seemingly soaks up the sun, while giving back views of the Twin Sisters mountains.

The all-white cabinets with modern handles mix country into the kitchen, especially with the oversized white farm sink set into dark counter tops and a white subway tile backsplash.

But the centerpiece of the kitchen area is the custom-designed island with an oversized butcher block serving as the tabletop over a darker cabinet.

“With the wood island, we wanted it to be like its own piece of furniture,” Jeff said.

The center island serves as the lifeblood of the room, handling everything from homework to party snacks. Under the wood block, the cabinet provides storage and shows off built-in lighting.

In the pantry, tucked into the back of the kitchen, an extra window brings fresh light not only into that space, but also — via another high window — straight into an interior powder room, a trick to get natural light into spaces even without exterior walls.

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Light: Open living room still feels like different space tween the kitchen and the living room, serving to host family dinners and provide open space for the family to gather.

The living room features exposed beams at its entrance. “We wanted one big room, but also wanted it to feel like a different room,” Jeff said. “Plus, the kids play on the carpet a lot more.”

Throughout the downstairs, exposed beams provide a bit of design flair.

Back down the hall past the office are a closet, a small laundry room, the exit to the garage, and the switchback stairs leading up — complete with a window at the landing, mind you.

The DeRuyters wanted the family’s bedrooms all together on the same floor, so a bonus over the garage serves as a combination bedroom and massive playroom. Past an upstairs bathroom are two more bedrooms. Currently, the four school-age kids are split over the three rooms, but eventually all three boys will congregate into the bonus room, freeing up one of the other rooms to serve as guest space or possibly even another small playroom. Their daughter would have her own space.

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Carpet and exposed beams separate the DeRuyters' living room from their engineered wood floors of the adjacent kitchen.

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Light: Waterfall outside facilitates sleep inside sight at night.

The master bedroom sits at the back corner of the house, with — you guessed it — bay windows that expose more views. The room is plumbed for a future fireplace addition.

The just-the-right-size five-piece master bathroom features white tile and white subway tile, reflecting as much light as possible.

The window in the master remains cracked open nearly at all times, allowing the DeRuyters to capture the soothing sound of the small waterfall in the backyard, a sound that Jeff isn’t sure he can sleep without.

The fully fenced back yard has ample grass for the kids to play, a sandbox in one corner and a covered deck that has turned into an extension of the main living space. “We are out here even when it is raining out,” Jeff said.

But the waterfall feature has turned into a toy too. “The kids play nonstop in it, building dams,” Jeff said. “I wasn’t expecting the kids to get so much enjoyment from it.”

With everything else in the house so well planned out, a little water play was about the only thing that surprised the DeRuyters.

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The window in the DeRuyters' master bedroom lets in light as well as the sound of the back yard's waterfall.

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Transform space with a splash of color — paint!

Nothing else is quite as quick and affordable as a fresh coat of paint For today’s homeowners who are seeking easy ways to update their homes on a do-it-yourself budget, nothing transforms the look and feel of a room as quickly and affordably as a fresh coat of colorful paint.

“Every home has the potential to look amazing both inside and out,” said HGTV star and interior designer David Bromstad. “If your space needs an update, adding color is the easiest way to transform it while reflecting your personality and taste.”

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Be careful in use of fall pesticides Best action may be to call a professional arborist As fall approaches, home owners and green industry professionals take steps to prepare landscapes for the winter. Leaves are swept away for composting or disposal, perennials and shrubs are pruned, hedges are trimmed, and pesticides are applied in anticipation of next year’s growing season.

For professional arborists and landscapers, fall and early winter are an effective time to use pesticides, a broad term that includes products that kill insect pests and also kill weeds (herbicides).

Light touch “Many people might not have to use pesticides at all,” said Tchukki Andersen, staff arborist for the Tree Care Industry Association. “Professionals may be able to solve landscape problems without pesticides by choosing non-chemical alternatives, such as sanitation procedures and selecting shrubs and ornamental trees that are less susceptible to diseases and insects.

“For example, an infestation last year may only require all the old plant material be cut out,” said Andersen. “Often, cultural practices (pruning, raking leaves, etc.) will go a long way toward solving pest problems.”

For homeowners who decide to use pesticides, the Tree Care Industry Association offers these suggestions: • Identify the pest first. There is no use in applying a pesticide that won’t address your pest problem.

• Don’t be tempted to use agricultural chemicals. They aren’t designed for use by homeowners. A small miscalculation in the mixing of a small batch could result in drastic overdosing.

• Buy the least toxic application. Most chemicals available to homeowners use the signal words “caution,” “warning” or “danger” on their labels. Try to avoid those with the “warning” and “danger” labels, as

they are more hazardous.

• Never mix herbicides with other kinds of pesticides, and never use the same equipment to spray herbicides and other pesticides. You could unintentionally kill the plants you are trying to protect.

• Don’t mix or store pesticides in food containers, and don’t measure pesticides with the measuring cups and spoons you use in the kitchen. Always store pesticides in the original container, with the label intact.

The best choice may be to consult a professional who can diagnose pest problems and recommend chemical or nonchemical alternatives. A beautiful lawn, shrub or tree isn’t worth the trade-off if pesticides are not being used properly.

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Other seeds simply lie in wait until the spring. This new growth must be stopped before the growing season arrives and those small cracks become gaping holes filled with vegetation.

Herbicides are the most cost-effective way of eliminating unwanted weeds, but homeowners need to be careful when using herbicides. When they are used improperly, they can just as easily kill your valuable mature trees and shrubs as sprouting weeds. Users should read the product label to ensure proper application methods.

“Herbicides should not be applied on or near desirable trees,” cautions Andersen, “or on areas where their roots may extend or in locations where the herbicide may be washed or move into contact with their roots. Even properly applied chemical applications may be affected by rainfall. Some herbicides can be washed off paved surfaces or soak into the ground through the cracked joints, the very place

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Paint: Use HGTV HOME to create transitions you never get sick of it, and it’s a fantastic way to highlight color on your walls.

• Paint furniture.

If you need or prefer to keep your walls neutral, a great way to add color is by painting a side table, chair or armoire. This spices up the space and makes it easy to change your room’s look anytime you want.

• Coordinate your color transitions.

For high-impact transitions, combine bolder shades with their more neutral counterparts. For a more tranquil transition, stick to softer or lighter shades that are from the same color family.

When it comes to paint selection, Bromstad recommends using HGTV(R) HOME by Sherwin-Williams, which features unique designer-inspired color collections for interiors and exteriors.

Each collection highlights 20 perfectly coordinated colors and design tips for homeowners to create harmonious room-to-room color transitions.

“This is a great design tool,” he said.

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Fresh life for a still-current vision New owners finished off half-built home that sat for years near Bender Fields LYNDEN — Through the out-of-control grass, you could still tell the half-finished home tucked behind Bender Fields had plenty of personality. It just needed a bit of direction ... and a new owner willing to finish off a project that had sat untouched for about two years.

The new owners turned out to be Brian and Joyce Hendricks. They had driven by the home while killing time before a barbecue and they fell in love with the possibilities they saw, even if they weren’t in the market to buy. The new direction came in the form of Toby Janzen, the contractor who had started the home originally in 2007.

Just shy of 4,000 square feet, the expansive two-story home was originally the whim of a Major League Baseball player Janzen knew personally. With drawings done by Lynden’s JWR Design, Janzen went to work.

But the ball player had a change of heart (and cash flow) when he retired from baseball. With the walls up, roof on and windows in, the athlete decided to pull out of the project before it finished. So the house sat.

In a “zero-to-100 in two weeks” buying situation, the Hendricks couple stepped in during summer 2011, and Janzen had the home finished by the end of the year.

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Fresh: Residence utilizes openness, natural light “I was really excited about being able to see it through,” Janzen said. “I thought it was a great plan and while it was definitely challenging, I hated to see it just sit here. It was fun to complete.”

With the interior walls already framed, there wasn’t a lot of wiggle room in the makeup of the house. But that suited everyone just fine, as the layout was pretty much spot-on for the new owners too. But a few changes were made.

“We picked up right where we would be with a new construction,” Janzen said.

“There were a lot of decisions that needed to be made in a hurry.”

One thing that didn’t need any changes, though, was the expansive great room, complete with a two-story, floor-to-ceiling fireplace and a host of exposed beams.

Janzen calls the moment you walk into the home the selling point — “the money part of the house” — as a full-on experience of openness, views onto Fishtrap Creek and light streaming in through ample windows.

With the fireplace already in a box just waiting for installation, that feature continued to play as the major focus of the great room.

The engineered hardwood floor wraps from the foyer toward the kitchen and stairs to the right and toward a formal dining area and master suite to the left. But straight ahead is the carpeted heart of the great room

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Fresh: Octagonal bedroom captures outside views and that dominant fireplace.

“I’d never seen one that big and since we inherited it, we stayed with it,” Brian said.

To give the fireplace a personal touch, Janzen made a mantel and added specialized lighting to accent a painting that has special meaning to the couple.

The kitchen, open to the great room, lays angled to the right, with the same stone as the fireplace’s enclosing the oversized oven (scaled down from MLB-sized plans).

Kolin Veldman of K&S Woodworks did the mahogany cabinets that complement the granite and exposed beams.

Tucked behind the kitchen, connecting the foyer area to the far side of the home is a pass-through laundry room that also connects to the garage and features a change room (the original 2007 plans included a full pool, deleted in the restart) and a powder room. A pantry fits snugly around a corner from the kitchen, in quick proximity to the countertops, but out of view of visitors.

The laundry room, lacking natural light, boasts natural cherry cabinets to lighten up the room.

Past the pantry and beyond the kitchen is a stairway up to a bonus retreat area including a rec room with a wet bar over the garage, a spare bedroom and another powder room (original plans had the extra space as a “cigar room”).

Back downstairs, off the great room and to the left of the foyer is a formal dining room (originally planned as an office) closed in by glass French doors.

Farther down the hall is the master bedroom, featuring a double fireplace that heats up both the bedroom and the master bathroom, sitting above the soaker tub.

The bedroom is laid out as an octagon to best capture views outside.

The five-piece bathroom has an over-

sized walk-in shower, an inherited design that Brian calls a “human car wash” due to its number of nozzles.

The size of the shower meant the Hendrickses couldn’t install a tankless water heater. Instead, they put a timer on their tanked heater to ensure hot water in the morning.

The slate bathroom floor warms up easier with heating underfoot.

Upstairs, a guest bathroom serves two bedrooms. What was originally a catwalk over the foyer was enclosed on one side to create a loft-like library space. But the vaulted ceiling, even up that high, bathes the walkway — and subsequently the great room — with natural light.

Since nothing had yet been done on the exterior when the new owners took charge, it was an open canvas to work on. Janzen wrapped posts in wood and put in exposed aggregate walkways.

Brian, who loves landscaping, put special care into the back yard, ripping out invasive plants and replanting new native plants that also give him a better view of Fishtrap Creek (including blue herons and river otters) past his perfectly manicured lawn. By working with a neighbor, Brian was also able to add new drainage and create a step-down place that allows access to the creek and doubles as city-approved runoff overflow space.

The back patio, fully covered and with a wood-burning fireplace, serves as an extension of the great room and yet is set apart by stamped concrete.

Brian said the entire process was a bit crazy, but he certainly had fun helping give a half-finished home a fully complete personality.

Story by Tim Newcomb; photos by Mark Reimers.

Above left: The Hendrickses' bedroom is octagonal in shape, capturing beautiful vistas provided by the room's windows. The adjacent bathroom features underfloor heating. Above: The living room's tall fireplace features a mantel built by Toby Janzen and specialized lighting to accent the featured painting. Below: Kolin Veldman of K&S Woodworks did the mahogany cabinets in the spacious kitchen.

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Refreshing your home — some of the older styles can be enhanced Use an online visualizer to get ideas for redoing a tired, mass-produced exterior If you were to take a look at a typical neighborhood today, you would see patterns of familiar home designs such as split-level, ranch or colonial. Most of these American styles were built between 1955 and 1985, when there was a need for mass-produced housing. Due to this suburban sprawl, many homes lost the originality and architectural appeal of classic styles built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

If you, like so many others, currently live in one of these houses, its lack of personality and curb appeal may have you thinking about making a change to the exterior. But the overwhelming amount of home design choices may have you wondering how to get started.

“Many times, homeowners are afraid to do more than replace existing windows or siding with new versions of the same product, simply because they can’t visualize the possibilities for their home exterior,” said John Stephenson, senior vice president of marketing for Ply Gem, a leading exterior building products company.

To help picture what’s possible in exterior home design and simplify product and color selection, homeowners now have the option to turn to digital home remodeling tools.

Online visualizer tools, such as The Designed Exterior Studio by Ply Gem, allow consumers to find inspiration and experiment with renovation ideas, even before meeting with a contractor. Users can virtually update a home exterior with new colors and style options for

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siding, stone veneer, windows and more.

Homeowners can save their designs for easy sharing with a remodeling contractor.

“When meeting with a contractor about a remodel, doing research and having a visual of a preferred exterior style and color palette is a great way to get the conversation started,” said Stephenson. “The existing American housing stock has so much potential for

beautiful design and architectural styling. New online visualization tools are designed to help both home owners and their contractors realize the potential for these older homes.”

Before getting started on an exterior remodel, it’s also important to understand the level of changes you want to make. Ply Gem offers the following tips on making the most of an exterior renovation and provides some insight on

how to prepare and get started: • If your home has great bones but lacks curb appeal and originality, a simple refresh with new siding, windows and accents in different colors and textures can make a big difference.

• New windows are also a noticeable architectural feature with the added benefit of increased energy efficiency in the home. Some key elements to consider for beautiful window design include style, grille pattern and color.

• For an even more personalized home exterior upgrade, consider cosmetic, nonstructural architectural changes.

“Adding elements to the roof such as window dormers or gables, or changing the entryway with a porch, can give your home personality and create a look that is reminiscent of classic architectural styles,” said Deryl Patterson, principal of the BSB Design architecture firm.

“These additions also provide visual interest to the exterior, giving it balance and elevation. In combination with appropriate material textures and colors, you can transform your home into an architecturally authentic style.”

By envisioning the type of exterior changes you want to make to your home, and sharing that vision with your remodeling contractor, you will have a significant head start in making your dream home a reality.

Visit www.plygem.com for more tips, inspiration and tools that show the possibilities in exterior home renovations.

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Selling your house: Which ‘fixes’ are worth it to lure buyers?

A good-looking roof is definitely a curbappeal requirement Okay, don’t panic.

If you’re one of those home owners who’s trying to sell your house now, your bargaining power — you remember that concept, right? — hasn’t been completely devastated in the current market.

Even in spite of a foreclosure property in your neighborhood, the thing to remember is this: Most buyers today are only interested in homes that are “movein-ready,” so if yours isn’t ... well, there’s your problem.

“Buyers generally look at ‘as-is’ properties that need work, and say ‘I’ll pass,’” said Patsy O’Neill, a sales associate with Sotheby’s in Montclair, N.J. “That’s why I tell clients it’s worth making certain strategic fixes if they’re looking for quicker and more profitable sales.”

So, which “fixes” are worth it, and which aren’t? Read on:

Worth It: Addressing major maintenance and safety issues. Would you buy a house with faulty electrical wiring?

Enough said.

Not Worth It: Major bath renovations. “Whatever you do might not suit the buyer,” says O’Neill, “and meanwhile, you’d have spent as much as tens of thousands of dollars.” Rather, stick to things like repairing cracked shower doors, and save your visions of a modern-day spa for your own new abode.

Worth It: Ripping up old carpeting.

Whether you replace it with new carpets or refinish the underlying wood floor is less important than getting rid of an eyesore.

Not Worth It: Major kitchen renovations. Same reasons as for baths — you're taking a risk as to the “tastes” of the buyer.

Worth It: Anything that enhances “curb appeal.” If the first thing prospective buyers notice even before exiting their cars is that, for instance, your roof looks like it’s been whipped by a tornado, chances are you’ve already lost the sale.

One cosmetic turn-off makes buy-

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Worth It: Cleaning up all clutter. The less of “you” there is about the property, the more likely prospective buyers are to imagine themselves happily living there.

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