Problem:  I recently purchased a set of Levolor blinds, only to find out that one of them is too large for the window. First, how can this happen and second what can I do about it?

Solution Difficulty:  Straight forward

  Measuring for blinds can be a pain. Many places will send a contractor out to measure the windows. However if you're a do-it-yourselfer and measured them yourself you may have signed your rights away if the blind didn't fit. Typically the store won't take the item back, and you're out of luck if you want the manufacturer to modify the blind. In most cases the store will recommend you purchase a new blind. But hold on a minute, if your blind is very close to fitting why couldn't you trim it down? You can.

  Believe it or not, some window frames are not symmetrical. The measurement you originally took may have been at one edge of the window frame, but for some reason the other edge isn't exactly the same width. If you come out a little on the narrow side you should be OK, but if you happened to measure a little too wide you could be stuck with a ¼" - ½" overlap. To fix this problem you'll want to trim the blind down by taking half that overlap off each side. In other words if your ½" too wide you'll want to trim ¼" off either end. I don't recommend trimming more than this since you'll run into problems with the blind hardware.

Today is the Big Day!! The doghouse is almost finished, and soon Mackenzie will be moving into her new home. But before we can start the move in, we will need to finish roofing the house. For this we will use Certinteed Timberline shingles.

Problem:  My dog needs a new house

Few things in this world come close to the feel you get from a job well done. That's why when we noticed that state of disrepair of our doghouse; we decided to undertake our own Do It Yourself project. Granted, we could go to Wal-Mart and buy a doghouse (or Dogloo), but we figured we'd have more fun (and Mackenzie would be happier) with her own Dog Mansion.