What I like most about “Your Place” is the sense of community it engenders. When one reader needs help and I appeal for assistance, I’m usually overwhelmed with email that, taken together, often ...

Geraldine has over a decade of experience writing within the home improvement sector. Additionally, she has unique first-hand renovation experience as the previous owner of a house-flipping business.

What I like most about “Your Place” is the sense of community it engenders. When one reader needs help and I appeal for assistance, I’m usually overwhelmed with email that, taken together, often ...

My dad has finally gotten around to having the oil tank removed from his house. (They converted to gas in 1978.) The house was built in the 1920's and nobody back then wanted an ugly tank in their ...