For many homeowners, the
downturn has a big upside.
From contractors who need
work to material supplies
exceeding demand, here's the
TOH take on why to hit the
home center today
Given the state of real estate, you're probably not going to be selling for a few years. And that means you can truly enjoy the improvements you make. "We're in an era where, rather than stretching for a trophy home, we can think about ways to modify the houses we're already in to make ourselves happy," says Daniel McGinn, author of House Lust, a book about how America became obsessed with McMansions, vacation houses, and "investing" in real estate during the boom. Let's face it, after all the expense and stress of a kitchen remodel, wouldn't you like to settle down at that honed-granite breakfast nook for a while?
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