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By Jaime Wiebe    HouseLogic.com Should You Refinish Hardwood Floors Yourself? Image: Gabbi Zaccheria from  Retro Ranch Reno Only if you like uneven surfaces and putting out fires. SHARE THIS Email This Pin This Tweet This TOPIC Improve,   Organize & Maintain, Home Maintenance Tips Print article Of course, refinishing hardwood  floors is a DIY job . That’s why all the Big Box stores rent floor sanders, right? But just because you can rent a sander doesn’t mean you should. Even if your friends did dub you “Jackie-Of-All-Trades” after that amazing bathroom re-do last spring, you still might not have the stuff it takes to refinish your floors. Seriously, you could end up with a floor that has so many dips and grooves, you’ll get more seasick than you did on that Disney cruise when you were 10. Worse, you could make a dangerous newbie mistake and start a fire. (True! We’ll explain in just a bit). Even if the cost of hiring a pro ($4 to $5 per s

By: Alaina Tweddale            HouseLogic.com 7 Household Expenses You’re Probably Wasting Your Money On There are better ways to spend. Image: Simone Golob/Offset SHARE THIS Email This Pin This Tweet This TOPIC Improve,   Organize & Maintain, Home Maintenance Tips Print article The washer/dryer combo was perfect! Such a delightful way to brighten laundry day — with a cheerfully colored front-loader set. They could actually make laundry fun! “They were this gorgeous, greenish-teal, and they looked great in my laundry room,” says Eliesa Prettelt, avid DIYer and author of “A Pinterest Addict” blog. Image:  Eliesa Prettelt, Pinterest Addict Blog       But after barreling through three sets in four years, she knew she’d made a mistake. “They looked so pretty, but I had nothing but problems with them,” she says. She eventually gave up and got nondescript, white, commercial-grade top-loaders she scored for less than half the cost of her or

Who Represents You in a Real Estate Transaction? Knowing which type of relationship you have with your agent, and his broker, will help you negotiate the best possible deal, whether you’re a buyer or a seller. Image: Liz Foreman for HouseLogic SPONSORED BY   SHARE THIS Email This Pin This Tweet This TOPIC Buy & Sell,  Sell, Should I Sell My House? Print article When you hire a real estate agent, it’s important to understand whose side she’s on as you select a home to buy (or list your current home for sale) and head towards closing, where the actual transfer of ownership happens. There are a lot of ways agents may represent clients. Yours might represent: Only you Only the other parties in the transaction Everyone in the deal By knowing where your agent’s loyalties lie, you’ll know what you can tell her and what you can’t. (If, for example, you’re dealing with an agent who doesn’t represent you but is representing the sellers of a home you