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Are you hiring a professional for the task or doing it yourself with some labor assistance. I suggest don’t take up the complete house all together. Move ahead in phases as you need to live in the same space and it can become quite cumbersome....

Wrought iron can be good option if you do not plan to move your furniture a lot. But make sure its powder coated as it rusts easily....

Get a laptop, fax machine, scanner, printer and a dedicate phone line for work and you are sorted....

Readers Digest had come up with a couple of home improvement and maintenance books. Search them as I have heard they are pretty useful....

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