Refresh Your Home This Spring with DIY Projects

Warmer days and shorter nights often inspire people to finally begin those DIY home projects. According to the results of HomeAdvisor’s 2017 True Cost Survey homeowners tackled more home improvement projects from February 2016 through February 2017 than they did from February 2015 through February 2016. What’s more, they spent an average of roughly $1,850 more on home improvement projects. Millennials are the leaders when it comes to DIY.

“No matter what project that you have whether big or small if you take the time to plan it up front it is going to go much easier getting through that whole process, said Anthony Carrino, host of HGTV’s Kitchen Cousins.

“The kitchen is a place to make a big statement in a home is with flooring,” said Carrino. A beautiful floor can transform a home, and you’ve got to see how Tarkett’s next-generation flooring withstands the rigors of modern life. Tarkett is known for making high-quality home flooring that is super durable and easy to install. Their latest ProGen collection gives you the look of real hardwood, but can be installed in any room, including your three-season room, kitchen, bathroom, or even basements that see an occasional puddle. Transcend™ SureSet™ is surely for the DIY newbie. It has a preinstalled adhesive on the back of it and it’s a releasable adhesive. A releasable adhesives means this stuff can be picked back up and put down up to 10 different times and that adhesion is going to be just as good as time number one. This means if you don’t like the lay out or you messed it up you can fix it you truly can’t make a mistake.”

Tired of the outside of your house? “When you go to the outside you have to start with the lawn. It’s been lying there dominate all winter long and it’s going to need some TLC<” said Carrino. You can’t get into the lawn unless your mower is in good working order. Go through all the maintenance on the machine, make sure the blades are nice and sharp but more so than that mowing technology has come a long way in the last five years. If you’re in the market for a new mower I highly recommend something powered by Briggs & Stratton. They have a just check and add system you literally never have to change your oil again. If your garage is over flowing they have a Mow N’ Stow that allows the mower to fold up really small it just takes a corner of space.”

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More about Anthony Carrino

Anthony graduated from Babson College in 2001.

Discovering his creative side while attending business school, and leaning on his early teenage years working construction Anthony and his father Alfonso, co-founded Brunelleschi Construction in Feb of 2004 and built a successful Development, General Contracting and Design firm with a focus on restoring old, architecturally significant structures within the urban core of Jersey City and Hoboken.

Early in 2011, Anthony and his cousin John, who also worked for Brunelleschi, were discovered by HGTV and were asked to shoot a television series for them. The show launched to great success and The Cousins brand was born. Now on their fourth series Anthony & John have been the driving creative force behind Kitchen Cousins, Cousins On Call, Cousins Undercover, and now America's Most Desperate Kitchens. Their shows can been seen both on HGTV and the DIY Network.

After completing their last project together in late 2014 Anthony, Alfonso and John decided to close Brunelleschi to focus on other projects. With the continued success of their television series, a few new titles in the works and Anthony's passion for design, the decision was made to shift focus.

Anthony is now designing and consulting on projects across the country with a focus on space planning, interiors, and project management.

When Anthony isn’t working he tries to spend as much time as he can traveling on his motorcycle and shooting photography.

You can follow Anthony on Instagram, Facebook and twitter

Courtesy: Tarkett, Briggs & Stratton