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	Tips to Save Money on Building Your Home

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3-2-2007 9:26 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/9048c0f5-387e-4696-be3e-2da918b08dd1/E12095E1-44FE-4A3A-827B-0FC0FA7C9683/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.simplythrifty.com/tips-to-save-money-on-building-your-home/" href="http://www.simplythrifty.com/tips-to-save-money-on-building-your-home/" style="font-size: 11px;">www.simplythrifty.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.simplythrifty.com/tips-to-save-money-on-building-your-home/"><H2 id="post-405"><A title="Permanent Link to Tips to Save Money on Building Your Home" rel="bookmark" href="http://www.simplythrifty.com/tips-to-save-money-on-building-your-home/">Tips to Save Money on Building Your Home</A></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.simplythrifty.com/tips-to-save-money-on-building-your-home/"><P>Here are other tips on how to save money on building your home.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.simplythrifty.com/tips-to-save-money-on-building-your-home/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.simplythrifty.com/img/A1A8BE35-06C8-4CE9-8F4C-370DBC0286EC" alt="building a home" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.simplythrifty.com/tips-to-save-money-on-building-your-home/"><STRONG>Increase the size of your windows</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.simplythrifty.com/tips-to-save-money-on-building-your-home/"><STRONG>Place one moderately sized light in the center of the room</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.simplythrifty.com/tips-to-save-money-on-building-your-home/"><STRONG>Walls don’t have to be of ceiling-to-floor height.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.simplythrifty.com/tips-to-save-money-on-building-your-home/"><STRONG>Shop and compare rates for building materials.</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.simplythrifty.com/tips-to-save-money-on-building-your-home/"><STRONG>Consider using secondhand materials</STRONG></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.simplythrifty.com/tips-to-save-money-on-building-your-home/"><P><STRONG>Purchase windows and doors that are already built with aesthetic value</STRONG> so you won’t have to spend extra on painting or decorating them.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.simplythrifty.com/tips-to-save-money-on-building-your-home/"><P>If it’s your responsibility to supply the necessary building equipment, make sure that you <STRONG>approach all the people you know and find out if there’s something you can borrow or rent</STRONG> before purchasing anything.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.simplythrifty.com/tips-to-save-money-on-building-your-home/"><P><STRONG>Having a two-storey house is much more expensive</STRONG> in many ways than a single-floor house.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.simplythrifty.com/tips-to-save-money-on-building-your-home/"><P><STRONG>Painting is a more affordable method of designing</STRONG> ceilings, floors, and walls, than using wallpaper or other decorative methods. Choosing a single color for paint is naturally more affordable than using various colors as well.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/E12095E1-44FE-4A3A-827B-0FC0FA7C9683/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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