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Happy Home Improving! :)

This past weekend was a stressful yet exciting one. I sat the Georgia State Licensing Board’s 2-part, 6 hour exam to become a licensed General Contractor for my family’s construction and developing company. For years out of college and before working in television home improvement, I was my dad’s right hand gal for building his 65,000-80,000 SF office buildings. After shifting into television, I wasn’t able to do as much work for him due to scheduling and such. In 2008, the state laws changed in Georgia regarding who could pull permits and oversee jobs ranging from residential to unlimited commercial projects. After much discussion, my father asked if I would consider coming back to help him by getting my GC license with no limitations on projects that I could build. I took up the challenge and after weeks and weeks of studying, sitting a prep class and taking sample tests to prepare, I took the Law portion of the test on Friday (50 questions) and the Trades portion of the test of Saturday (100 questions). I am happy to report that I passed both tests missing only five questions total for both tests. I am thrilled to pieces and so is my dad (and that’s the best part of all!)

If you’re looking for something this summer that will fill your kids daylight hours, think about having them be a volunteer! There are many ways that you can get your child involved AND it can help others, too!

Here’s a great website to check out:

Have a great summer!!

Been working on my back porch for a couple of weekends now, replacing screens, closing in two lower sections with bead board, and of course, painting everything. I feel battered and bruised but it has been well worth it! To see some of the progress, go to my Jodi Marks Facebook Home Improvement Page.
One of the best things I did to make the painting project go faster and smoother was to tape of with painter’s tape…but not just any painter’s tape…FROG TAPE!
I have highlighted Frog Tape on Today’s Homeowner as well as on several Satellite Media Tours and I really am impressed with how great it works. The PaintBlock technology is truly amazing…the tape actually absorbs the paint and PREVENTS it from getting up under the tape! How you ask? Check out their website: www.frogtape.com to find out more!

I’m always impressed by products that can make home improvements fun and easy. And nothing makes more sense to me than taking something, like a lamp base, and giving it a facelift so it can be recycled back into your home decor’ and enjoyed again. That is exactly what I did using the HAMMERED series from Rust-oleum. The spray paint comes in a slew of color choices, but my favorites are the metal finishes: bronze, silver, nickel, copper, and gold. The textured surface, when it dries, looks just like hammered metal. It can be applied directly to wood, metal, masonry, ceramics, and plaster. No priming is needed, just clean the surface and you are ready to go. And because it’s from Rust-oleum, you can spray it right over rusted areas on metal surfaces.