Joanne Palmisano is hunting down the old and ailing with intention to resuscitate. The author of Salvage Secrets book, blog, and soon-to-be-released TV series on the DIY Network, delights in giving creative transfusions to castoffs.

It may be the first New Year’s resolution in my life that I actually and fully completed. On Jan. 1 this year, I vowed this would be the year that we finally remodeled my bathroom, which I likened to a Greyhound bus station pit stop in a column I wrote for the magazine’s December/January issue.

There is this truck that I keep seeing around town — a little van-type thing. It sells corporate art. I believe the side of the truck says, Really Boring and Homogenous Prints for Your Office! Not really. But you get my point?

The most frequently asked question by homeowners and building professionals is whether to repair or replace an existing roof. A roof is one of the biggest investments a home or building owner can make.