Ask This Old House ne of the best investments to make before remodeling is buying a roll of inexpensive yellow or white translucent paper known as trace or sketch. Before a single nail gets hammered, architects go through reams of the stuff, drawing scads of ideas. As they try out positions of closets, windows, French doors and so on, they can stack the drawings on top of each other two or three at a time to visualize every possible configuration. For best results, use a light touch and a marker or soft pencil to keep from ripping through a scheme taking shape.
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