N.J. home makeover: $55K and lots of DIY work to renovate a Bloomfield duplex
(World News USA)

N.J. home makeover is a regular feature on NJ.com that showcases designer, contractor and DIY renovations, large and small. N.J. home makeover is a regular feature on NJ.com that showcases designer, contractor and DIY renovations, large and small. To submit your renovation for consideration, email home@starledger.com with your full name, email address, phone number and town/city. Attach `before` and `after` photos of what you renovated. When Tito Gonzalez and Wendy Cruz began working on what would be their half of a 1942 Colonial-style duplex, it was about a week before their April 2005 wedding day. They had just closed on the Bloomfield house, and they were cleaning it room by room. Their...