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I’m a catalogue dweeb. I admit it. I know it’s paper and all old school, but flipping through catalogues (especially tool and material cats) relaxes my mind. Instead of searching through 2-point font for model #s and specs my mind can wander. I sometimes get surprised and inspired to make things and solve problems when [...]
The thing about “modern” design is that it’s been around a while. A sizzling hot, easy-to-build style in houses, its rectilinear sensibility throws off the visible structural elements of the Craftsman Style, the complicated hips and jerkins of the American Four Square and the blandness of a rowhouse box. And this can leave homeowners [...]
If budget isn’t top of mind when planning most home improvement projects, you might be in for a bumpy ride. The bigger the project, the more you have to have a sense for how great it’ll make your home—and how much it’ll cost to get there. This is especially true if you plan to [...]
“What’s more American than fixing things and inventing things and doing it yourself?” Said Ty Pennington on CNN announcing the Craftsman Make A Difference Truck Tour, which kicks off on National Rebuilding Day in Moonachie, NJ with Rebuilding Together. And Craftsman is teaming up with another iconic American brand—Harley-Davidson—to build some bad a++ tool boxes to do [...]
I am NOT the only person the following has happened to: You’re at the store choosing an exhaust fan or range hood for the current bathroom or kitchen project. You’re face-to-mountain with a bajillion boxes and brands that correspond—somehow—to displays 8-feet overhead. Blood pressure rising. Then the real questions kick in. “Is this the right [...]
My new favorite place to relax is the NestRest. I never really thought of a bird nest as a super-lux cool spot. Until I met Dave Masin in Seattle. Yes, bird houses are the typical first woodworking project for kids, and bird nests and houses seem like fairly simple spaces for feathery creatures. But I [...]
We love using unexpected materials and textures in our designs. We love being on-trend—and trend-setting—and depend on materials that keep pace. For on-trend surfaces, that work without question, and that conserve our budget for bringing big time boo-yah to boring boxes, Formica’s 33 new laminates go the extra style-mile. Along with wood-themed finishes that [...]
Two words that almost never go together—”beer” and “tools”—seem to have found common ground. On a bottle cap. As I was about to open a bottle of Full Sail Amber and kick back for a cold one, I noticed two friendly words that made me smile: Right there on the cap are the words “TOOLS [...]
I have specific criteria for work gloves. First, the gloves have to fit, meaning that when I’m wearing them, the answer to the following questions must be yes: Can I reach into my pouch and feel how many screws or nails I have between my fingers? Can I manipulate my tool triggers – especially the [...]
Elio Motors‘ new Elio (eel-ee-oh) innovation machine (that’s what I’m calling it) has my attention. First, it’s cool looking…Actually, forget about cool for a minute. If you can. This 84 mpg, 3-wheel, grocery-carting, made in the USA, passenger-hauling bad-boy costs less than some CEOs’ watches—$6,800. Heck, my last tank of gas cost almost that [...]
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