MyFixitUpLife: inside Air King at the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show

Trim is always the piece de resistance in a finished project. While the studs and joists hold a project together, it’s the trim work that…

What I like about decks is that each one has a mix of site work, layout, framing and finish carpentry. You can build them with…

Taking a break from the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show, senior projects and tool editor Justin Fink sits down at the Air King booth to…

I depend heavily on miter saws. They’re with me from framing to trim. I task them with blowing through blocking and tricky finish cuts. For…

Kris Malkowski, GM from Craftsman, shares news about their 77 new products for 2011 at the Ford Trucks booth at the International Builders’ Show. Some…

Mark and Theresa enjoyed their tour of what’s new in home improvement at the International Builders’ Show. They spent time talking with celebrities — Frank…

The Arborwear Ascender Jacket – The toughest jacket you’ve never heard of! Like many contractors, I operate in two hemispheres of the home-improvement world: building…

I love the Makita BL1830 impact driver. It’s the tool I reach for when I’m building a deck, hanging doors or driving screws for just…

We’re geared up to give-and-go from the floor of The Remodeling Show and Deck Expo. John White from Rebuilding Together leads us down the road…

Steel toe boots are a go-to for lots of guys on the jobsite. They’re awesome for protecting feet and toes from all kind of hazards,…

So here’s not my favorite job: scraping paint and coatings and repainting them. But to underestimate the importance of a proper paint job is to…

We like under-cabinet lights and specced them for our latest kitchen reno. Problem is, typical under-cabinet lights are placed beneath the shallow cabinet carcass (usually…

I’m not a dedicated floor sanding mechanic. I’m a carpenter who installs and sands floors as part of the larger remodeling package. For my business…

Mark and Theresa are giving thanks this year with a special edition of MyFixitUpLife, talking behind-the-scenes preview of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’s four holiday specials…

Go to almost any lumber yard and the wood you’ll find there is milled on all four sides. Two-by, 4-by-, 6-by…you get the idea. But…