Theresa Coleman, interior designer and host of MyFixitUpLife, offers low-cost suggestions on how homeowners can create engaging autumn holiday door decorations. Experts at Fypon and Therma-Tru provide tips on properly attaching wreaths to doors.
Theresa Coleman, interior designer and host of MyFixitUpLife, offers low-cost suggestions on how homeowners can create engaging autumn holiday door decorations. Experts at Fypon and Therma-Tru provide tips on properly attaching wreaths to doors.




Currently, I’m obsessed with back-to-school door decorations that use school supplies.


We use a nailing technique to make sure we get a really secure connection between the crown molding and the walls and ceiling. But for the ceiling, it can get trickier. You might not have much behind the drywall. So we use a pneumatic nailer to get an X-nail connection to the ceiling. Check out how to X-nail, and more reasons why Mark uses this technique for crown molding, in this quick tip video.
We have finally agreed that we need to replace our original front door to our 100+ year-old American Foursquare home. Mark has been pushing for…


I have a whole “thing” I get into below about DaVinci‘s new Bellaforte Shake roofing tiles, but after getting an early look at them, I’m…
So we thought we knew which door we loved, until I discovered the Avonlea glass option. We might need to change our minds on our…


What better way to greet friends and trick-or-treaters than with a big circle of seasonal candy attached to the front door? And a candy corn wreath is a bold statement for any entryway. I changed the size, the layout of the candy, and used a different base — scrap cardboard — so mine may not be a twin, but it’s definitely a first-cousin of the Woman’s Day candy corn wreath.


I love making holiday wreaths. So this year, I’m going beyond just the single wreath, and making three holiday wreaths out of ceiling medallions. Whenever I make a series of anything that aren’t exactly alike, I look for a few ways I can make them look like they go.


Here’s how to trim out a new front door on an old house, both finishing the inside and outside of the entryway with pro trim tips.


When a client says she the only thing she likes about her space is a monkey statue and her business is called Cake Crazy, I…


I chose to bring some ‘Farmhouse Fresh’ into the Flourtown Bakery for Food Network’s ‘Save My Bakery.’ “Pink is our favorite color,” said the owner…


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…


Last-minute Valentine’s Day wreath can make the perfect statement in less than an hour. I’m a wreath-addict. I love making holiday wreaths so much that…


Phatso’s Bakery inspired what I call ‘Resort Whimsy’ design for the Food Network show ‘Save My Bakery.’ After talking with the owner for a while…


If you think about it, doors and fences have a lot in common: their appeal can be as much about what they keep out as…


There are so many good holiday card holder ideas that I can’t resist making another. And I have a new way to display holiday cards that…
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