Add style and save time on your next pergola project with purlins, instead of notching rafters over the beam. Purlins are fast to install, lock rafters up tight, and they look great.
Add style and save time on your next pergola project with purlins, instead of notching rafters over the beam. Purlins are fast to install, lock rafters up tight, and they look great.
Here’s a MyFixitUpLife tip for installing deck boards. Install deck boards a few inches (anywhere from, say, 3 to 12 inches) past the deck framing,…
Occasionally a fastener and the thickness of the work are the exact same measurement: a 3 inch nail/a double 2-by header; a 5/4 fence…
A deck remodel can be a safe choice when the structure is sound. Here’s how to tell if a remodel could work for your deck….
It’s easy to love your wood pergola, deck, playset, or outdoor space when the sun is shining and it’s all board shorts, cookouts, and kids kicking around in…
When Mark and I heard that Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was planning to build 7 houses in 7 days in Joplin for families affected by…
With our roof replacement almost behind us, we’re planning our next project: An outdoor yard structure is on the boards for September. We ordered Western…
Building a cedar fence can be a yard-charger, and a fun way to spend a weekend. So after we’ve put in the DIY hours to…
If the value of a project is measured in how often you use it, our compost bin is well near the top of the list….
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…
It doesn’t take much to inspire our kids to get moving. I was asked to post a family photo of us–or at least a photo…
Get the kids involved with age appropriate—safe—home improvement activity. Even if they don’t thank you now, they’ll thank you later.
Compost bins are a perfect way to re-utilize all those kitchen and yard scraps for a new purpose, to help create a more gorgeous garden….
Guard rails on stairs need to be 36 inches (minimum) above the stair nosing and cut to the same angle of the stair’s rise and…
Get your green thumb going! Mark and Theresa show you how those old kitchen scraps can be the miracle to your gardening problems. View more…
Our house has a side yard whose main feature used to be that it didn’t have any nice features (Figure 1). This tiny, unattractive bit…
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