“Make a decision and the rest will follow,” goes a phrase I read once, attributed to an ancient Chinese proverb. And what follows when you…
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“Tough times make tough people.” I read that in a great book about the World Series of Poker called The Biggest Game in Town by…
Q: Hey Carpenter Mark, we recently had new kitchen cabinets and counters installed and I’m tossing around the idea of doing the tile backsplash myself….
Question: I’m putting a new kitchen in my house and it requires some serious renovations. Anyway, I feel pretty good about the contractors doing the…
With the recent bad weather in many parts of the country, and more winter to come, you may be thinking about your roof. Is it…
While there’s not much you can do to control the cost of oil, natural gas, or propane, you can save money this winter by avoiding…
A good table saw is essential equipment for getting well-crafted results, keyed in details, and for cutting critical elements required for dialed-in, looks-like-it-grew-there kind of…
So I’m watching This Old House. It looked pretty new but I apologize for not knowing the exact episode. And I only caught it half-way…
One of the incredible things about living in an old town like ours is that walking out front door is, at once, walking into the…
As the parents of two school-age kids, we watch winter weather forecasts with more interest than we did before kids were in the picture. Hot…