Design

Pergola Design

Dear MyFixitUpLife, a question: I’m designing a pergola. Instead of using 4-by or 6-by posts, I want to laminate a 2×8, 2×6, and 2×8 together…

Segmented Arch

So here’s one for the died-in-the-wool architecture aficionado. If someone were to ask you what shape is shown in both of these photos, what would…

Lisa LaPorta talks w/ Mark & Theresa about Design, Jewelry, Outdoor style

Lisa stops by the HYDE Tools booth at the National Hardware Show to talk with Mark and Theresa about her new outdoor furniture line, her…

Pressure Treated Southern Pine Retaining Wall

The Challenge  When we moved into our home the front yard was part play-area, part precipice. Near the house it was nice and level (and…

MyFixitUpLife talk show: Do It Together w/ Ty Pennington

Mark and Theresa are broadcasting LIVE! inside the Ironclad technical workwear blast furnace at the National Hardware Show. School is in, Toolskool that is, when…

MyFixitUpLife talk show: Vacation House Hunters w/ Taniya Nayak

Camo-up! We’ve got our scope on, and we’re on the hunt for vacation with HGTV’s Taniya Nayak, host of the new House Hunters on Vacation. And for…

Mark & Theresa talk w/ HGTV’s Monica Pedersen

Monica took a break from presenting the gorgeous new products from Kohler at the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show to check in with Mark &…

Building a Par-Gade-O-La

A P-Ar-What-O-La? A P-Ar-GaDe-O-La. The Mission of this project is to battle the blandness of the all-too- often overlooked side-yard of so many houses. You…

FixitUpFinds: Put some Juju on your walls?

As our friend Christopher Lowell likes to say, design is personal. It’s about what speaks to you, not about the season’s current trends. Those trendy styles…