FixitUpFind

Heat it and Beat it

I am a big fan of wood burning appliances in the home—for lots of reasons. The main reason is that there’s just something about it….

The Roof: Designs on Taking the Outside In

Here’s one of the awesome things about design: it reinvents things. It takes the common and makes it uncommon. I’ve seen a lot of this…

Do You Dream in Color?

Sometimes the hardest part about taking care of our homes and the people inside them is getting started. You know you need a new roof,…

Formica: Rounding Over the Cutting Edge

Formica‘s 180fx laminate is already an awesome product for kitchen and bath counters, plus way-out wall applications that I love. A laminate product that features…

Lumber Liquidators’ Bellawood: Go simple. Go big.

Sometimes the best way to describe something complicated—like the science and technology that goes into creating a dependable pre-finished hardwood floor—is to go simple. And…

Therma-Tru Doors: Classic-Craft Craftsman Sidelites

I love doors. Well, I love awesome doors. The reason is—and I mean this—that coming home can be more than the exercise of turning the…

SunRise Solar Attic Fans: A Class Act

One way to know a company that believes in their product, understands how their product performs, and that they are being honest when they tout…

Hyde Multi-Tool at Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

So here’s one from the “Couldn’t make it up if I tried” Department—and yet another reason why a tool pouch without a Hyde multi-tool in…

Tool Review: Stanley PowerLock 25 Foot Tape Measure

You’re going to love this. Here is a tool review of a brand new tool that I’ve had in my pouch for XX years…I mean…

FixitUpFind: Far-Infrared Wall Heaters

Here is a space heater that looks really, really cool. Made by Prestyl USA this is more flat-panel-TV-Meets-High-Art than a utilitarian plug-in heat-hydrant. The technology,…