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On the corners of my home, I planned to place some type of either wood (cedar?) or green treated posts as vertical posts for each…
Emergency rooms were hit with more than 246,000 ladder- or stool-related injuries in 2010, the CPSC reports, so get the leaves out of your gutters…
My brother Jack was coloring in my room, and I got distracted…. He started coloring my room. My walls were covered in crayon marks. I…
MainStreet did some digging to find eight easy do-it-yourself backyard projects all from the design experts themselves.
I love simple, beautiful projects that I can use in my landscape. If you add “versatile,” then that’s a trifecta that really gets me going….
Question: Mark, Should I cope or miter crown molding in my upcoming trim project? Or should I try those pre-made corner blocks? I saw your…
Here’s a kitchen/bath project I call a marriage-saver. Its not that it saves the marriage directly, I hasten to point out, but it short circuits…
Here’s a simple and sweet Mother’s Day project that Jack, Lexi and I made together for Theresa. It was fun too. Each of us could…
In order to get to my point, I have to tell you one story, so I can tell you another. The punchline, however, is…
There’s more to the Before and After-Shock story—everything from customer service to insulation details, that I think are worth going into for old house…
Erin asks: Hey! Can you share some tips about refinishing old furniture? Stains/paints? What is the best process? Thanks!! Answer: The antiqued/refinished furniture look is hot…
Mark and Theresa face-off in a drywall duel to patch two holes in their entryway. Confident Mark uses his go-to contractor ‘bullet patch’ technique and…
