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Garages, woodshops and workshops are perennially starved for space and organization—and mine is one of them. It’s forever jam-packed with tools, materials and work surfaces…
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…
Question: I want to hang a towel bar in my bathroom and have to drill through a tiled wall. I was going to just drill…
Skil’s legendary Mag77 is a 7-¼-inch wormdrive circular saw and, well, it’s no joke that it is a legend among framers. This tool has cut…
Step 1: Measure the Saw’s Deck Find the height of the miter saw’s deck. This is a critical measurement because the height of the infeed…
So here’s a call I received once at the headquarters of MyFixitUpLife, where my wife Theresa and I offer insights into building, designing, and living…
Mark & Theresa shared how to put the power back in your shower for less than $5 on the NBC 10! Show. Also, learn about…
My wife Theresa and I have given demonstrations on installing crown molding from Baltimore to the Bay Area and back again, and we find that…
So you’re painting your living room. You’re excited, too. This is going to turn out great. You’ve bought everything you’ll need. A bountiful heap of…
If you’ve never seen a burst water pipe — or the damage one causes — consider yourself lucky. According to Sate Farm Insurance, about 250,000…
Here at the MyFixitUpLife HQ we do a lof of painting both inside and outside the house. And doing a good job painting is as…
Every so often, the forces of the universe conspire — and not in a nice way — to block people from success. If you’re a remodeler,…
