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Here’s the stain a wood pergola story. We needed to stain our wood pergola. The 8-year-old pergola has seen less than 8 seconds of maintenance,…

If Thor made a croquet set, he’d have this one. Big. Bad. Burned. And ready to bring the thunder. Want one of your own? Here’s how I made this croquet set.

Traditional, highly skilled woodworking is an art and a science all to itself. I do more more of a blend of carpentry and woodworking, which…

I love woodworking projects for the yard. This one (two) will get a ton of use from benches to tables to even DIY fitness and…

Need to update your shed? Here’s how to update a shed with a ramp and some gardening features in a weekend. 

I love woodworking projects that blend materials. This one combines wood and copper to create a bathroom towel holder. This is for a hand towel…

This is one of those woodworking projects that started as one thing—a raised garden planter—then took on a new life as the cooler deck cooler….

I call woodworking projects I make with regular carpentry tools ‘workbench woodworking’. I call working with 100-plus year old 3×10 lumber AWESOME! So what else…

Pro, weekend DIYer, or somewhere in between, you probably find your miter saw is the center of what you do. It is for me most…

An old paint brush has a lot more uses than just slathering on paint. I use them all the time on remodeling and renovation projects….

Enjoying pretty little plants can be a year-round pleasure with a custom-stained pallet indoor wall garden.