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Taniya Nayak lights up Wayfair with amazing fixtures

I’m a fan of Taniya Nayak. She’s a talented designer and seriously fun to work with. But that’s not the only reason why I was…

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….

Reid of Minneapolis, Minnesota won $1500 for building w/ Western Red Cedar

Thank you to everyone who took the time to share their stories in the Real DIY Contest. The Western Red Cedar Lumber Association received some very…

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…