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FixitUp Find: Craftsman Cordless Impact Driver

We built a backyard play-set at the Craftsman Experience in downtown Chicago. The Experience is part digital playground, part workshop and all hands-on fun. This…

Bellaforte Roofing Tiles From DaVinci Roofscapes

We received a call from a homeowner near Philadelphia asking us about a new roof for his old home and he had both specific, and…

FixitUpFinds: The Versatile Side Winder Slide

Planning and building a backyard wood playset can be a really fun way to spend time with your family and a guarantee that the playset…

FixitUpFinds: Smart countertops?

Yes, your countertops could be getting smarter. Our friends at Charles & Hudson tipped us off that Intel is developing the technology to make it…

FixitUpFinds: New generation of construction sets

If you are looking for a fun way to build, check out K’NEX. They offer interlocking posts, turnstyles and gears come together to form various…

FixitUpFinds: Yarn made from recycled plastic? Yes.

I’m a crafty girl at heart. So, when my girlfriend Jess told me about yarn made from recycled plastic, like the plastic found in soda…

FixitUpFinds: GOOP. Why am I just learning about it?

I just stumbled across GOOP this past week, and I wish I would have known about it before. And it’s not the dictionary ‘goop’ of…

FixitUpFinds: Women Build

Does working on your house make you nervous? Are you intimidated by power tools? Do you want to know how your house is put together?…

FixitUpFinds: Shelter-Kit

Shelter-Kit (based out of Tilton, NH) creates DIY homes, garages and barns, specifically designed and manufactured for assembly by non-builders. (Think Ikea, but bigger and…

FixitUpFinds: Put some Juju on your walls?

As our friend Christopher Lowell likes to say, design is personal. It’s about what speaks to you, not about the season’s current trends. Those trendy styles…