Mark’s blog
Question. What do you recommend for a treatment on bare yellow pine stair treads and risers? I keep getting pointed in the direction of shellac,…
Workshop storage is both a many tentacled beast and a source of successful DIY. One of my many mantras is: Looking for a tool isn’t…
So let’s just say that this work out was born from two of my life’s passions: DIY and obstacle course race training. DIY. Pallets are…
The best day ever for a seven year often involves a device: Tablet, TV, cushy sitting device called a sofa. But we’re a home improvement…
Cat food bowls, in my house anyway, seem to be in constant motion. And then there’s what I’ll discreetly call the ‘halo effect’, as in:…
Kevin saw MyFixitUpLife’s Facebook post showing a bookcase hidden door and, question: I have my DIY head wrapped around how to make a barn door….
Spend 5-minutes with the Spock to Robert Irvine’s Captain Kirk of Food Network’s Restaurant Impossible and you’ll see that general contractor Tom Bury is winning…
What do MyFixitUpLife, DIY Network Bath Crasher (and faux hawk wearer, designer, and renowned illustrator) Matt Muenster have to do with Roxul insulation? This video….
Seems like buying a hammer, whether as a gift for your favorite DIYer or for your own home improvement projects, should be easy. And it is, sort…
Adding a bathroom to a basement remodeling project—especially where one was never intended to exist—can be tricky. Here are 5-things to plan for. 1–Plumbing vents….
On our man cave basement remodel, I used stone wool insulation. If you haven’t used it, the stuff is—at least—a triple threat of quality, speed and…
Get-started crown molding advice for first-timers and idiot-proofing for pros. I adore crown molding. I like installing it, too. I’ve also been lucky enough to…
