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A Carpenter’s Life as Told By Houses strikes me as a unique work of craft and writing. What makes it unique to me are the…
If you are replacing a stove—or an entire kitchen, including the stove—there are two important details to remember, and they are two things the inspector…
Cut down on the carrying. Pack up a wheelbarrow instead. Wheelbarrows are ideal for moving dirt, rocks, and mulch of course, but they also rock…
One of the big reasons painting is messy is…because it is! Transferring liquid via bristles to a solid wall is more complicated than it appears…
Some of the best home improvement experiences I’ve had are when the DIY homeowner works with me. They’re folks who are interested in their houses…
An air compressor is what I would consider a main-frame DIY tool. For everything from trim to flooring to blowing dust out of the garage,…
When I was a kid, I watched my mother weeding various garden beds around our house. I had no idea that she was having a…
So I’m watching CNN and see this story they picked up about a family who built a tree house in their backyard. Two seconds in,…
Theresa and I were lucky enough to be able to help the builders on a Extreme Makeover: Home Edition build in Lewes, Delaware after we…
One of the things we like to teach our kids is: chicken wasn’t born at the grocery store. What that means is that we don’t…
When you see a raging wildfire race by, that’s one of those events that changes the way you see the world. And that’s what happened…
So if you watch our play-set videos or check out any of our articles, you might notice that cordless impact drivers are a go-to tool…
