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How to Create a Luxurious Guest House

A luxurious guest house has the potential to add both value and versatility to your property. Before getting started, there…

3 months ago

How to Decorate Safely and Avoid a Ladder Fall

Don’t fall for your holiday decorating. Follow these safety tips and stay safe while dazzling your family and friends with…

10 months ago

DIY Project: How to build bunk beds for your kids

When you set out to build bunk beds without a kit, you can create whatever set-up fits your kids and…

6 years ago

Video: Finished Basement – Basement remodeling tips from frame to finish

A finished basement is a thing of beauty. The transition from cold, concrete cellar to a sweet spot for everything…

6 years ago

The best portable generator: Tested in storms, measured in friends

A portable generator is power---that means normalcy, heat, hot showers, safety---when there is none. It's real payback: Connecting people and power…

7 years ago

How to build a table: Add a feature to your grill, deck, or outdoor space

There's never enough space for all the stuff when I cook on the grill, so I set out to build…

7 years ago

Workbench woodworking projects: Build the best garden bench ever

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

7 years ago

Workbench woodworking projects: The cooler cooler, AKA garden planter

This is one of those woodworking projects that started as one thing---a raised garden planter---then took on a new life…

7 years ago

Home improvement & design: How to install wood wainscoting & vertical trim

Wood wainscoting is one of my favorite interior finishes. It's fun, clean, and all carpentry. And it looks sensational. In…

8 years ago

The Winter Garden: Raised bed for cold weather color and Spring flowers

This winter garden makes me happy. The landscape design is a little out of the ordinary---which makes it a perfect…

8 years ago