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How to Decorate Safely and Avoid a Ladder Fall
Ladder safety - MyFixitUpLife

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

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

A portable generator is power—that means normalcy, heat, hot showers, safety—when there is none. It’s real payback: Connecting people and power cords. Note: We worked with…

Interview: DIY Network’s Kayleen McCabe talks with MyFixitUpLife
Kayleen McCabe DIY woodworking

DIY Network’s, Kayleen McCabe talks women in carpentry and power tools with MyFixitUpLife. Mark: If you’re inside MyFixItUpLife, we’re at the Stanley Utility Mat booth…

Kid DIY: Crafts, Tools, Safety
Jack doing sitework

We’re big fans of getting kids involved in any hands-on experience. From coloring and crafting to building and fixing, there’s so much more we can…

Snow Removal After a Blizzard

After being buried in the blizzard of 2010, residents of the Northeast are once again preparing to dig themselves out of as much as 1-2…

Tile Saw QuickTip: Drip Loop

Here’s a Quick Tip for operating your tile saw safely that BATH-Tastic Bath Crasher Matt Muenster would like: add a drip-loop to the cord so…

FixitUpFind: The Great Hurricane Blowout

First, here’s some bad but seasonally expected news: Hurricane season in the Atlantic began June 1st and doesn’t end until November 30th. Now here’s the…

Roofing Material for Severe Weather

With the massive weather events from fire to tornado scouring the US with what seems like increasing frequency and intensity, it’s almost easy to forget…

The Wrong Way and the Right Way to Install a Ceiling Fan

My husband and I are hardly DIY experts, unlike Mark and Theresa, but when we do set out to tackle a home improvement job, we…

Fireplace Heating Myths

As winter continues to roar, picturesque dreams of chestnuts roasting on an open fire may dance in your head. And you’re not the only one…

Safety Program

If you’re tempted to skip this article because you think safety is boring, consider that having a safety program might help you and your crew…

Look Out Below

So here’s one from the “While-You’re-Here-Could-You-Just…” Department. I get hired to build things, but I’m often asked to do other stuff. In this case, it…