OurFixitUpLife

In OurFixitUpLife, Mark and Theresa are sharing the DIY projects they are working on at home, for clients, and for TV shows and magazines.
Designing a Pergola From the Ground Up

I’ve heard people call a pergola anything from an arbor, a colonnade, or a trellis to “one of those garden things.” But regardless of what…

Making over our Dining room

I’m surprised Boeing hasn’t called to use our air-tunnel dining room to test new products. Despite the fact that it is inches away from a…

How To: Time-Saving Deck Guardrails

No matter how you slice it, installing effective, good-looking guardrails takes time. Cutting, plumbing, shimming, and fastening the numerous individual parts is not full-speed, turbo-charged…

The perfect girl’s room

There are big dreams and creative requests when working with a 6-year-old ‘client.’ While she didn’t get striped walls or murals of butterflies and bumblebees,…

The Attic: Could there be more angles to deal with?

Our home’s attic has functioned as an underused, disorganized storage-only treasure-in-the-very-rough for its first 100 years. We’re taking the attic into the 21st century as…