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.

This is one of those woodworking projects that started as one thing—a raised garden planter—then took on a new life as the cooler deck cooler….

I call woodworking projects I make with regular carpentry tools ‘workbench woodworking’. I call working with 100-plus year old 3×10 lumber AWESOME! So what else…

“Think of a she shed as a magical place. Allow yourself the freedom to not feel guilty for enjoying it.” -theresa

I love pallet projects. And I love my daughter, so I made this special pallet jewelry box just for her.  Here’s how I made it.

Theresa always has DIY pallet ideas, like re-imagining old dining room chairs into exciting hers and his benches. There are lots of design options for…

There are a million man cave design ideas and projects out there. And this is one of them. Few, however, are finished with fire. Made…

WIN one of MyFixitUpLife’s pallet projects at the Philadelphia Home Show Philadelphia Home Show, 1/22 at 4pm. Or, see how we made it below…But… Let’s…

Just after the start of a new year comes the biggest residential construction event, Design Construction Week. It is like the Super Bowl of home…

Replacing a hose bib should be—should be—easy. Often it is. Hurl in the old house wild card, however, and there can be more than just…

We are lucky and blessed to have an amazingly fun time at work talking with home improvement stars from HGTV, PBS, DIY Network, Ellen, Fox…

We had the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica minivan for one week. We wish it was longer. Here’s what we liked: All of it. Quick note: This…