Projects
On the corners of my home, I planned to place some type of either wood (cedar?) or green treated posts as vertical posts for each…
Emergency rooms were hit with more than 246,000 ladder- or stool-related injuries in 2010, the CPSC reports, so get the leaves out of your gutters…
My brother Jack was coloring in my room, and I got distracted…. He started coloring my room. My walls were covered in crayon marks. I…
MainStreet did some digging to find eight easy do-it-yourself backyard projects all from the design experts themselves.
The Boil-Down We put Senco‘s fast-finishing F-16 Fusion nailer through the paces on site nailing interior and exterior trim profiles, hardwood, 1-by, and crown. This…
I have a whole “thing” I get into below about DaVinci‘s new Bellaforte Shake roofing tiles, but after getting an early look at them,…
Question: Mark, Should I cope or miter crown molding in my upcoming trim project? Or should I try those pre-made corner blocks? I saw your…
One major key to a high-quality paint job is working neatly. While there are lots of tricks between the can and your crown molding (or…
It’s counter-intuitive to think about how a square—and L-shaped piece of steel—can lay out an angled structure like a stair carriage or rafter. This drawing…
Guard rails on stairs need to be 36 inches (minimum) above the stair nosing and cut to the same angle of the stair’s rise and…
Yeah, right. Sometimes it just takes less time to make a mess to find what you need, and start over. Clean out to clean up….
If you’re a serious outdoor grill-meister or you’re planning an outdoor kitchen, think about hard-piping the natural gas supply right to your grill. It is…
