Office

Use color to make working from home more productive

Your home office should reflect the kind of work you do, and what colors and materials inspire you in your…

1 year ago

Make this DIY desk organizer. It’s a great gift idea or home improvement

Within 3-minutes of having my DIY desk organizer on my desk---admittedly an archeological dig of notebooks, 24,000 receipts, bills to…

7 years ago

New! Write on your countertop, walls, and more with Formica’s new Writable Surfaces collection

One of my favorite new home products is the Formica Writable Surfaces collection. Yes, whiteboards and chalkboards have been popular…

8 years ago

How to: Make a barn door or ‘hidden door’?

Kevin saw MyFixitUpLife's Facebook post showing a bookcase hidden door and, question: I have my DIY head wrapped around how…

9 years ago

FixitUp Find: Formica Corporation’s Steel, Fabric, & Wood Looks

  We love using unexpected materials and textures in our designs. We love being on-trend—and trend-setting—and depend on materials that…

12 years ago

Powered-Up Solution: Leviton’s USB/Receptacle

  Full disclosure: Our kitchen counter, office desks, and several outlets NOT behind a couch are a tangle of charger…

12 years ago

Formica Corporation Designs: Zelig-Style

Zelig? ZELIG!! Zelig is a character able to be completely at home in any setting, any place. It's a primo…

12 years ago

How do I vent my roof?

Hi guys, I enjoy the show and wish my old American Four Square's projects moved along as rapidly as yours.…

15 years ago

Theresa’s blog: MyFixItUpLife…Motherhood & Work

Today I’m juggling my home improvement photography job--shooting my favorite carpenter demoing our front porch--with my mom jobs of taking…

15 years ago

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…

18 years ago