Check out Extreme Makeover:Home Edition’s Wood Playground Project in Joplin, MO featured in Extreme How-to

MyFixitUpLife is taking you on an Extreme Makeover: The International Builders’ Show edition with senior producer Diane Korman inside the world of DuPont. We’ll be…

One of my very favorite home improvement projects is building a deck. I’ve built many—along with fences, playgrounds and other sweet outdoor stuff. I love…

When I first learned that we had the opportunity to help rebuild the historic Cunningham Park in Joplin, MO, just six months after the devastating…

Tool up and tune in, we’re sneak-peaking Stanley Tools’ front line of next-gen products from their New York City premiere. We’re getting schooled when This…

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’s designers Tracy Hutson and Paul DiMeotalk w/ Mark and Theresa about the show’s final episodes, their music, and the families they’ve…

When installing drywall or framing a partition wall perpendicular to an outside wall, say while refinishing a basement, it is often the case there is…

Go to almost any lumber yard and the wood you’ll find there is milled on all four sides. Two-by, 4-by-, 6-by…you get the idea. But…

I adore crown molding. I like installing it, too. I’m sharing tips that can help get first timers started and idiot proof it for the…

If the value of a project is measured in how often you use it, our compost bin is well near the top of the list….

Successful paint projects are as important to a project as tight miter joints or hanging cabinets dead level. Knowing some tricks can save you time and money.

Theresa and I were lucky enough to be able to help the builders on a Extreme Makeover: Home Edition build in Lewes, Delaware after we…

Mark and Theresa write about designing and building a bridge. And about how building on a volunteer project with Rebuilding Together delivers DIY takeaways—and more—for every project….

Upgrade stripped-down utility trailers to move mulch and tow tools. If you have a 16-inch-tall angle-iron trailer body, you’re limited. Unless you add to it.

Mark & Theresa share updates on the Real Wood playset from the set of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in Joplin, MO—part of the special ‘7…

When Mark and I heard that Extreme Makeover: Home Edition was planning to build 7 houses in 7 days in Joplin for families affected by…