Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Joplin – Real Wood Playset: Final Day

Hello! This is a follow-up blog to my planting flowers blog. As winter comes, it was time to “deadhead” our cardinales plants in our backyard….

Maybe it’s because one of the most formative periods of my home improvement life was building swim-floats and docks in Cape Cod’s salt water bays…

You’re inside the MyFixitUpLife Man Cave with Mark and Theresa. Today’s guest may be a frustrated general contractor of sorts, but Fox NFL’s Frank Caliendo…

When school is out you need summer kid activities to keep the kids from morphing into their electronics. Plus you want to get outside and…

Theresa brings you an update on the Real Wood playset from the set of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition in Joplin, MO—part of the special  ‘7…

Make a play set for your kids. What could be more fun? Get a few tools and sketch up the design. Then, start whacking boards…

I love when I get to make wind chimes and other stuff out of, well, stuff. And I love to get creative to make things…

We made a mini-deck and a wood platform for our new grill. No deck, no patio? No problem. Make a grill platform. We did. Our…

It costs less than $20 to make this corner herb wall art.

One look at Wellborn Cabinets’ new Antigua door and I was instantly transported to a far away beach hideaway and my mind washed over with…

When we find something that truly amazed and amused us, we have to pass it on. Beyond awesome tools and cool design trends, Mark and…

There is almost no less sexy, less inspiring totally and complete thrill-kill than the words ‘clean up’, whether that’s part of your DIY painting, elementary school…

Mark and Theresa take you inside Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’s 200th episode where they built 7 houses in 7 days. Watch Mark and Theresa’ heartfelt…

We call the look: Reclaimed Rustic. The video and tips below give some ideas for creating your own reclaimed rustic project. Now I’m going to…

Home improvement expert Brad Staggs talks with Mark & Theresa about everything from satellites to decks to banana hands. Brad also shares the details about…