Take a walk around the house and yard, and take care of those fall mixups to make sure your property is ready for winter weather.
Check windows and doors to find out if weatherstripping is intact, caulk is looking good, and each window can close and lock properly. Don’t forget to clean out the gutters and properly store lawn and garden tools, too. Check out some more fall projects we recommend.
Whether you are insulating an unfinished basement or insulating your porch ceiling, it’s essential to start with the best insulation tools and materials.
You need to carve out time to take care of a home, and the most important home maintenance tasks should be at the top of the list.
Fixing a garage door is kind of an either-or project. Either you can fix it in almost no time or you should to call in…
A touch-up paint pen can be a helper if it doesn’t dry out or is difficult to use, so I was intrigued to try the…
Within 3-minutes of having my DIY desk organizer on my desk—admittedly an archeological dig of notebooks, 24,000 receipts, bills to pay and cords all over…
From drafts to insulation to alternative sources of heating your home, there are a lot of ways you can make your family more comfortable during the colder months of the year.
Shopping for a chandelier can be overwhelming until you can unlock some of the mystery. Whether your style is coastal casual or art deco or…
Home improvement: Three tips to insulate a basement quickly, safely, and more easily. Insulation isn’t just about staying warm, it’s about fire and building code,…
Kevin saw MyFixitUpLife’s Facebook post showing a bookcase hidden door and, question: I have my DIY head wrapped around how to make a barn door….
What do MyFixitUpLife, DIY Network Bath Crasher (and faux hawk wearer, designer, and renowned illustrator) Matt Muenster have to do with Roxul insulation? This video….
On our man cave basement remodel, I used stone wool insulation. If you haven’t used it, the stuff is—at least—a triple threat of quality, speed and…
There aren’t any tools required to remove the screen in your patio door or window. And it is really easy.
Fixing the blinds in a Simonton patio door takes less than 5 minutes. Are the blinds in a patio door frustrating you? Theresa loves every…
I like unclogging clogged gutters about as much as plunging a toilet. It’s dirty and messy, but just like a backed up john causes problems,…
When trick-or-treaters come to your front door this year on Halloween, greet them with a special candy wreath for the holidays. And, once Halloween is…
Snow guards are those…you know…’thingies’ you see at the edge of a roof. And I love them. But what are they for? I usually see…
Curb appeal is more than just creating a pretty face in the neighborhood, it’s a good investment in your property.
Our friends at Therma-Tru are celebrating Door Do-Over Week with daily tips to help us get to know our entry door a little better.
Getting new windows for a window replacement project or even new construction doesn’t seem like it should be that hard. But sometimes getting windows is…
Home styles are different from block to block, even house to house. But one thing they all have in common—and we all use every day—is…
When buying replacement windows, the glass you choose really matters for comfort and for saving money. You can’t see it of course but there are…
When it comes to windows, I want what I call: “a lot and not.” Whether it’s an awning window, bay window, casement window; double-hung, single-hung,…
The thing about “modern” design is that it’s been around a while. A sizzling hot, easy-to-build style in houses, its rectilinear sensibility throws off…
If budget isn’t top of mind when planning most home improvement projects, you might be in for a bumpy ride. The bigger the project,…
Owning a home means giving constant attention to the building products that go into protecting the structure of your house. While we’d like to believe…
When you use a team of Energy Star products, you can save more energy and money. We always say, if you are looking to replace…
Theresa Coleman, interior designer and host of MyFixitUpLife, offers low-cost suggestions on how homeowners can create engaging autumn holiday door decorations. Experts at Fypon and…
I’ve found that windows are unlikely to come off the truck in the order you need them, so I make a roadmap of the house…
The bottom row of hardboard sheathing along the cement of the driveway/sidewalk has some water damage. Behind the Masonite is Buffalo Board. It appears intact,…
There’s more to the Before and After-Shock story—everything from customer service to insulation details, that I think are worth going into for old house…
Not that every month here at MyFixitUpLife isn’t national home improvement month, but for the record National Home Improvement Month is May. And while I’ve…
An old house gets a new door—and more. Mark checks down professional-grade techniques for safely installing a new door in an old house, and increasing…
There’s been a lot of talk about the color of the year: Tangerine Tango. Gorgeous hue that has powerful, bold energy that’s showing up everywhere…
According to the Remodeling 2011–12 Cost vs. Value Report (http://www.costvsvalue.com), the replacement of older, inefficient windows with upscale vinyl replacement windows is one of the…
It’s the dust you can’t see that concerns us the most. That’s why we practice lead safe remodeling in our clients’ homes, and in our…
As a home improvement contractor, I have installed just about everything there is to install in a house. Floors and doors, shingles and shoe molding,…
Fixing a loose doorknob – Check those setscrews and make sure everything is lined up just right. MyFixitUpLife Mark & Theresa created this honest and…
Mark & Theresa replace the original door on their 100+ year-old American Foursquare. Theresa had been holding on to the original door, as it has…
Lead paint in our homes—just the presence of it—can be dangerous, especially to our kids. And the scary thing is, it’s the dust that you…
I love doors. Well, I love awesome doors. The reason is—and I mean this—that coming home can be more than the exercise of turning the…
Old house remodeling is often half challenge, half opportunity–and always a whole lotta work. And when opportunity knocks in an old house renovation, knock often…
Here’s how to trim out a new front door on an old house, both finishing the inside and outside of the entryway with pro trim tips.
Homeowners can now let light and fresh air into their homes without sacrificing energy efficiency or style with Therma-Tru‘s new vented sidelites for the Fiber-Classic…
So we thought we knew which door we loved, until I discovered the Avonlea glass option. We might need to change our minds on our…
We have finally agreed that we need to replace our original front door to our 100+ year-old American Foursquare home. Mark has been pushing for…
Mark shares his thoughts about famous door slams–from Kramer to Ed Norton. And interesting to learn about how doors go through a door slam test….
I saw this tool in the Woodworker’s Supply Catalogue (yes, I still “read” paper catalogues) and it looks like it makes all the sense in…
Today we’re setting a pick. The History channel‘s American picker Frank Fritz pit stops from his endless archaeological road trip to talk treasures and trash,…
We’ve all seen it, if we don’t, in fact, live it: the tricked-out, do-little front door gets lots of attention. And very little use. I…
While Theresa and I try to be pennywise, we try very hard not to be pound-foolish, especially when it comes to entry doors. An entry…
