MyFixitUpLife: inside Air King at the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show

Smash and Grab Even though we don’t use them the way they’ve been used for decades, even centuries, a hammer is still an integral and…

When buying tools—especially tools I already have and that still mostly work—the new tool better pay for itself in a hurry. On my projects, Little…

So somebody gave me a Nebo flashlight a while back and it sat in the glove box of my truck. While I didn’t use it…

Don’t worry about that sound in the background. It’s just a force 200 strong of contractors, carpenters and volunteers remodeling the Keefer residence on Extreme…

If you’re looking for singular beauty in a stone feature for a house, you’ll find it in soapstone. You’ll also find flexibility, because soapstone is…

Joplin episode of ‘Extreme Makeover: Home Edition’ – “It was unequivocally tough to collect 7 families when a lot of families need help,” Korman said….

Cordless impact drivers have been around for a long time, just not in the United States. They were a primary drilling and driving tool in…

Mark & Theresa take you inside top home improvement media of This Old House, Extreme Makeover, Fine Homebuilding, and Better Homes & Gardens to talk…

As universal a topic as home and shelter are, we writers and editors tend to cover it at a more hyper-local level—in other words, parts…

Design Construction Week is always bursting with new products and trends. So we made a list of some of our favorite, strange but cool, products!…

Watch your blind side: Homes and people change when super-powered Extreme Makeover: Home Edition designer Leigh Anne Tuohy—and an inspiration for the Oscar-winning film The…

Mark & Theresa take a break from building the Real Wood playset in Cunningham Park, Joplin, MO. MyFixitUpLife and Real Outdoor Living have teamed up…

I never thought I’d make this comparison, but tile is like siding. In some respects, anyway. You’d think that, properly installed, neither system would let…

I admit it. I’m a big fan of pre-finished floors and floor parts. At some level deep down there, it makes the carpenter in me…

So a homeowner calls you and asks you why the windows in his new (and expensive) home don’t have any trim like the house he…