Video! MyFixitUpLife Real Wood Playset Edition Part 3

When we find something truly amazing or amusing, we have to pass it on. Beyond awesome tools and cool design trends, Mark and Theresa are…

Theresa and Mark go head-and-head creating easy, inexpensive DIY projects that can break a boring space out of the ho-humdrums and make it a happy,…

Theresa and I love projects we can do with the kids. A terrific one is small lawn repair. Ideal for late summer/early autumn where we…

From table-scapes to tiki torches, summer party ideas almost always inspire me to get outside. One thing that’ll fire up your summer party—and make the…

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…

Mark and Theresa were among the first to be invited into the 2011 HGTV Dream Home in Stowe, VT. Click the arrow at the right…

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…

Who doesn’t love a lemonade stand on a hot summer day? Lemonade stands are more than just a way to teach your kids about money….

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…

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…

With the arrival of warm summer temperatures, it’s time to brighten the home with sensational summer paint shades. And it’s easy to add a pop…

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…

For most of my career I’ve built in what I would call “thickly settled” neighborhoods. In other words, not many back-forty type lots for me…

Just because a pressure washer has a wand, that doesn’t mean it’s a magic wand. The key to a clean deck is outsmart it, not…

Mark and I had the opportunity to build a pressure-treated Southern pine playset for the Chicago Boys & Girls Club at the Craftsman Experience in…