Today’s Tip: Baseboard + studs

Crafting a spider wreath is a fun way to spend an afternoon. And October is the perfect month to celebrate fun in Halloween decor. Mix…

The owners of Lori’s Sweet Sinsations love salvage, so we gave them a sophisticated and fun salvage makeover for this episode of ‘Save My Bakery’…

  I have a whole “thing” I get into below about DaVinci‘s new Bellaforte Shake roofing tiles, but after getting an early look at them,…

Challenged to makeover a bowling alley-looking bakery (that specializes in wedding cakes) in 48 hours by Food Network and Kerry Vincent, I wanted to create…

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

Here’s a kitchen/bath project I call a marriage-saver. Its not that it saves the marriage directly, I hasten to point out, but it short circuits…

Phatso’s Bakery inspired what I call ‘Resort Whimsy’ design for the Food Network show ‘Save My Bakery.’ After talking with the owner for a while…

There are often three parts to a larger base molding assembly: shoe, baseboard, base cap. Mark A licensed contractor, tool expert, wood and outdoor enthusiast,…

We use a nailing technique to make sure we get a really secure connection between the crown molding and the walls and ceiling. But for the ceiling, it can get trickier. You might not have much behind the drywall. So we use a pneumatic nailer to get an X-nail connection to the ceiling. Check out how to X-nail, and more reasons why Mark uses this technique for crown molding, in this quick tip video.

Curb appeal is more than just creating a pretty face in the neighborhood, it’s a good investment in your property.

I love using holiday cards as a way to decorate, and I’ve used ribbon, clothespins, and more to display them.
But now I’ve finally come up with a way that displays my holiday cards, that I could actually use year-round to display birthday cards, artwork and other treasures from school.

Crafting a spider wreath for halloween is a fun way to spend an afternoon. And October is the perfect month to celebrate fun in Halloween…

I love making holiday wreaths. So this year, I’m going beyond just the single wreath, and making three holiday wreaths out of ceiling medallions. Whenever I make a series of anything that aren’t exactly alike, I look for a few ways I can make them look like they go.

Molding in the bathroom is an often overlooked design feature. Who thinks about crown molding or raised panels in the john? But our question: Why…

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…