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Question: I need some upcycle ideas. I have about 48 square feet of cedar boards that I pulled out of a closet from a house…

What do you get when you combine a recycled car tire, a piece of cedar, some paint and a smiley-face? Here’s how to make a Tire Totter.

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

When you use a tamper, you use it, ramming it like a pile driver into the ground to compact loose earth. I used the heck…

Here’s a MyFixitUpLife tip for installing deck boards. Install deck boards a few inches (anywhere from, say, 3 to 12 inches) past the deck framing,…

I still have sap on my hands from making the MyFixitUpLife “tree.” I borrowed an idea from timberframers who nail a tree branch to the…

  Occasionally a fastener and the thickness of the work are the exact same measurement: a 3 inch nail/a double 2-by header; a 5/4 fence…

When installing deck boards, cut the first 3 near the house and the last one, furthest from the house, to the deck’s exact width +…

Using Western Red Cedar for backyard sanctuary seating areas gives homeowners a variety of design options to work around. This wood is sustainable, environmentally friendly,…

Looking for a great Father’s Day gift for Get-It-Done Dad? You’re in the rightest place there is. Here. And you can trust my my gift…

Add style and save time on your next pergola project with purlins, instead of notching rafters over the beam. Purlins are fast to install, lock…

If the value of a project is measured in how often you use it, our compost bin is well near the top of the list….

Why build a cedar pergola? It’s easy to love your wood pergola when the sun is shining. But it’s extreme weather that tests a wood’s mettle.

I love simple, beautiful projects that I can use in my landscape.  If you add “versatile,” then that’s a trifecta that really gets me going….

We learned a new word during the Nazareth, PA, ‘Save My Bakery’ makeover for Food Network: Faschtnacht.