Trick for Carrying Heavy Timber

I like winter. I like snow. I like the opportunity to use my snow thrower. However, I could live without some of the damage winter…

Question: I just bought a row-house in the city. There is a ratty old chain-link fence between my neighbor’s concrete driveway and mine. I can…

Before you head outside to string up your holiday lights, here’s a quick-tip for staying safe on a ladder (phrased in the form of a question):…

Skil’s legendary Mag77 is a 7-¼-inch wormdrive circular saw and, well, it’s no joke that it is a legend among framers. This tool has cut…

Every now and again (or more often than that depending on the kinds of day you’re having) a mistake gets made. You put the X…

After a big snowstorm I have to admit, I kind of like to get out there and get after it. There’s more than a little…

Mark & Theresa are going ‘Indoors Out’ with Dean & Derek

Clean paint brushes are happy paint brushes. We use a paint brush comb to clean ours before we put them away.

Mark & Theresa broadcast MyFixitUpLife LIVE! at Lowe’s courtesy of Troy-Bilt’s Saturday6 lawn and garden series. So let’s roll up our sleeves and dig in. It’s…

Step 1: Measure the Saw’s Deck Find the height of the miter saw’s deck. This is a critical measurement because the height of the infeed…

Question: I’m trying to win the war of weeds with a spot in my yard that has been over-run by all kinds of weeds creepy…

On this episode on MyFixitUpLife, we’re talking bathrooms with DIY Network’s ‘I Hate My Bath’ host Jeff Devlin, Master Plumber Ed Del Grande, National Kitchen…

So what do you get when you combine fine art, family photos and a high-tech space heater? Prestyl USA’s state of the art wall heaters….

At our house, we haven’t really done much beyond buying candy and costumes for the kids for Halloween. Jack is going to be a monster…

We built a backyard play-set at the Craftsman Experience in downtown Chicago. The Experience is part digital playground, part workshop and all hands-on fun. This…