Trick for Carrying Heavy Timber

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…

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…

First: think about replacing the spark plug. Depending on the size of your lawn, your spark plug may last more than a season. So despite…

Question: I’m looking at buying a house. It’s an older fixer-upper. I plan to do a lot of the work myself, but I don’t want…

Question: I’m planning to build a pergola. I’ve heard that you’re supposed to stain the end-grain of the wood to maximize its life. I’m building…

Back in the day when I started in the whole home improvement gig, I did it behind a lawn mower. In those days, mulching mowers…

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…

Here’s one of the awesome things about design: it reinvents things. It takes the common and makes it uncommon. I’ve seen a lot of this…

Question: Here come the holidays and at my house that means lots of overnight family and guests, meals — and lots dishwasher loads and showers….

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…

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…

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…

Here’s an easy way to display holiday cards with supplies you already have out for the holidays. Just need wrapping paper, ribbon, tape, and cardboard….

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

Warren, as usual, is on the money as it relates to how a house works. The main culprit in the creation of an ice dam…