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3 biggest kitchen renovation mistakes
My 3 Biggest Kitchen Renovation Mistakes

If all goes according to plan, next week I’ll be launching my new ebook.  The book is a guide on how to renovate your kitchen intelligently so your remodel goes smoothly and stays on budget.  It’s pretty much an organized brain dump of everything I know about kitchens and planning renovations.  It’s my best remodeling […]

June 11th, 2015
table-saw-station
New Plans: Table Saw Station

It’s been a while, but I’ve finally finished the Customizable Table Saw Station Plans.   To get access to these free woodworking plans, you simply need to click the button below and sign-up.   Click Here to Get the Plans   This workstation has made using my table saw considerably easier.  Building it was a […]

May 24th, 2015
New Video: How to Install Chair Rail Molding

In this video and post, you’ll learn – How to install chair rail molding – How to install molding on a stairway – How to add end caps to your trim work – How to use two basic tools to figure out what angle to cut your trim pieces to Happy weekend everybody! This past […]

May 16th, 2015
baseboard-molding
How to Install Baseboard Molding

In this video, you’ll learn: – How to remove baseboard molding – How to install new baseboard molding – How to work without a tape measure Well, we finally started our latest home improvement project.  As we mentioned a few weeks ago, we’re working towards adding some character in our vestibule with taller baseboard molding, […]

April 29th, 2015
My Biggest DIY Project Ever

If you’ve been a regular reader for the past couple of years you know we’ve worked on some pretty sizable home improvement projects since our beginning in 2011.  We completely renovated our home office from the ground up this past fall.  We spent a few months and upgraded our dining room with raised panel wainscoting […]

April 21st, 2015
Our Next Project: Shadow Boxes

The last couple months have been super busy.  In case you couldn’t tell by my complete lack of posting, I haven’t done a whole lot of home improvement work lately.  Life with three little kids is much more time consuming than it was with two and my free time is just about gone nowadays.  I […]

April 13th, 2015
3 DIY Projects that STILL Save Me Money

Most of the home improvement projects I’ve done around our home are one-time savings events.  I’m doing the work once and saving money over hiring a contractor one time.  There are a few projects, however, that continue to save me money even though I finished them years ago.  In this post, I’ll share with you three […]

March 29th, 2015
How to Build a Medicine Cabinet
Video: How to Build a Medicine Cabinet

In this post, you’ll learn: – How to build a medicine cabinet Well I wanted to show you this medicine cabinet completely finished and painted, but I think it may be a little while longer before it gets warm enough to spray paint it.  Maybe I’ll just brush paint it with a few coats instead. […]

February 26th, 2015
How to finish a Project
5 Tips for Dealing with Project Burn Out

Happy Sunday everybody!  We finally got started with our new medicine cabinet project and I’m hoping to show you the video next week.  The build is going very fast.  I’ve only put in around 2 hours of work and I’m nearly finished.  Ideally, I’ll be painting it later this week.  That’s going to be a […]

February 15th, 2015
Child Safety and Your Home

In this post you’ll learn: – How to keep your furniture from tipping  – About other child safety devices for your home As a Philadelphia Eagles fan (womp womp), I’m usually not rooting for a team actually playing in the Super Bowl.  I’m more a fan of the spectacle and of course the commercials.  This […]

February 5th, 2015
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