Last month, I wrote a post about woodworking tools that I feel are essential for every basement or garage workshop.  The items I listed are commonly found items and they can be picked up at any home improvement store.  If you’re adventurous, you can also buy a lot of quality used tools from Craigslist.  MOST […]

Time for me to put my geek face on and talk about a software program that I use a LOT for work and home projects, Microsoft Excel.  If you don’t use this program and it’s seems intimidating, it’s fairly simple to learn and I encourage you to give it a try.  It’s perfect for shopping lists […]

Another weekend gone and more progress on our raised panel wainscoting project to tell you about.  Last week we finished up the window wall… and by finished up, I mean just the framing.  The MDF inserts and the bolection molding will come at a later point.  First I want to get the entire poplar frame […]

After a fairly relaxing weekend with our wonderful moms and my beautiful wife, I was able to spend some free time on our dining room paneling project late Sunday afternoon.  So far we’ve removed the old chair rail molding, added an outlet and repaired the wall damage from the wiring.  Now we’re finally ready to […]

For a while there, I didn’t think I’d ever be writing this post.  Thankfully, this day has arrived and our kitchen cabinet pullout drawers have been successfully installed.  If you recall, I built these drawers over a series of five posts (here, here, here, here aaaaannd here).  In actuality, I think I spent maybe five […]

Another weekend come and gone.  They always go too quick!  Luckily, we managed to finish one project and make some progress with another.  We finally finished our cabinet drawer additions!!  Been a long time coming!  We’ll show you the details later this week.  In the meantime, in today’s post we’re showing you how to fix […]

I enjoy doing electrical work.  It’s usually fairly straight forward and doesn’t involve me getting very dirty.  Usually.  Sometimes I have to cut holes in the wall, like in our dining room.  Since we decided to add some raised panel wainscoting, we’re adding a new outlet behind this buffet.  The lamps we have on there […]