Finally back to a normal work schedule for the time being!  Last week, I only managed one real honest to goodness post.  Unfortunately, I was working 12 hour shifts trying to get a project done.  It ended up working out well, but my writing and project time paid the price.  Oh well, it is what […]

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 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 […]

Yep, we’re finally getting around to the dining room wainscoting project and we’re starting with a post on how to remove trim. There is quite a lot to do with this one, but we’re happy to finally get to it. We’ve got a full weekend of home projects ahead of us for a change and […]

I love books.  Not just any books, mind you.  I love How To books.  There is something empowering about a How To book that I find very satisfying.  Consequently, I rarely part with any of the DIY books I’ve collected over the years.  They’re usually filled with so much info that even though I may […]

*** The plans for this project are now available to our newsletter subscribers.  If you’re interested in getting these plans, please sign up for our free newsletter using the opt-in form in this post.*** Happy Monday!  Finally some meat instead of potatoes.  This weekend I started and finished a work bench I had planned earlier.  […]

As promised in yesterday’s countertop post, here’s the rest of the before and after photos from our shore house renovation.  Keep in mind that most of the before photos are kinda crappy in quality because we weren’t really thinking we’d be putting them on the web one day. I’ll start where I left off yesterday… […]

Hope everyone had a Happy Easter!!  Ours was filled with great family and great ham!  So great in fact, that we skipped our normal Monday post to sleep in!!  It was worth the wait though, because today we’re going to talk about concrete countertops. Thankfully, this post isn’t about another project that Lisa and I […]

If you couldn’t tell from the post title, we’re planning a workbench build.  I know what you’re thinking.  Wait, aren’t you already working a couple projects?  Why don’t you finish those before you start another?  And what’s with all the planning posts? So, to bring you up to speed… 1.  We’re waiting for some hardware […]