So we got the plumbing in. Most of it done in a weekend, and it would have gone faster if I’d just sucked it up and bought a Sawzall and started pulling out the old plumbing with that, first.
I settled on the Upinor ProPEX system because ...
Melamine is great for making shelves or perhaps utility cabinets. But getting a cut without a lot of chipping can be a challenge. In this video I share my tools and techniques for creating clean cuts on both sides of melamine.
The blade I use i...
This is my first time at KBIS and I’m glad I’m here for at least two days. There is so much to see and the first day was exhausting. All of the big guns were out showing off their new products. However, there was but one problem. I sho...
April 21, 2012
Time for another challenge.
The Challenge
Show us how you have changed the look in a room or the outside of a house with the use of colour.
Challenge Rules1. Post a “before” ...
The coveted “Golden Trophy” has been posted on the winners’ profile pages and the winning projects.
The winner was also to receive a beautiful box donated by Karson. Little did he know that this generous donation would result ...
April 8, 2012
This month we had our “Mirror Mirror Challenge”. Last week people voted… and the results weren’t what I was expecting!
We had 4 entries and .. drum roll…. they each got a vote, so we have a four-wa...
I’m very rapidly approaching the 1-year mark on this renovation. It seems like a lifetime of work that keeps going. SO many things have changed, I hardly recognize the initial proposal. In fact, I just looked at the proposal, and this remode...
April 1, 2012
.... and it’s time to vote for your favourite “Mirror, Mirror” project!
There are four projects in total and can be found here.
To vote, send me a private message letting me know which project gets your vot...
So I crawled underneath the house the other day to replace a thermostat wire that wasn’t conducting very well, and discovered a big ol’ puddle of water in the crawl space.
Guess replacing the galvanized steel pipe has just moved up ...
This is a simple video that will show how I bend flashing for a small job. A brake is nice but if you don’t bend stuff much then having one is a luxury that isn’t needed much.
March 2012
I’ve had a little “nudge” by a HomeRefurber to hold a challenge similar to what LumberJocks and GardenTenders have. So here we go…
Mirror MirrorPost a project that showcases a mirror – perhaps it ...
Hey fellow Home Refurbers,I thought I would share a recent article I posted on my blog. It might be helpful to someone needing a cost effective plan for a wardrobe.
Renovating houses and home improvement projects are a very popular way to spend...
Caught with a little time between projects while casting off the last of a winter cold, I felt I should add an update to my last blog of “
As we had earlier given away an antique set we had had (for decades), the style looked right, the c...
Lancaster County, PA homeowners are often curious the best way to keep their new deck or porch looking beautiful for the long term. Different types of decking material need different types of techniques to be cleaned properly. First things first, ...
1/25/12
Have you visited GardenTenders.com recently? Did you know there is a challenge going on? And .. did you know that our dear friend Karson has donated the extraordinary prize for the winner?
Do you know what a fairy door looks like? Or...
So we got the plumbing in. Most of it done in a weekend, and it would have gone faster if I’d just sucked it up and bought a Sawzall and started pulling out the old plumbing with that, first.
I settled on the Upinor ProPEX system because ...
Melamine is great for making shelves or perhaps utility cabinets. But getting a cut without a lot of chipping can be a challenge. In this video I share my tools and techniques for creating clean cuts on both sides of melamine.
The blade I use i...
This is a simple video that will show how I bend flashing for a small job. A brake is nice but if you don’t bend stuff much then having one is a luxury that isn’t needed much.
The foundation and the ground works are over. I have made some hand splitted rock foundation and the basement under the house:
http://vimeo.com/24390643
Now the framing has started. All the timber is prepared by myself in my forest at the ri...
I and my friend (master blacksmith) made chisels and a slick for my upcoming Timber Framing project. He made the steel parts. I made handles and leather tip guards. In my opinion chisels and the slick came out very high quality. So the idea was bo...
i just did a video review of the new kapex ug stand thought you might like to see it in case you have a kapex and need a stand.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN_0sK_dzbo
Go to the bottom and Push play….please
some progress pictures….....
new pocket-door to the bathroom
Some framing
Some drywall
Somewhere over the rainbow…...
lights, camera, color...did someone...
Back in september I was referred to this customer who had been looking for someone like me for a long time to do his home office the way he wanted it done and not the way they wanted to do it. I agreed.
got the job, and I custom made all the c...
Have you noticed how the selection of desks in the big chain furniture has become less inspiring as the years go by? Desks are an important component of any room. It is where we study, read, use the computer and so on. That’s why it’s ...
At the end of the quiet wooded street I grew up on, there once stood an upholsterer’s workshop called Brownie’s Upholstery. The workshop was a landmark for me well into my twenties. When I was likely no more than four, my father took m...
So I have been working on this project for a couple weeks already but I figured I’d catch you all up to speed.
Here are the facts:
1. I live in a condo in Gilbert, Arizona.2. The condo is about 30 yrs old.3. There is an enclosed por...
Thanks for letting me post here, Michal! I just wanted to remind all the handymen and women out there that April is National Safe Digging Month across the country. National Safe Digging Awareness Month is dedicated to informing gardeners and DIYer...
I build this barn 4 to 5 years ago. I started with 12”x12” tiles added treated 4×4 risers, skids, floor joists, and build the rest on top. I did this knowing that I would some day move the building. That day is today.
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The houses made it up the hill. Here is the first one, the playhouse.
The playhouse was given to us by a lady that stopped me walking around in Costco. She was very insistent that I should take her playhouse. The price was right; free. It was s...
