The Best Way to Remove Plaster from a Wall or Ceiling
As your pile of crumbled plaster starts to grow to about shin height, you pull out a snow or other shovel. Which you begin transferring to contractor bag. ...We’ve all done it...
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Before You Thrift or Junk, Salvage By *Shopping The House*
Shopping the House – searching your house for something that is laying around, taking up precious storage space, and that in its present unused state could maybe help finish (or maybe it...
Knowing the What Ifs & When to Call in a Pro :: DIY Home Improvement Essential Skills
But perhaps it highlights the most important line on my resume. It is the most important, most essential of all home improvement essential skills ... that extends far beyond plumbing: Knowing the...
For Pros Only :: The Organized Truck Is the Organized Professional
It’s 6:00 pm Friday night, the crew is picking up trash and cleaning the site as the last piece of aluminum is bent and installed on the 15 replacement windows we installed...
Connecting and Troubleshooting a Hard Wired Security System
My security system - I did finally get it hooked up, but not without its fair share of difficulties … and perhaps, if I want to share now - it is best...
What’s the Big Deal about High Point? High Point Furniture Market
So what do they mean when they call it “Market”? Rest assured it is not a farmer’s market, though similar in many ways. The term "Market," as in High Point Furniture Market,...
New England Yankee Design Sensibilities :: An Essay from Tamara Matthews-Stephenson
Having just returned from a family trip to New England where we meandered through Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and the island of Martha’s Vineyard I am inspired by the Yankee traditions of...
Building the Coop D’Grace :: Building an Urban Chicken Coop
With all of the hammering, clanking, nail gunning (and occasional swearing) going on next door, it seemed that my neighbor was “up to something.” I couldn’t resist swinging by to see if...
Everything I Needed to Know about How To DIY I Learned from a Carpenter Named Bob :: My Favorite TV Show (of All Time)
I was asked: “What’s your favorite show on TV? What’s the show you’re hooked on but are kind of embarrassed by?” And my pick -- as I said more geek than guilt...
Home Interiors – 25+ Signs it is Time to Update or Redecorate
We've all seen them, and even maybe secretly been guilty too of harboring interiors or home decor items way past their shelf life. But sometimes the days turn into years, which turn...
The Hardest Part of Do It Yourself is, Well, Doing it Yourself :: Wiring for & Hanging a TV with Justin Bieber (kinda)
The Hardest Part of Do It Yourself is, Well, Doing it Yourself. (So you have to keep things interesting). A post starring a life-sized cut out of Justin Bieber ... he plays...
Trading Places :: Harrison Ford
Ford's background as a tradesmen gave something of an everyman quality to his acting. There was a rugged depth to his early character work that made his action heroes believable. [ ....