Mounting a Flat Screen TV :: It’s A Child Proofing Plan Essential
For many Americans, a flat panel TV is a great way to enjoy family time and entertainment. However, most parents are unaware of the safety risks that flat panel TVs pose for...
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Installing Half Round Gutters :: History, Planning and Prep
Essentially there are two types of gutters you’ll find in residential installations today … half-round and the more common k-style – each taking their name, likely, from their cross section shape. K-style,...
Tips for Watering the Lawn :: Overseeding and Watering Grass Seed
If you've read my post on my visit to Oregon and the NexGen Research Center, you know, then, just how important conserving water is these days. And … if you're a red-blooded...
How to Grow a Healthy Lawn :: 5 Secrets to a Beautiful Lawn
How you seed can be broken into one of three areas, and which circumstance you encounter often dictates what type of product you need. We’ll call these areas: new seeding, re-seeding (or...
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...
Ready, Set, MOW! :: Mower Maintenance Tips from John Deere
As the days get warmer and longer, lawn care will soon be part of the weekly routine. To ensure you’re spending more time enjoying your weekend, make sure you’re taking good care...
Caulking Wood Siding at a Brick Chimney :: DAP 3.0 Review
DAP 3.0 is paintable in 30 minutes which helps complete the job faster and saves time. In addition, DAP 3.0™ is 100% waterproof and is water resistant in 30 minutes which reduces...
What to Paint the Ceiling? The 5th Wall :: Looking Up & Looking Back
What are the prevailing trends with ceiling paint? This vid from friends AK Renovations cites the continuing trend of painting ceilings not white, but rather a shade just lighter than that used...
Reasons a Remodeling Project Takes Longer than Expected – and How to Plan For Them
I was recently asked. I still haven’t determined if she was looking for answers like "drywall" or "flooring" or some other phase of a gut/remodel project, my instinct was to provide these...
Mrs Moxie & Her New Ceramic Climbing Cat :: Baltimore and the Camark Cat
Apparently these little guys sold very well in the 50s and 60s, and for some reason, they have survived very well … here in Baltimore. In white, typically, and glazed, they are...
Building Moxie’s 1st Annual Parade of Tool Belts :: Quick Shopping Tips
Like a calling card or a *ahem* welcoming holiday front door. ha! A little bit of an indication of the gentlemen that wear them, or what they are working on, and I...
An Iterative Approach to Electrical Work :: Zoned Remodeling Be Damned
Together we (okay maybe a little more he): Hooked up a 60amp sub-panel (in my attic); Ran a new 20amp dedicated circuit to my youngest daughter’s bedroom; Installed two exterior outlets; &...