Whether you’re moving, renovating or just doing a couple little updates, there’s a good chance that you’ll have some things to get rid of during that process. While it may be really tempting to stealthily toss that old shag carpet or half-bucket of paint in the dumpster behind the building next door in the middle of the night – you know it’s not the best thing to do (hence the cover of darkness!). Much of the stuff we have can be reused and / or recycled, so saving it from being wasted in a landfill makes a lot of sense. It’s really just a matter of finding out who takes what and making that little effort to get it there.
iPhone Apps
Home Depot had an iPhone and iPod Touch app out for a while – but they’ve totally demo’ed it, drawn up new plans and rebuilt it from the ground up – kind of like Heidi Montag but not as sad. The app is now available just in time for your holiday shopping and holiday water damage. Whichever. [click to continue…]
I adore my husband, but a handy home-fix-it guy he is not. When he saw me fiddling with BalusterPro, an app for the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad, the he immediately thought I was doing something kinky. To his disappointment, I was not.
A baluster (pronounced BAH-lis-ter … not bawl-LUST-er, as a certain someone first thought) refers to the structures (often made of wood or metal) that are installed between a staircase and the handrail. Some calls these “stair rails” and in less, um, refined parts of the country, they’re sometimes referred to as “stair sticks.” When people speak of banisters, they’re often thinking of the balusters and the handrail as if they are one whole part (even though they’re not one piece).
But, enough finickiness over the English language. Let’s talk about why the BalusterPro app could work for you, even if you’re not building or fixing a staircase! [click to continue…]
We’re HomeFixated, so it’s fitting one of our newest advertisers is eReplacementParts.com, a real instigator of fixing things. We’re excited! No, not just because they are paying us to be excited (although that doesn’t dampen our enthusiasm). We’re excited because eReplacementParts.com represents a trend we’ve been noticing in recent years. That trend is in fixing stuff, rather than throwing it away. And many people are doing these fixes themselves. DIY, fixing, power tools. It just doesn’t get much more Home Fixated! [click to continue…]
Working on projects around the house? There’s an app for that.
Need to check the level on a plane of wood? There’s an app for that.
Like any excuse to whip out your iPhone? There’s an app for that.
Mentioned by both CNN and Tribune Media as a top app from 2009 is the iHandy Carpenter App. [click to continue…]
