Let’s face it, if home improvement and DIY were always easy, we all wouldn’t have much to talk (or laugh. . . or cry) about. Somehow houses have a way of taking seemingly simple and mundane tasks like basic maintenance and contorting them into complex, interlinked projects that eventually result in a home repair to-do list that dwarfs War and Peace. Thankfully, there is help. To paraphrase Mark Twain, “the reports of the death of printing are exaggerated.” Yes, it seems not only are there several great how-to, home improvement and DIY magazines on the market, but they all still appear to be surviving in this digital age. Of course all of them have a web presence as well. As tech oriented as I am, I still find a good old magazine to be a great way to get home improvement inspiration, tips, tool reviews and expert opinion. Here’s our top six list of magazines every HomeFixated homeowner should subscribe to. [click to continue…]
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As my wife will tell you–it is a pretty safe bet that I will find a way to build something new, destroy something, or otherwise make permanent any new electronic gadget I get. I kid you not, I was looking behind the car console to see if I could use my Dremel Multi-Max to permanently install an iPod in the car, and hard wire it to our stereo. Unfortunately, Apple has yet to make the wiring that will keep the iPod powered off the car battery. I am sure I could find a way to do this–but my wife won’t let me near raw electricity. This is another reason I am still alive today. She is smart like that.
Ok, so I know that the Lord of the Dance, Michael Flatley isn’t really a clogger–but where else are you going to find how to fix a clogged drain, and a Flatley reference in the same opening line? The fact of the matter is…you’re not going to. That is how we here at HF stay so bleeping cutting edge. We’re the Dreamweavers of drainage DIY. More importantly–if Micheal Flatley can be worth about 700 million bucks and own 5 homes–why can’t we rake it for helping people fix their drains? <Strokes evil henchdog…”Soon, soon…”> [click to continue…]
You will find the history of the greatest breakfast cereal of all time here and all the requisite information on the spokesfrog: Dig ‘Em. Sometimes we’re just short on good jokes…and digging ones in particular. Particularly when we’re covering something as lame as digging. Enter Emilio Villani, Gemcor, and the One Shot Shovel. [click to continue…]
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Apparently going on vacation these days doesn’t necessarily mean lying around a pool soaking up rays with an active goal of being completely intoxicated by 9AM. This “new breed” type of vacationers want to use their off time to learn something, gain new skills and experiences. Some ranchers with genius level thinking actually have people pay them to come and work the ranch–freeing them up to make every day a vacation with much water sports/poolside time. I sincerely doubt this is the idea behind The Heartwood School for Homebuilding Crafts. [click to continue…]
