Barbecue, How To, Landscaping, Videos
Fall is easily my favourite season – the air is crisp but comfortable, unfortunate armpit-baring tank tops get replaced with cozy armpit-hiding cardigans, and there’s glorious raking to be done. Raking? Really? Yes, really! We all …
Written by: Jen
Building Materials, Resources, Woodworking
As impossible as it might be, I will try to describe in terms that hopefully even I can understand just what FSC Certified and LEEDS mean. Both of these are intertwined so when you talk …
Written by: Brad
Sometimes old tools are cool, and sometimes they just suck. I’ve been living in the dark ages when it comes to staple guns. I think mine was made circa early 80’s. . . a time …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Decor, DIY Discussion, Painting
My favourite HGTV personality, Sarah Richardson, has an unofficial motto: Sample Everything. (Coincidently, that’s also my motto when I go to a buffet.) What the talented Richardson means is that you should test your colours …
Written by: Jen
Decor, Electronics, Woodworking
Before I started with the woodworking content, I wanted to share a story that involved a shrimp named Frank, a moose and Betty White, but I’m not sure how it relates to anything and I …
Written by: Leroy
Architecture, Garage, Hardware, Resources
Sliding barn doors are kind of a “thing” of mine. Really, anything barn and/or door related jazzes me, especially when an old door, be it barn or carriage, has been reclaimed and incorporated into a …
Written by: Liz
Let’s face it, the garage can be a magnet for things other than your prized tools and hardware. In our household, it is also the deposit area for anything my wife deems to fall in …
Written by: Marc Lyman
USSR vs. USA. Rocky vs. Apollo. KFC’s Doubledown vs. Your Lifespan. Clearly there have been big head-to-head competitions in the past but none of them compare to what we’re about to bring you: THE ULTIMATE …
Written by: Jen
I like improvising, but sometimes improvising with the wrong material can be bad. Like using left-over balsa wood for a scaffold, or MacGyvering twine as a safety harness. Our inner improvisationist almost did a backflip …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Yesterday afternoon the power went out here in our nook of San Diego. Just as I started to investigate what the cause was, my wife called me from her work about 20 miles north of …
Written by: Marc Lyman