DIY Discussion, How To, Kitchen, Woodworking
All of us who enjoy working with wood have made cutting boards or butcher blocks that we’ve glued up from scraps. We couldn’t throw those great pieces away after a project was finished. Of course …
Written by: Brad
DIY Discussion, Flooring, How To, Resources
At Homefixated, we try not to bad-mouth products and instead focus our attention on items and ideas that you might actually get some use out of. We’ll be doing that in this post but I …
Written by: Jen
Yup, it’s that time again. Our inbox has been crushed with an onslaught of tool news announcements, and we are ready to share some of the latest news with you in this 2nd installment of …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Heat guns are versatile tools used for everything from heat-shrink tubing for wiring to paint stripping. In fact the heat gun has been the go-to paint stripper for many until recently. Two big issues exist …
Written by: Marc Lyman
As much as I like Star Wars, I have always been a Star Trek kind of girl. Sure, it’s easy to say that now, after JJ Abrams rebooted the series in such a hip way, …
Written by: Jen
They say that necessity is the mother of invention. And while that may be true I contend, in at least this case, that ingenuity is the cranky old grandfather and boredom is the big papi! …
Written by: Leroy
Scenario: I’m weeding my garden and as I brush a bug away from my face, feel a “man hair” growing out of my chin. (Damn, I’ll have to tend to that.) Moments later, an oversize …
Written by: Liz
For those of you who like a rustic look in a picture frame, and I do mean rustic, the half round, birch wood frame is the ticket. As a custom picture framer hailing from Central …
Written by: Liz
Via my home improvement guru and mentor Red Green I learned early on that Duct Tape was the handyman’s secret weapon. So with that class-A upbringing I learned to use duct tape as not just …
Written by: Leroy
DIY Discussion, How To, Resources
A little while ago, I told you of my tale of woe when it came to our engineered hardwood floors. While I respect that many of the commenters in that post still like the product …
Written by: Jen