Easy Garden Box Bring the Small Garden to You
We’re on a roll talking about the neat little finds at the National Hardware Show, so let’s keep at it, shall we? The Easy Garden Box by Bowmen Kemp is a fairly simple product – …
Written by: Jen
Gardening, Landscaping, Videos
Automower Video, The Self-Propelled Lawnmower
They say that necessity is the mother of invention. We think that more often than not, laziness is the mother of invention (Snuggie, anyone?). Sadly, not all is well in the Lazy Family – laziness …
Written by: Jen
Hunting Nails and Media Bias With The Nail Jack
The following review of the Staple Jack, Nail Hunter and Nail Jack Pro will attempt to address a terrible inequality we’ve found in the world of home improvement and construction. It seems that just about …
Written by: Marc Lyman
ToolRaces.com – Power Tool Drag Racing In Columbus Ohio
Back in April we provided some cutting-edge journalism discussing the phenomena of Power Tool Drag Racing, something we think falls into the “don’t try this at home” category. So who wants to build crazy Mad-Max …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Biscuit Joinery, A Pictorial Of a Picture Frame
This article has it all! Biscuits, Joints, and a Pictorial. Almost everything one needs for a satisfying evening, almost. The hardcore woodworkers may whine and squeal that doweling a joint is better, faster, stronger, cheaper, …
Written by: Ty
Resources, Videos, Woodworking
Rockler’s Own Version of YouTube: Woodworking Video Demos
As much as someone who makes her living writing hates to admit it, sometimes a video is much more helpful than a manual. While manuals are certainly useful and should be consulted with for the …
Written by: Jen
Gear, Milwaukee Tool, News, Tools
Hot New Products From The Milwaukee Tool New Products Symposium
Ah yes, the lavish, opulent, some might say decadent lifestyle of a home improvement / tool blogger! I just returned from a couple days in Milwaukee after someone apparently bribed convinced Milwaukee that HomeFixated is …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Easy Green Lawn Paint: Because Sometimes We Suck
Try as we might to be adults and take this home ownership thing seriously, sometimes we fail so epically that we have to turn to tricks that make one feel like a sneaky child. Let …
Written by: Jen
Real American Lawn Mowing, The Case IH Windrower
This is in response to the recent inundation on Home Fixated of lawn mowers that Martha Stewart would use. I’m here to show you a lawn mower that Tony Stewart would use and the late, …
Written by: Ty
Gardening, Green, Pest Control
Confessions of an Organic Serial Killer, Garden Safe Slug & Snail Bait Review
We talked about organic ways to kill snails in our article about using beer as snail bait. The problem with that technique is not that it’s ineffective, it’s that you have to sacrifice beer in …
Written by: Marc Lyman