One of our favorite home improvement and remodelling sites, This Old House, is hosting a Halloween contest and we figured we’d help promote it out of respect for The Vila. Put down the woodworking and …
Written by: Jen
When I first saw the Caulked N Ready from Fastcap, I rejoiced at all the crude grade-school “caulk” jokes I could make. Then I remembered Jen already took care of that in her article on …
Written by: Marc Lyman
To me, Bondera sounds like some kind of female action hero. Her super powers include making things stick to each other and assisting Dog The Bounty Hunter find bail jumpers. BONDERA! Oh, imagination, you are …
Written by: Jen
Oh, man. What will they think of next? We’ve talked about the Swash, the toilet that not only washes your bits but air dries your derrière, and now we’ve found a contraption that sucks up …
Written by: Jen
This just in: Men like pants with lots of pockets. They like them so much that someone even came to my wedding in a pair of very casual carpenter pants (which, of course, I barely …
Written by: Jen
Up in the Great White North where this HomeFixater resides, American beer is strictly for small children and the elderly. But now there is another interesting use for it (besides bait in the Slugx Slug …
Written by: Jen
If ever there was a TV program that would boost Organize.com’s sales, it would have to be Hoarders. Have you seen this show? In case you’re unawares, it’s an A&E series that goes into the …
Written by: Jen
Heating & Cooling, Landscaping
Oh man … it’s already October! Where did the summer go? I have a simple formula below to demonstrate what happens to my mood when I realize the changing of the seasons: Summer = YES …
Written by: Jen
Today is Monday, October 5 – a day the UN has designated as World Habitat Day. Here’s the dealio (from Habitat for Humanity): On this day, we reaffirm that adequate shelter is a basic human …
Written by: Jen
There’s a lot of trial and error in the land of home renovations, improvement and all-around handyman-ness. Because of that, it’s important to be as safe as possible – nobody wants those errors to result …
Written by: Jen