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Green, Painting, Resources

How to Recycle Old Paint – A Guide to Saving the Planet (and Your Garage)

If you’ve been in your home for any period of time longer than 6 months, your garage might have a few half-empty paint cans sitting in the corner. By “a few” I mean several dozen. …

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Written by: Marc Lyman

September 13, 2024

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Decor, iPhone Apps, Painting

Sherwin Williams ColorSnap Visualizer and The Places You’ll go with Pinterest

Have you ever been haunted by a color you came across in nature? Perhaps it was a specific shade of green you saw in the frolicking hills of Ireland while visiting your ancestral homeland. Or …

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Written by: Anne Marie

September 24, 2017

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ToolSmart launch lineup

Electronics, Sponsored, Tools

ToolSmart – Smart Tools By General

Smart, convenient and clever: the new ToolSmart tools from General have a lot going for them. The launch lineup includes a digital multimeter (DMM), laser distance measurer, digital angle finder and a video inspection camera. …

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Written by: Steve

May 10, 2016

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Decor, Videos

Screw Art – No Really – Screw Art!

I can see how you might interpret the title the wrong way. I don’t quite look like an art connoisseur. But I love the inventiveness and true feeling in unique art pieces. If they use …

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Written by: Leroy

August 2, 2012

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DIY Discussion, Painting

Faux Painting with Tissue Paper to Achieve a Veined Look – Or – I’m too Lazy to Repair This Wall Properly

Faux paint techniques are a cool way to make something look like something it’s not. You can make simple drywall look like it’s stone or stucco, or as if there are leaves embedded in it, …

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Written by: Liz

December 28, 2011

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Painting

Our VersaSpin 360 Review – Like A Record Baby

We were recently sent the VersaSpin 360 for a follow-up review and I was the lucky recipient of this Lazy Susan-esque tool. In our first review of the VersaSpin finishing turntable, Marc discovered that the …

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Written by: Jen

November 1, 2011

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Decor, DIY Discussion, Painting

Painting? Get Your Sample On First

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 …

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Written by: Jen

September 19, 2011

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Decor, Painting

Tape Wars! Frog Tape vs IPG Bloc It vs Generic Masking Tape

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 …

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Written by: Jen

September 13, 2011

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Painting

The Whizz Paint Roller – Do Not Google the Whizzinator

If you were wondering about the whizzinator; is a fake male… woo hoo… that is filled with clean…. wee wee… so that some people can pass certain tests without showing that they partook in using …

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Written by: Leroy

June 10, 2011

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DIY Discussion, Painting

Some More Painting Tips – So You Don’t Get Picasso-ed Off

For a lot of my younger years I enjoyed the demolition and rough framing part of building. There is a lot to be said for cutting, hammering and breaking things, just look at the stuff …

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Written by: Leroy

March 23, 2011

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