Rolling Pin Ring
My wife got a Joseph Joseph Adjustable Rolling Pin that comes with several plastic rings to allow you to adjust...
January 24, 2021
home improvement
Sweet Dreams
Let me start by saying that bed warmers always seemed like a unnecessary luxury to me. That was until we...
January 23, 2021
Linksys MR8300 Mesh Router
I wasn’t completely happy with the Netgear X4S router – it was missing a few essential features – but then...
March 27, 2019
Netgear Nighthawk X4S
The time had come to upgrade my old router (D-Link DIR-825). It had been a good performer, with excellent stability,...
February 24, 2019
Outdoor Garden Sink
My present to my wife this year for her birthday was to build her an outdoor sink – a place...
November 3, 2018
Poster Hangers
When I was a kid, I had some of these really cool poster hangers on my wall and on the...
December 3, 2017
Ring Video Doorbell
I received the Ring video doorbell as a Christmas gift this year. Overall, I like it. However, I have a...
January 8, 2017
All For A Cup Of Coffee
Hey, I know better than to get between you coffee-lovers and your morning cup o’ joe. That is hard-won knowledge...
December 26, 2015
Requiem for Yellow Jackets
Your browser does not support the webm video format. Yellow jackets had taken up residence in one of my wife’s...
July 25, 2015
Family Room Remodel
It took me just over a year, but the family room is finally finished (including the train). I completed the...
June 20, 2015
Extend A Vent For Five Bucks
If you have a room arranged in a such a way that the furnace vents are underneath your furniture, you...
March 14, 2015
Gutter Shelves for Ten Bucks
My son has a loft bed and he is in the habit of keeping all of the books he is...
December 31, 2014
The Polar Express
Your browser does not support the webm video format. I’ve spent the last six months remodeling our family room. But...
December 1, 2014
Using All Of The Space
If your house has more than one floor, chances are good that there is a lot of wasted space above...
September 1, 2014
More Basement Woodworking
Earlier this year, I started building a cabinet in my basement on the wall opposite my new bar. As usual,...
December 26, 2012
Garden Irrigation Project
In late April, we had a pretty impressive hailstorm, which led to us getting a new roof and new gutters....
September 7, 2012
Landscaping Project
This has been a busy spring. Thanks to warmer than average temperatures in February, we got a jump on our...
April 26, 2012
Progress Report
It has certainly taken longer than I had planned, and it is still a ways from being complete, but I...
September 25, 2011
Projects Aplenty
Summer is always busy, but this month has seemed especially crazy with plenty of projects keeping me busy. Today we...
June 29, 2011
Mmmm… Beer
Rule #1 in home improvement projects: everything takes longer than you think it will. This past winter, I started building...
June 13, 2011
Garden 2.0
Last year’s garden was a big success, but it didn’t take us long to realize that it wasn’t big enough...
April 9, 2011
More Sketchup
Last year I wrote about how I was learning to use Google Sketchup and that I was planning to use...
February 3, 2011
Handy Storage For Christmas Lights
Looking for a good way to store your Christmas lights and don’t want to spend a lot of money? If...
January 1, 2011
