#7: Hollowed Out Book After making a rectangle template on the page, and use an X-acto knife to cut through multiple pages at a time. Or, if you don’t have much patience, power tools to the rescue! An oscillating multi-tool will cut through much faster. Once you’ve reached the depth you’d like, shake out the …
Squeaky floors are the worst! They creep up every year when the weather gets cold and annoy you all winter. Luckily, there is a solution. You can fix the squeaks from the top of the floor, and don’t even need access to the basement. Follow these steps: Identify Which Direction the Joists are Running Follow …
Making these mid-century modern plant stands is pretty easy and only requires a circular saw as far as power tools. The job is easy with a table saw and router but these are definitely optional. Below you’ll find the plans for both the smaller / lighter plant stand whose legs extend up around the pot …
If you have a rip, tear, or hole in your window screen, it’s actually pretty easy and inexpensive to fix it yourself. If it’s a small hole, and you don’t care too much about how your screen looks, you can buy a little patch that hooks in around the hole, and prevents bugs from getting …
Can you finish your basement yourself? Yup. You sure can. In the last two homes we’ve been in, we’ve done just that and, while it is a lot of work, saving tens of thousands of dollars (and acquiring awesome power tools) makes it all worth it. How Much Does It Cost? Just like with any …
Putting up and taking down Christmas lights is the pits. It’s dangerous. It’s time consuming. It’s frustrating. It sucks the Christmas spirit out of you. But… I love Christmas lights. I love the look of them and (once they’re up) the Christmas spirit they do bring. Christmas is my favorite season of the year but …
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We’ve never been into camping- we haven’t found tent camping with kids to be enjoyable at all, so we kind of figured we were just hotel people. We started to realize that the people who love camping are the those that have travel trailers and can bring the comforts of home with them. We’re always …
Dads need power tools! Power tools make the perfect gift for Father’s Day, a birthday, or anniversary. What man doesn’t want to grunt as he makes a beautiful cut on his mitre saw, or drives in a screw like buttah with his cordless drill? We’ve compiled this list of the top 6 power tools that …
Items of Note: No Hubs. You don’t need a hub nowadays, with all of the hub-less smart home devices out there Amazon or Google You can do an Amazon Alexa-based smart home or a Google Home-based system – either works fine. Apple HomeKit and other systems are powerful but generally more limited Prerequisites: Decent WiFi …