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You know those moments when someone’s face reveals everything without uttering a word? For me, it’s my wife’s expression, that particular look she gets, usually heralding something I’d rather not address. And as I was sitting on the couch at...
Home Projects
For Christmas this year, we finally decided to retire our old artificial tree. After nursing it along a number of years ago by fixing the lights, and then restringing it a couple of years ago, we decided it was time. The final straw was it started dropping plastic...
Home Projects
This easy-to-build canned good storage rack holds more than 144 cans and could be built for around $30 in a single weekend. New cans are loaded from the top and roll back, where they drop to the lower level and then roll forward. Older cans are taken from the bottom...
Home Projects
This was my first attempt at creating a butcher block look. All told, I think I spent more money on gorilla glue than I did on the pine 2x6s I...
Home Projects
This table was built with a mix of off-the-shelf items from the home improvement store. The top is covered with pre-finished flooring and the legs are newel posts used for staircases.
Home Projects
I see the Campbell Hausfeld project calendar shows March as upholstery month. While a sewing machine isn’t exactly a standard tool in my workshop, I do have a quick weekend project that does involve upholstery – this storage bench below. Like many of my...
