This post on how to use a circular saw is brought to you in part by RYOBI Power Tools. (Keep reading below to enter to win a free RYOBI circular saw by Nov. 22, 2018!) After doing an in-depth review of how to use a jigsaw, I have been dying to do another video on how to use a circular… View Post
I’m so happy that I finally completed this boy’s bedroom makeover! My son loves his new blue bedroom with orange accents! If you like this bedroom makeover, be sure to check out my other boys’ green bedroom makeover as well as my own master bedroom makeover. BEFORE AFTER! I thought people were pulling my leg when they said that it takes years to… View Post
I’ve done really good with curbing my “buy-and-hoard” tendencies at the thrift store. But when you find thrifted path lights like these, and then upcycle them into fall-inspired DIY lanterns, I have a renewed appreciation of my “buy-and-hoard” ways. I bought these old path walkway lights many months ago from the thrift store. I gasped when I found them because I… View Post
At the age of 40, I got this crazy idea to enroll in a carpentry certificate program at my local community college. The first class, Introduction to the Building Trades, was starting the same day when the public schools were on a 2-hour weather delay. Having been years since I have taken college courses, I didn’t realize that the community… View Post
If you enjoyed this post on how to build DIY raised garden beds, be sure to check out how to create landscape beds, how to build a DIY fire pit in your backyard, and learn how to make a stone walkway. If you’d told me last year I would build a DIY raised garden bed with my own… View Post
I can’t tell you how long I’ve been wanting to build a DIY fire pit in my backyard. But when you can barely manage to finish projects inside of the house, the outside seems that much less important, doesn’t it? This month is different, though. My readers and I have been tackling our outdoors for this 30-Day Outdoor Overhaul Makeover Challenge, and if… View Post