Hated pedestal fans because they take up too much space and cant afford to spend hundreds of dollars on AC bills. Decided to install a ceiling mounted fan. Easy to install, but does require electrical knowledge to do wiring safely. Has 3 different speeds, incorporates a light (room requires other sources as well due to low intensity), and includ...

Hard to find a work bench that fulfills your specific requirements. So I decided to build my own. Its a multipurpose bench that utilizes a computer table and work bench into one unit. Required one 4x8 piece of plywood with oak surface. This piece covered the top and one side panel. One smaller piece of plywood panel was purchased for second side...

Great wall mounted units to increase organization in a walk-in closet. Easy to build units are made by Carina and are available @ Walmart. Mounting requires knowledge of how to locate wooden frame behind drywall to ensure safety and load bearing capability. Unit cannot be installed on just drywall supports. Units designed for laundry room, but c...

This project illustrates how to create a window facade to hide the tops of window coverings, such as drapery bars, or blind fasteners.

We took a boring fire place, and made it look fantastic. All it took was some marble, wood, and a little bit of know how.

If you have lots of model cars, and dont know what to do with them, why not make a customized display case for them?

This project is about a shed we built around the same time we build our deck. It was build in sections in the garage and then put together out back. The floors are plywood and it sits on 6 posts that are cemented into the ground. We used wood shingles for the roof and ran an electrical line out there so that we could put some lights inside. We m...

This is a deck we built a couple years after moving in. The deck the house came with was way to small so this extension was much needed. It wasn't too difficult. Preparing the foundation and putting in the concrete posts that the deck sits on was probably the hardest part. Then joists were spanned across the posts and thats what the 1x8" boards ...

Here is our chimney we redid last summer. The top of it started to crack due to a moisture problem. We selected these light colored stones to replace the old ones and had a contractor come and do the job.

I saw these reindeer at Sheridan Nursery for $100 and thought I could make something similar at a cost much less. I took these pictures and we got some wood from our garage to reproduce the reindeer.