Nearly everyone has a family room with a large television where they gather and watch movies. We have one in the family room in our basement. It’s a great place for our family to hang out, but it needed something. Where can I set my drink? Oh shoot, I need to charge my phone! We…
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Every house has one of those spaces that makes you scratch your head…What did they intend this space for when they built the house? We had one of those spaces in our basement. At the bottom of the stairs, there is an open area outside the entrances to the extra bedroom, the bathroom, the family…
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Even a novice woodworker is capable of building their own DIY kitchen cabinets. Cabinetry is relatively easy to build if you have a good table saw and a few basic tools. In this video you will see how I build both upper and lower cabinet boxes and face frames, and how it all comes together.…
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If you are wanting to update your kitchen, or add a kitchenette, or simply change the look of your built ins, building your own DIY flat panel cabinet doors is a great option that won’t break the bank.
Stars aren’t just for Christmas, but they sure are popular this time of year. After my wife showed me a wooden star decoration she found on Pinterest last year, I decided to try and make one with some scrap cedar lumber I had. I built a jig, did some initial work, then set it aside…
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A lot of the projects I take on are because someone wants something specific but can’t find it anywhere. It may be something they have seen in a magazine or on Pinterest, or something that they want that will match something they already have. That was the case with the folding ladder tray. A friend…
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What do you do when you have a collectible sewing machine that you want to show off? You have a custom sewing machine stand built for it of course. One of my clients is an avid sewer and collector of sewing machines. This particular model was originally purchased by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s “home economics”…
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