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As I’ve written before, one of the most offensive parts of my ugly backyard is the giant ring of stone and sand I have that has, overtime, become part of the dirt and ground of the yard. My goal for the area is to remove all the stone and sand, leaving mostly sifted dirt...
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A little while ago I wrote about my ugly backyard with the large crater in it and how I was hoping to remedy the ugliness this summer. The crater is a large ring of overgrown stone and dirt around a pit of sand. If you recall, my backyard is so ugly that you can...
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I keep reading on various blog and being told by other do-it-yourself homeowners that May is “National Home Improvement Month!” It makes sense that May is National Home Improvement Month here in the United States because that’s when the weather begins turning warm, it’s when people begin to think about spending more time outside...
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You can’t walk into any store selling any sort of home goods these days that isn’t aggressively marketing Compact Fluorescent Lights (CFLs). By now most people know that CFLs use much less energy than regular incandescent bulbs and give out the equivalent amount of light. And the bulbs are getting more convenient and easier...
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I have an ugly back yard. Really, really ugly. It’s about 75 feet wide and about 50 feet deep and I don’t think anyone has actually done anything positive to the backyard in a good ten years. The entire yard is surrounded by a rickety fence which is lined with piles of rotting wood...
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The Home Depot as introduced a new program called “Eco Options” which attempts to identify environmentally friendly products throughout its store. These products will clearly be labeled as part of the Eco Option program and will have less of an environmental impact than similar home improvement products beside them.
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Though it’s still cold here on the East Coast, a lot of places are warming up and it won’t be long before the grass is growing tall and lush and will need a good cut. One of the most frustrating moments each spring is pulling the trusty Snapper or Troy-Bilt out of the shed...
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After months of on and off paint stripping, sanding and repairs I was finally ready to apply a proper wood finish to 80-year-old dress look like something. Even bare it looked about a hundred times better than it did painted and the maple had such a wonderful natural shine to it that I strongly...
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I get a kick out of improving my home, but I’m not always very creative when it comes to adding some design to what already functions. That’s why I’ve been checking out Curbly.com more and more lately. When you first visit Curbly to look for design ideas for your own home you’ll probably be...
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The roof and gutters on my home are a little over ten years old, so it’s going to be time to have a new roof put on and all the gutters replaced in another year or two. In the meantime, however, I’ve found that because I have a tree in front of my house...
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After sanding the dresser to the point where it was about ready to begin the stain and finish I decided to take a detour from the refinishing and started to repair the dresser so that it was a decent piece of furniture again. This was an unplanned step when I first began, but the...
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