Trying to find gifts for the man or woman who enjoys doing a lot of his or her own home improvement projects can be challenging. Home improvement can be a very creative endeavor at times (painting, landscaping, planning your next project) and also very exacting and mechanical in nature (electrical work, plumbing, refinishing furniture). There is a right way and a wrong way to do things, but between those two extremes there is often a lot of room for creativity. So what sort of gifts can you buy for the person who’s part artist and part scientist …

I don’t normally write about a single product, but since Christmas is coming up and it seems like every toy and gadget on the planet needs batteries these days, I figured I’d tell you about the rechargeable batteries I use for almost everything now.

The Eneloop Power Pack

First, yes, I use rechargeable batteries for anything “non-critical” …

A lot of people use the days after Thanksgiving as the time to pick up some new holiday decorations and put up their Christmas lights. The weather isn’t too cold yet and a lot people have “Black Friday” off, and the stores are obviously mobbed, so it’s a good time to shop online or put up some decorations around your home.

Christmas Lights, Etc. is having a couple different sale specials on Black Friday. They’re …

This summer my wife and I spent a fair amount of time and energy on increasing the “curb appeal” of our home and the last official exterior home improvement we’re performed this year was purchasing one of those fancy new metal house number plaques!

Our old house numbers sign before we painted our house.Our previous house numbers were more than likely original to our house: they were black metal letters that were screwed …