Home Exteriors
HOW TO BUILD A DOOR – Warm, Exterior & Beautiful ...
Updated on February 5th, 2024
Do you want a great exterior door for your home This article is a good place to start I've been a cabinetmaker and...Continue Reading
Workshop
Good Things Happen in Garage Workshops
Published on November 10th, 2023
The small, simple garage workshop has been the birthplace of many great things in the world I often think of this as I...Continue Reading
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8 Ways to Make Your Home the Coziest it’s Ever Been
Updated on December 24th, 2020
Are you beginning to feel like your home needs a change Do the walls seem like they are starting to close in on you Are...Continue Reading
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Where can I find the Bulldog Grip polyurethane caulking ...
Updated on August 9th, 2015
Where can I find the Bulldog Grip polyurethane caulking you’ve recommended many times We’ve got full southerly...Continue Reading
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GOT PAINTING TO DO?: I Think You’ll Like ScotchBlu...
Updated on August 12th, 2021
UPDATED 3Jul2020 + video below: Masking tape isn’t what it used to be, and that’s a very good thing For more than...Continue Reading
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Episode#14: LIFE@Bailey Line Road
Updated on July 8th, 2021
WHAT'S UP THIS TIME: Watch the second in a series of videos on the refurbishing of a pine chest in Steve's...Continue Reading
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How important is it that wood siding be installed over s...
Updated on November 22nd, 2015
How important is it that wood siding be installed over strapping to provide ventilation My husband and I built a...Continue Reading
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“Viral” Insights from Alberta, Canada: Put a...
Updated on April 22nd, 2020
PUBLISHED 18Apr2020: Yesterday I got an email from a long-time reader and pen pal who always has good things...Continue Reading
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How to Avoid the Mortgage Treadmill
Updated on July 5th, 2021
UPDATED 20Aug2019: I’m not sure how my conversation about the $250,000 mortgage came up, but it got me thinking about...Continue Reading
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Workshop Date Nights
Updated on July 5th, 2021
Back in the summer, my wife, Mary, ventured into a backwoods antique shop near our home on Manitoulin Island It’s run...Continue Reading
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Make Good Things Happen This DIY Season
Updated on January 21st, 2022
Canadian society used to be more do-it-yourself 30 years ago than it is today Ordinary people with day jobs used to...Continue Reading
Hand Tools
PORTABLE WORKSTATIONS: Two Strategies That I Use
Published on March 15th, 2024
More than one old-timer I know tells how new carpenters used to be judged on the job by their ability to build a...Continue Reading