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A weekend maker's blog: furniture makeovers and spray-paint jobs, farmhouse decor, the garden and outdoor builds, honest tool reviews, and step-by-step repairs. Real projects, photographed as they went.

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When to displace Your Roof

Paslode got a hard consider the roofing marketplace before announcing their brand-new cordless roofing nailer. Their analysis indicated that increasingly more, homeowners desire to repair their roofing instead of replace it. This arrives as…

Furniture & Makeovers

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Outdoor & Garden

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Outdoor & Garden

Vertical Succulent Garden

It feels excellent to generate something using power equipment, you know what After all!! These Do-It Herself Workshops are usually an incredible…

Tools & Reviews

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Repairs & How-to

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How To Use a Rim Joist

This 7 days, we’ve already been reviewing components of the reconstruction of an end-unit townhome we caused Habitat for Humanity in the…

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The board-foot calculator

Buying lumber for a build? Put in the size and quantity of your boards and it works out the board feet — and the cost — so you know what to ask for at the yard.

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  • Board feet from thickness x width x length
  • Any number of boards, added up
  • Optional price per board foot for a running total
  • Inches or centimetres
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