Since we had a new baby last year, we knew that the time would fast approach when he would start learning to crawl up the stairs. However we didn’t want to go out and spend a bunch of money on a baby gate, that might not work anyway, but more because it’s our last child […]
Corner Christmas Tree Village Stand
Christmas is one of my favorite holidays, with the lights, the tree, inflatables, and peppermint everything makes it magical. As a dad, seeing the kids get excited about Christmas every year is just as great. One thing we’ve neglected over the years is decorating a lot of the inside of the house because at least […]
How to make a set of three HoneyComb Shelves
Making things is what I do. But when your own mom wants you to make something you do it. She reached out to me a while back with an obscure magazine clipping and said, “Can you make this?” Studying the clipping I said, “Of course I can!!” If you don’t know me, I’m an at […]
Super easy Home Office Remodel
For the longest time my office has been, like Megan Markel’s family, a royal disaster. Stacks of papers surrounded by boxes of stuff. Well, that disaster is coming to an end. When we moved into the house a few years ago, I knew I wanted to remodel the office, but couldn’t come up with a […]
Easy clamp storage using single 2×4
Are you a woodworkers that struggles with storage for your clamps like I do? If you said, “Yes,” then I’ve got a simple way to help you out, and I only used one full length 2×4 and some scrap 2×4’s I had laying around. Let me show you… I first started with measuring where I […]
How to Make a Custom Cutting Board
Ever wanted to make your own custom cutting board? Here is a video I did that shows how to make your own custom cutting board. In the video I do mention that I did one and it was dry after an hour and half, make sure the wood is set up well before routing and […]
Center Island Shop Build
I needed space in the shop to create furniture and more. I built a massive 69 inch by 8 foot center island, table saw outfeed table. Check it out.
Cutting Boards
Cutting Boards When you are in the kitchen cooking or baking you almost always need a cutting board. Cutting boards used to be these flimsy plastic things that come in all sorts of colors. Most of the time they end up warping and within a few uses you are tossing them in the trash. A […]
Why are there Cotton Balls in the Windows?
Ants are so annoying. You leave a drop of water in the kitchen and they swarm to it. When we moved into our house two years ago, it was late summer, and the ants were not a problem. The next year, around April when it rains all the time, we woke up and found them […]
DIY Kitchen Pot Rack
For some time now I’ve explored removing our two sets of halogen lights in our kitchen and replace them with a hanging pot and pan rack. Ive looked at a bunch of different styles. Some with lights and some without lights. I didn’t want to have holes in the ceiling and have to patch holes. […]