Advice From The  DIY Crazy & The Not: Bathroom Carpet Removal

Advice From The DIY Crazy & The Not: Bathroom Carpet Removal

07/28/2010  |  4 Comments

Okay, so there's one problem with asking someone who compulsively buys powertools and starts projects about whether or not you should: Rip out carpet Tear down walls Rebuild your entire house from ground (read more...)

Tile 101: The Basics of DIY Tiling (Any Kind, Anywhere)

Tile 101: The Basics of DIY Tiling (Any Kind, Anywhere)

07/21/2010  |  6 Comments

Once you learn the basic principles behind installing tile you can apply them to any number of projects-- floors, walls, countertops, tabletops, and about anything else you can think of. (read more...)

DIY Home Basics: Installing a new sink faucet & drain

DIY Home Basics: Installing a new sink faucet & drain

06/30/2010  |  5 Comments

Ah, the miracles of running water. You don't fully appreciate it until you have to wash your dishes in a bucket with the garden hose for a few weeks. The (read more...)

Tile 101: How to Build & Tile Counters

Tile 101: How to Build & Tile Counters

06/23/2010  |  3 Comments

Granite sounds all well and good until you hear $30 per linear foot and your eyeballs pop out of your head. I've tiled almost every counter I've come across for (read more...)

Tile 101: How to Install Mosaic Wall Tile (Or any kind, really.)

Tile 101: How to Install Mosaic Wall Tile (Or any kind, really.)

06/04/2010  |  5 Comments

Swear to god, I went three years of my life without ever picking up a grout float, and then bam bam bam...bam bam...bam... 1677 one-inch mosaic tiles (and five other (read more...)

DIY House Addition: Step 3 - Foundation

DIY House Addition: Step 3 – Foundation

05/11/2010  |  1 Comment

So the ink is barely dry on your building permit and you're ready to break out the excavator and start digging? If you just read that sentence and said, "What the (read more...)

How-To: Easy Fabric Curtains For Under-Stairway Storage

03/16/2010  |  1 Comment

While working on my basement hallway transformation I was presented with a problem... Apparently I've gone from 20/20 vision to someone who considers this to be in focus. It's either my (read more...)

Tile 101: How to Lay Floor Tile

03/04/2010  |  6 Comments

The benefit of snatching a handful of hours over the last week to cut, lay, and grout tile on my basement floor, is that I can now share with you (read more...)

How To: Make a sink base out of a regular cabinet.

03/02/2010  |  2 Comments

I admit to being slightly stumped in the "unfinished cabinet aisle" at Lowe's as I started counting out the sizes for sink bases. Thirty-six inch, thirty inch... um... twenty-four? Anyone? (read more...)