Should You DIY the Necessary Improvements? The current DIY trend is far from new. The early 2000s witnessed several toy commercials geared towards products that encouraged children to bedazzle their clothes, knit their hats, and generally be crafty and productive. These toys and their respective commercials were nothing new for the time either. For as…
Women need to have a drill that is lightweight, compact, and of high productivity when doing DIY projects. There are countless lightweight drills available. Finding the right one for a lady is certainly not an easy task. These amazing pieces of machinery allow us to drill openings in wood, metal, and other materials and attach…
Hydroponic vegetable gardening has grown in popularity over the past few years. More and more people choose to grow their own vegetables at home because it’s a cheap and cheerful way to get fresh produce. Hydroponics is a method of growing plants in water but with no soil. To ensure the plants get enough minerals…
If you're lucky enough to have bought a Chevy corvette, a Cobra, or a Roll Royce drophead at an auction or a local dealership, the next thing you probably have in mind right now is to restore it. Classic car restoration is an art and a science. It takes passion, time, and resources to get a…
The pandemic has an impact on all of us. Work started to merge with home, even more than digitalization already did. Now, we have to make sure that we can blend it correctly ourselves. To do so, we need to develop creative ways to shut ourselves off from work and have enough exercise in the meantime.…
There are many benefits to owning your own home. You know you are investing, should you ever decide to sell. You also have the freedom to paint, decorate, do DIY projects, and improve any way you choose because the house is all yours. Over time, the home you fell in love with may begin to…
I first started seeing chalkboard labels on Etsy a couple of years ago, and even more since the explosion of Pinterest, and I've often thought about picking up a quart of chalkboard paint to make my own chalkboard labels -- for the jars in my pantry, party glasses, storage boxes, toy bins and more. Unfortunately,…
Are you a pizza lover? Then building an outdoor pizza or having a wood-fired oven should be fun for you. It is a relatively cheap project but requires your time and effort. Also, you need to be creative in this case so that you can end up building your outdoor pizza oven. If you have…
Owning a home is expensive in more ways than one, and often the home improvement projects that we want to do aren't the same ones that pay off in equity. I was a licensed real estate agent in the metropolitan D.C. area in the early 2000s. We had to break the news to a lot…
Every homeowner will come across a fair number of repair jobs. And commissioning a professional every time your garage fails or your plumbing leaks can rip a hole in your wallet. So knowing basic DIY skills is crucial. You can save moolah, and you will be able to troubleshoot. To make successful DIY repairs and home…